The Express. — London, England, 1850-04-09 00:00:00

• WILLOI. GREY ebeievell that lee had beta nidt• pettosd. saided not said it saluted at preent. sti mr. Dual the important spagatima rtiaalaed ewe. whether a somber of ships had lowa belle, •••" info "Ter iat to sea, and which had bees suffered to T ot re" ? is • t• HERBERT mid that as beg es we Were at roes wer, warily happen that tome shiest membl he laid up it • The plan might be remedied If ate delaskalty seat titst.i, , out is her rilular tare. It had heft ail thetas pert to coeriderablit 'leen*/ fa rep**. MN 'NM* ;ii,t l it would be cheaper to break bp ele fleet wed b e b. t h e ., according to Apiaries made at Liegare,st ma id b e e ie s4 teat a Travel etcod A 1 a mash gbiellge time then w ag yeeetalls•PP •td i Al t er • few wor.is teem Admiral Bowtne, siid it was perseetly true that Isthe last 10 insal t • men is the shipyards had hem ota r iorta Is • T og the Ir. , ‘ or &aria" the sore, Ned wades aB was . so a ~,,,sweets. giro) 1928 they had *Asa up 279 /he surveyor of ths airy broke gap all the ships that wenftt'FLoo, es owaplaa Aad thaws ship whisk were tr. 1 „„ ;r wove is a mach better *rigidities the* his ems • g was not ••• who er , shed 68 stair* this aawy, but wb .. 16114 t hee had a ileot of 400 rail there was no use in bow 4 00 ware till they required them. The house was pos. pate r, aware or the number of ships haul dip la Igti, they had more ships than they wasted, and ' loupe Busher they over bed, isetwithreadlas which t h e e gal Owe built I:61 ships, with sea aggregate el tomer tois • T. BARING said he had a staterceat prepared with mit ol to the Ai: a brakes up Wass the pease. Tae average • cl each was 37 years, aad of Hoeg braes ma whisk ba4 t e es captired the swinge age was 28 pan. Bat the boa. (titles's maid it WS/ folly te build t• w ships. ?LW le4k at • is posditare foe repairs ca th. C inoput lad the liapla• c atia. Ter C 4lo lfus C" takes ia 1803, see up to 1847 she 0.1 rot is repairs 133,2961. The Implacable. also esptared ;s i ll. ha is repairs in the sass* pined 109,9141. Peat s „,, Airs might have bees built for the gam expended is v. ysinctt Ibis two. Toe hes. yei llamas sur•tioned the b e d, n up, hat he Prgot that old skips weald net to g• •ith st. art Mr . lir ME a 1.1 the retire that he had mewed ter was tr ,• the repute, and when he got that return, he t ligs:i be able show the wet of tep.in as well, and tae 1.71 of cattisg dews line.ot battle ships to sake sn o.re of their. There were illeeral whirr items to whisk be eighel to fifer. Tens was as. of 10.0001. for traialay d vtasrd aVifielifS. Teat w e e v er y b a d ; It w %, r ,,,li e e foal catpentow, Gad wallas then fate bed fo'didte. Ili meant t s take the tease of tee hesee as that I: OW F• BARINU grid that though we were at pawn we s o : pa •.. war, sod in that case those gaga would he fated w ig We ail • Ht ME. not set , flisil w , th this explasatioa, mewed Or.:te row be relecial tie the seat et 10,0001., whom spa T Af emiglitrit divided, when there appeared-- lie the essearhaest l6 • Jan T.., via was toes rore,ed to, as was also the sem of to cars to artificers, &e. lee orawittse roamed, and the Chairman reported pro. ro sad silted leave to sit wait' 211 E rtcasuuza BILLS BILL. T:.• bill(9.21.10.0004) peered thromelt eammlbee. BRICK DrnES BILL. Tze ripirt on this bill was agreed to and the bill ordered w re•l• thirdrAmr tine Dew (this day). s DUTIES BILL. Hr. HAY lER neurd the mond rums, of 11th Dili, in ttee might go into commirtee pro Juana to .ease amuttiments which had beta suggested. 314 XL I FIA IT asked for u explanatioa of the amend awe N a,) It was desirable that Huy should "endu re_ she the bill was to be before Hu) consented to the ea , I r•eriire. lir HATTER said the gentrO principle of the WU was sot tub rty property not now affected by the f:isp Art. H. WILLOUGHBY salted if as agreement for a • in:, ea regain to be stamped ? X: HATTER was understood to reply la the affirmative. .tt , r s ter wads from Mr. Han, the bill wu read a OF RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS BILL. pared through committee, and the third reeding for Monday. FtBLIC HEALTH IN IRELAND. r W. SOMERVILLE obtaimd leave to bring in a bill ,mousg the public health in belayed PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS. C. In a bill to • . •Le ion telatiag to parochial assemments is Eng •• er.by he proposal to est.blish a uniform sat of • t.. Of the a•senmeat of the p or and eouaty rates, '..ag given to the Is istzdee to establish a ppeerora tes•: amiru•. to be culled the msessatest board. Chests •:.: a.) iatrodueett for exempting tithts from Mee, • rating ritta par. chief times. L•.'. WIN ;Well. ]t•x 021 av *era severally brought is and read a ant Ti., how Alarmed at tan situates to 1 o'clock. Irbe Court. Tr.. Quern end Prince Albert took a drive _yester ambit, and bur. lewd Cawley Fitzroy. Equerry was in attendance, on horseback. The royal 6.Lta, f At Buckingham Palace, yesterday evening, in , ..• mil the Hon. Cheeks Grey. The Roo. Amelia X .my and the Ron Calgiall Damara have relieved the Furst aoi the Rom Flora Miedoo•ld in their ts . ..e•s• the )14,s of Roemer is Walling to her Majesty. Elward Mixon had an interview with Lord yea:erdq • at ►is 'facial r•eldesra is D)wa• M•sre Nfonteflore, But., and a deputation 000- !.•:.rr of S rAnthoiay de Rothschild. Mr. Louis C &ma, Mr. liew.i,el, Mr Sampson riasavel„ Mr. Salmon. and Mr J ,n had an interview wan thr Goofy Orgy, !tv. r 41' at the Home-titles. Slarquis of Lowdown" returned to town yes. q. hos Br _laton. The Cbaneellor of the Elehigner at: Lity Mary Woad returned to %bill , raid nee in Down ier , nut Wit tight, from H ekleton Hall, Hateaster. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF 18.51. 1. e night a meeting of the inhabitants of Patter shuttles was hell at the residence of the Rev. Mr. Tramer, PaMsy, for the purpose of prousirine the rest ri ex: ibition eis be held in London in 1851. The he.. Mr. LecT wee moved to the chair. A letter from the La. IL:Pon wit read, eating that he was confined to his t sr:: that r.• was advised by his medical attendant not t 3 pos. et tee meting, with the objects of which he fully syx . .s•husd. He enclosed a subscription of 25e. M• WI sII AW, in explaining the object of the meeting, ta.. trot it was the smallest of twenty gems meeting which Is tad atteadsd in various puts of the country. He hoped, ..... , that those who were present would be only the ern tonest and it:sinus in premotiag the undertaking which Um' tid in view. lie bad wait. don the principal gentle ,f the heights-whoa& who promised their attendant*. It.j tad not e me, however, from went cause be could not 1 hey had. perispe, attended meetings elsewhere, sad &sly o! them he knew subscribed largely in aid of the via t.rinirm. He had attended V4riollll mintier In England, N rr. e. d 8 int\ Wales, and Ireland, at every one of which vets use an ansainsone exprersion of feeling in favour of kr-Lt. A.bert for hr patr. 'nape of this great week. and in ses.l invsace they 'appeased a desire to see it carried out env, and la a manner becoming the Position of tr., t Mr. Huber then detailed be origin of the tx•inpisted ex ties of 1651, which wt* to differ so far o her exhibitions of a similar kind, that the .ttu.t . y of all eeuntries would be admitted to t 4 1;•••• for the rises at that event gathering o. c u . ice To these who were not manufacturers or ?fa ttest', he would my that the exhibitiom of 1851 would be of tees: importune is a moral and religious point of view ' mad v me a ,t. malt, to the arts peace: a, that em these r is, as well as others, this mighty gathering of nations teem" support (Hear, hear.) in. Kume upoeed the following res..intioe, whisk wan tic nideo by Mr. 'entena, and camel unanimously : Ice', is the opinion of this meeting, the proposition of t.. el Rightism Pei. to Albert to bold ea eshibition of tt• w ran of industry ofall nations, in 1861, wIU tend to pen eye. mariealarre, memamfararee, and trade., advise* .Units of the working emote, by offering tissue's's of r,j,e, acd encourage p.aee thmeghost this chili ed • , and. therefure, entitled to their warm garret." ' , A:MACK enured the next resolution, to the effect ...omit:es of the inhabitants of Ps and t ,c. von be formed, to emit her Majesty's eseemleaigaees isrrj ins out the exhibition to the meet messesful result, mat the following gentlemen be requested to am on resseittee, sad that three he s gnome Durant, It . s E. Trimmer, Kr. Duet, Mr. Rarer, Mr. Hombre, Dr. la. CAIRN*, Dr. Wane, and Mr. Whitely*. t tee et thanks to the elareem, sad te the Rev. Mr. I nasal foe the us el his nee. taratarded the prommtbeirk CWOlTlllll,—Tles oDly 01101- t.".. %Pint, yesterday WWI that ea labile petitions TM %asset« ea tba g nutmeat oi Cseloa neammblas as 11 medgi aad that ea prises Neat line on Friday. TM eter.l tosaittes if alma= mad on County Rates and l iti..e.diture But, es the Itoth, meet that on poevel emantaill ,e-rc totems Lawton sad Paris on la% ion. Ariet.lTlmS Of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.— A public 04 %.1, amenably and respectably attended, to take this emelowatimoras MI I at Ito, store, Camb r.. w Thursday imt. The chair was se spied by 4P. 1 % - _, who stated that is 'may instances gild& kha ''/• -neer kin own n b serva t no i s the coarse of his practice, r•-•%.1,,r, deterred by the severity of the penalty, had rsM praised 'stalest triminak, of who.. Iseult there was tad )eel moo had submitted to a line fatheli than " •;* a mos when death might he the bine ; sad that It dehherate conviction that ems Ur the ails* of •data a twee ellactual punishment than the /allows night :• , ..tiNuti. The sleeting wee also addeemed by Charles 'A'' , who ',vend hilly iota it. statistical sad uswatat ter the abolition of capital pualshatinit. 144 Alf* 31 on. Vomit! sad Barrett, cad Hoary Itnystos,alse took pan in the premediags. lit Pim WoltbswokTit.—Wo me, to hear !bat oa. health of the poet Wordawortk, who, we barn, is `"` , •ress on his llOth year, is wit ea reed es his Maio anal glautto mild vita, Weetameraisil Weak ve. Lu t •tt• et. Elie Orpreofs. OUTGOING MAILL The Rath he Naha& Nun* Amstar awl the United Sown will e. mii• As itaitl:=.....sweig of Afeil 12 - The West ladle' Isussits, Raveaaak N...., lin- duo, N ew Maio% sad imitating dwee ter Madeira, tit. leararea. New Gruade, MM. aad Pen, will be rude up ea April 17. Wardle he Labe., Spat% sad Waralar will he made ar ea Apia 17. The welt Sor Othraltar, Kolas, Gram, the Isaias Sgyps, led* rad Mae, eia Ileathaaresa, u ta be made y e w the warmly et Axil 20. The mail aid Marseilles, to toe Medlterraaeas, isnot, (.3egiea, ladia, liona4eag, As., will he nada ar es the maim et April 24. The mega her Mederie, the sad Buses Arm, will se nada as ea the 4ch a May. KM WEI= AT SANDOBI 111/DIEL Two Das...kmilms.lrk Oft Ua. Alsannuo‘ IL So. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 9. Wnitirr the church is squabbling abint baptismal regeneration it apposes to be as mindful as ever of the main chance. Reports of Easter vestries are principally interesting to those who reside in the localities to which they specially refer, but the various acoounte `which have appeared during the past week,sufficiently attest one great fact—namely, that the church is still 'moping, and that it continues to drive the people into op title to its encroachments. There never was& perriod when the laity so readily responded, as they do at present, to teary reasonable call for assistance on the part of the church. They come forward with thousands open thousandsann 'idly to assist distreesed districts— tnprovide means of spiritual instruction for the poor— to build churches and schools and parsonages—to endow ill-provided districts, and to carry out the whole work of the church wherever amistance is required. And what doss the church do in return Does it relax ever so slightly irs grasp upon the soutane! puree P Does it forego a single claim, how ever offensive, upon people whose conscientio as scruples keep them without the pale of its communion Oa the contrary, ever; thing that is dine voluntarily for the church only seems to make it more imperative in insisting oa what it ..all. its " rights." Tha more it is assisted the greater become its requirements. We verily believe there never was nob a pressure as there is at this present Easter Cr Easter offerings and tithe moseys, and, where the: e is a chance of getting it, even for that most obnoxious of all imposts—a church rate. We may advert to one or two oat of many remarkable inatanoni in point, which within the last three merits have coma under our notice. If any one wanted an illustration of a wealthy pariah be would probably point to the pariah of St. Marylebone. Ths direct endowments of that pariah amount to more than 7,0004 a year. In one way or another at least 7,0001. more is raised in it annually for the advantage of 13 clergy. Indeed, we very much miscalculate it the clergy of St. Marylebone receive, in one say or another, many hundred pound. short of 20,0001. a year for the performacce of spit i tusl functions in tne churches and chapels of that Paria! isl• It almost unnecessary to say that this rich en dowment is very unequally distributed, nor will many require to be told t: at the lion's share of the vast mood goes into the pockets of the clergy cf the mother church. The rectory of Sr. Marjlebme alone is worth nearer 3,0001. than 2 0001. per annum. Its prr sent r holds with it a stall in the rich Cathedr oal Canterbury ; so that his present gross emolument from the church can be taken at little less than 3,0001. a year. _ _ Now St. Marylebone, like many other metropolitan parish.., has its burial-gronod in what is or was a aubarb. Tee burial chapel of St. Mary!ebone is situated in Bt. John's-wood. A clergyman is attached to it who is a sort of curate of the parish church. He has no pastoral charge : but there are Sunday ter vines in the chapel and he is paid a limit e d stipend out of the parish funds. This rev. gentleman's main duty, however, is to bury the dead of the parish ; the fees for the performance of that service going to swell the revenue %,f the rector. In anticipation of the master arrangements of the present year, the incumbent of the Burial Chapel pre sented to the Marylebone vestry a memorial repre senting his long services—he has been in his ;pres,nt charge a quarter of a century—acd the limited amount of his income. He asked for a small increase of stipend. The !ethos in Bt. Marylabone is uni formly liberal; the Inhabitant. u a body are also favourable to the charch. The vestry were disposed Ito grant this increase, when oce of them thought of inquiring whether something could not be done by the rector of the parish, who received the fees for the interments at which this gentleman officiated ? Now we must say that this appears a very natural and proper question. Not so did it seem to the rector. He expressed a hope that "he was not placed in that chair to be bullied." He told the vestry very plainly that be "should do nothing and should pay nothing but what the law required." He made it a subject of strong complaint, in point of fact, that he should be even asked to give some 501. a year out of hie large income to this grey-beaded, hard worked, and ill-paid curate. The vestry saw that there was nothing to be got in that quarter, so they voted the money and saddled the rate-payers with the amount. Now when we consider what the laity annual:y contribute in this parish for church purposes—when we look at all they have done and are doing for the promotion of church interests—we must say we think the clergy of luck a parish as Bt. Marylebone are the last people who should appear before the public under such circumstances as theee. But it seems to be quite a matter of course with them to come to the public for everything without doing anything themselves. Not very long ago, the incumbent of one of the richest districts of the parish sent Toned a begging letter requesting his parishioners to relieve him of the burden of one half—and that the, worst half—of his duty, to come forward with we don't know how many thousand pounds, to provide not only a splendid church and schools in a district which very much requires religious teaching, but also a suitable residenese for an incumbent, end a liberal endowment fur him ! And when this rev. gentleman was asked if be did not mean to ewes portion of his own ample stipend to the teams of the new incumbent who was to relieve him of so mach of his duty, he very coolly replied is print, that he should be ashamed to give up any portion of the church's revenue in a district ess taining so many wealthy laymen ! Such are a di incumbmt's Entine of his responsibilities and of what is due from him even to his brethren of the Irdnistry. A clergyman's notion, however, of what is due to himself is often strangely in cont;ast with his notion of what is due to others. The parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, presents a remarkable instance of this. A rector of that wealthy and important living has Wt " exchanged " it for a valuable preferment in the est of England. This gentleman has himself much reason to ask for consideration, for it is now nearly five years since he became non-resident and left the pariah to look after itself, ander the charge of a carats. What, however, is his last set as rector of Bt. Andrew's, Holborn ? It is to send round a sort of lawyer's letter smug the pox inhabitants of Saffron-hill and Hatton-garden, claiming arrears of tithe, and requesting payment under paue of imme diate proceedings according to law, which "be shall much regret the necessity of being compelled to take' For five years this rev. gentleman has not been present to look alter his tithe; but five years' absence does not bar legal proceedings to recovery, and the rector knows no moral statute of limitations which it might be becoming for him to observe. We have said that, where it is possible, church rates are even obtained and enforced. A document is in one hand purporting to be an account of a seizure made a week or two ago in Scott's-yard, Cannon. street, City, under warrant obtained by the church wardens of Bt. Bothaw for arrests of two years church rates! il l'he rate alleged to be dee was 171 3s. , the property seised was valued at 671. 7s.' The gentleman who has drawn up the document eve-- I emit* mu of all peeemekroo of religion it way sweet alums sidicesel way of Officio, the awed of Me &yew dna that its umbers AMA set thee t Ia Giese se we thdi pedalo a few paltry • "Ms Wel among d times* tar dorsi raw sal tidist with ttan 1111 the dm% le Pt 11. U. oaf 1661 i riS is eilms Ibmut rMa 11* Ills.• ft rebb fladlremmost kiss of So Gila t• tb. fahanamaa. wiY u t NOS us lag la the mem Si arm gunk Ns is asiarast tar I THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EYKNING, APRIL 9, 1860. ornob, and to whew their worship to nook he iliospor, dim lake sway wy peopety.....Tito Cf? oi Loads. mods ol 'foil awl religions liberty, at it ha. boss USDSI hohot plias whsee 1111 afthill4 60 • 1 4 1 * My oldest lo to ammo Able Widoios on woo 1116101111111 sof lower. tool to iphoso les woubsts od tho todabilistat mhos bow he ask moduelt whit dr devise lOW mood, "At you void allt 1111111 WM you, w h om moo Ss OWL" I Imo so doobt ISt thoo will ammo sash laseesstioso to On gm 044 .4vS.b. isoliad spa with slant weivenol abboorooss. We believe sincerely that that "abhorrence* will net be andlned to future ;tenantless. There are sassy good min of the established church at the pre sent moment who wo i ne not t i ti see them atrocities precasted Instead of by the law. There are many clergymen , even , who are impressed with the iniqsity the proceeding. Bat, on the other hand, there are a body of wolves in sheep's clot► who will hays their pound of fleshy-who will get everything, whether by fair means or by foul, and will themselves neither surrender nor relinquish an iota. It is this spirit among attain of the clergy which makes the church so incressiegly unpopular. It has some time bees known that a Measly, is under the consideration of the Prime Minister proposing to give a certain amount of relief to parishes and parochial districts in respect of the lisp bility of the parishioners to church rates. It is quite questionable Dow fez the mums will be adopted by the goverment, and how far the plan proposed would be considered satisfactory by those who are principally interested. As is the fate of many ameli orative measures, it may probably " expect martyr , dem from beds aides i" from the high church party as eampromising the principle of church rates, and from those hostile to the ohm& as endeavouring to popolsries that which In principle ie indefensible. Bat should the government adopt this measure, would it be, let us ask, entirely inconsistent with its plan to introduce some clause, having for its object to stop the modal which legal proceedings, sad ',brume by bailiffs, under tte pretext of preceding the Christian re must be certain to afford P As the writer of , the t from which we have quoted truly ob serves, there are few who do net feel not only that those things are a cruelty and an injustice to those who suffer, but that they are " a disgrace to our age, a scandal to the es ablishment, and a deep dishonour on the mend name of Carist." Tun House of Commons has declared that the ac commodation provided for the assistant-surgeons on board of her Majesty's ships of war is inadequate, and insufficient foe securing the full benefit of their pro- fessional services. This resolution wan carried much against the will of government. It was moved by Captain Boulez° last night, as an amendment on the motion, that the hones do resolve itself into a com mittee of supply. Ministers carried their motion by a majority of 48 to 40; but Captain BOLDERO atlek to his point, renewed his motion in committee, and mists era did not venture to resist it. This is a petty clear indication of the feeling of the house on the question ; it was so strong in favour of doing justice to the medical officers in the navy, that ministers yielded to it, though with a very bad grace. But the victory is yet far from being complete. It is in the banes of ministers to decide whether this vote shall ba an empty expression of opinion, or whether it shall be followed up by practical mea- There are but too good grounds for fearing that minister* will evade performance of the promi se held out by last night s vote if they can. Sir FUNCIS BARING said, " He would not put the house to the ts °table of dividing again, but though the house would agree to the resolution, he was very much afraid that it would be impassible to carry out its object." Unluckily Sir FRANCIS has it in his power to realise the " fear" he expresses. He is • prophet who is in t position to make his own prophecy of evil true. Unless the House of Commons keep a &harp look out on the Admiralty, sad insist upon effect being given to their resolution, they may rely upon being told next year that it has been found to be impracticable. We are quite aware that gentlemen entering the navy can no more hope to enjoy shore-comforts at sea, than Bailie Nieliol jarrie malt hope " to carry the comforts of the Sautmaiket at his tail when he went visiting his Hieland kinsfolk." But the ques tion is, whether the accommodation for the assistant surgeons in the navy has set been disregarded, and less cared for than it might be ? The fact is, that these officer are now only a little better off then they were in the days of Smottrrr ; and all readers of " Roderick Random" w.ll recollect what it wu then. Bat since those times not only have the general manners and morals of the service improved, but the education and character of the medical profession. Yet with this general improvement we find nothing has been done for the naval assistant-surgeon. For merly a few months' study, and a very slight exami nation in anatomy and sorcery, was sufficient to obtain a diploma which entitled a man to bee)me a candidate foe the office of assistant-surgeon in the navy. Such men had not contracted habits of study, and did not f.el so much the sacrifice and degradation of being thrust into the cockpit to spend their leisure amidst a herd of unruly boys, who, although, as Admiral BERKELEY stated, many of them are educated at Eton and Harrow, are nevertheless about the last companions • professional gentleman would select. The education of the sesistant-surgeon now is very different to what it was fifty years ago, and fur any young man to expect to rise in hie profession, and take the position which his age ought to give hi m he must improve his time to the utmost, and keep pace with the imp rovements of modern science. That this can be done the cockpit it is utterly absurd to sup pose. And what are the consequences P In the first place, men will only aeoept the office of assistant-sur geon in the navy as a last resource, and thus this branch of oar service is denied the very men who would be beet qualified to do it justice. In fact it appears that difficulty has been experienced in getting men to fill this post at all. In the next place, thaw who enter the service are compelled to spend their time in so unprofitable a manner that when their turn comes to soave in a higher position they are destitute of that information and those qualifications which are powered by their professions' brethren engaged in military or civil service. Such a state of things is unjust to the medical officers; and, in a medical and sanitary point of view, injurious to the interests of our navy. As long ago as 1839 it was the recommendation of the commission appointed by ber Majesty, that the rank and pay of the assistant-surgeons in the navy should be the same as in the army; and yet from that time to this, the position of the navy assistant-snrgeoa has remained such as no gentleman of education or professional habits eoald submit to without a sense of degradation. Admiral DURDAB averred that there are few com plaints from the amistant-eurgeoas. Perhaps there have been fewer than might leave been anticipated, for we believe the best of the cass—those who were most likely to feel and resent their treatment—have in too many instances quitted the service in disgust. It is also possible, as Mr. Homo hinted, that assistant surgeons are not very likely to complain to a board that snubs even admirals so unceremoniously. PARISH or Sr. BEIDE.—Last night • mooting of the fttopgera of this parish was held in the vestrprooos, far the porpons of taking into consideration • resol•tiw peeled ►y the geordisos of the West London Unica tit their lest imating, to the West that the beard should forthwith pressed • politica to the Home of Commas, prayiog that the hones shield pas • bill recently introduced by Shaft* Adair, &sq., entitled, " A bill for the mere genera distribution of the charge he the ntlief of the poor ;" sod, also, that the provisions of the said bill 'Klett be altered sad mended so as to inrl•de within its operation the perishes comprised is the West Loudon Union, in the City of London. Yr. T. Cottrell popided, and, after a leagthened dlesurio•, the following maks was carried: "That is the *Kies et this neetisit the jusettea et all the parishes forairts the West Loodon Usk's Into 004 body, for th e p u p ae of being subleased to • uniform rate for the relief of the poor, would Menem the ►ardw of this parish unjustly, and thersiora this mating manta the guardians for this parish to oppose say petition being promoted by the guardians of the West Loudon U gips to the House of Commas for that Usion Wag iscluded in Sir Shift° Maize Tho QUESTION OE HAVING LIMITS AND Fine ON IaA•D Snips was again mooted at • ;ono main held in the Liverpool Cotton fkl►reoess raaaday. .ad asadausas Weft unsalmossly passed Met 0;0 1 d oc k wan k s " o f t h a t Part be mime" to tolebb P.M: reasons lee not semPlYbei wish too regeleitien of the *moot* held Is Dumber Lest. FRANCE. whoaARIS, IkeraLT, 6 r.s. waft of the of the CoeseU-Oesseal of Aphelion, Maeufloiti=zl Oemmerco took phis yeal eeday at the , and attracted s memmees mein Amot siso, iF the raso, so n t r be g ; flesterers, sad peered were Y. , Presideo el the National Assembly ; M. Pacatory, M. Demise. Lis fimparin, M. Wolowski, M. Base, and missy ether members of the mane& sad of the Chamber. The President of the Rtilie was received at the grand entrance by the Mam& , of Agriculture ind of Commerce, amompasted by several members of the council. The President wore the uniform of • general of the national gaud. Re was accompanied by M. i fie t 2laz(de Is Meurthe ), th e Vies-President of the ; the Mahan of War and of F o r e ign - A — Cr in their uniform as generals; the Ministers of Finance, Interior, Justice, Public Instruction, and Public Works, and several ascends and orderly ahem The President of the Repablie was the first to enter, and took his seat. Every one rose at hie entrance, and remained standing until is. vitsd to be matid by the president. The sitting was neared by a epee* from the Minister of Commerce, la which be detaikd the different questions ,which would be ht under the amebieratioa or the council. The Pnsiisat of the Repabile then rose, and made the 'lib,* speech , • thatlosasseasoar Ira caw..so-ssolaa of all ammo of Wmos ft bat as pronamosoust. ANK et yeas sousissi.'pasosOoyedi amploto wad& gay, you times to study at beaus tbo oailissolises driAtod to tasilitsto tlio No of tbe boil taloned the swat* . Nog the task it mars dis.alt. As indbrooosa sistallita his ands the period treat* boast* your ovuoltdis. his boos ewe *saws tan doubt sat .aassittalatr. It h issesossay 1111• the Mil illati to soisosibsa tidy. wake leave beam them 'Wm, Sal' so the othsr OD adept with resolution thtt amostano praparto swift saftriog Jimmies. TM beet memo Mode" to Vi triad is delirious sad ( an, Is to accept what is aall asstd. (Lied applaue.) The usborrossod of Nimbus* puti *lastly sells for ail tit* advise of 4%tsemxac.e. Alr.udy Ms goveramost has shim die bit audstasos by roliosiog leaded popsety of 27 =Moss of sitorgto. saanaood to the Legislative Amenably, and by the of •MU on mortgage Mena Is ceder to rar "ls tale leiou, weaver, it has give op • post of *a ',Os er got dem immiertgag• 'Mita, sad it will sooa coast& you on a bill on ordeliffosereer, which will, I boa . , offer real act- Taoist., to yooporty, sad will not 'spree ecetntry to the diapers of Your whim mi th e subject of the swinish. mewl= 'lle duty on sugar will be ezpected with impairer. Without infliethog say Wary on Lb* important assofashise of amiss sugar, or ox the ooloniel prod notice, we wish foe the intermit olooasasten to d judo isle the price of as article which has bloom* one of first neeemity. Many_ maaufeatories are is • laaguiabier state ; they or not recover until pubile midis shall have been ri•entabliebel. Credit, let it not be le th e moral aide of ssatoriol iatereett, it is Use naiad which animates tn. Wily. It double by conAdernee the value et ell pro ductless, while mistrust Mums them to asabiast. ' , mass, fur inst ance, does not now possess too Milk ettes, bat the went of coofidenee to the future porelyeee trammitione— (applause)—nsaintaina thet low prim of modem, and mums to sericulture as imamate loss. ought of all proportion to certain remedies minted out. Thus, instead of loanable' out in vain theories, sensible men ought to unite their efforts to ours in order to restore credit by giving the government the fora indispensable for the maintenance of order and respect for the low. (Laud applause.) While adopting the muerel measures which would contribute to the pro.petity of the country, the government ia occupied with the condition of the wot kin alums. Sevier banks, tai de ref.:ode, entail benefit soetite, the salu brity of lb* lodgings of workmen—such are the objects to which tho government will call your attention. Au we nimbly 1 kr yours, composed of special men, eo enlightened end so competent, will, I am 'educed to hope, be fruitful in good r sults. Exempt from that party spirit which now pa ralyses the best intentions end prolongs distress, you have bet one spring of actiou—the interest 01 the country. Era wise, therefore, with cooseientious care the most pear ice/ I questions, time of immediate application; on my part, I will do wha•ever is possible., with the support of the As sembly. tut, I cannot too often repeat: Let us hasten— time presses ; do not let the steps of bad passions outstrip our own progress. The speech of the chief of the state was followed by loud and unanimous marks of approbation. The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce afterwards declared the geaeral council opened, and adjourned to the following morning for the constitution of the bureau. The President of the Republic then left the sells, amidst loud applause. When be appeared on the steps, the baud of the rbatalion ou duty played an air of Gwen Hortense. At his entrance and on his leasing, the President was welcomed with the warmest marks of sympathy by the crowd which had assembled. All the ministers returned to the Elyse. with the President, General de Lahitte riding in the carriage with him. To-day's sitting of the Legislative Assembly crow moaned with the ballot for the appointment of the fourth vice-president of the Assembly. When the ballot was closed 111. Leon de Laborde laid on the table a petition of the inhabitants of Vaucluse, begging that the opinion of France should be taken upon the pro position of M. de LarochrfaNuelin. (Sensation.) Then the debate opened upon the second reining of the Avignon Railway Bill, which is conceived as follows : Art. 1. The Minister of Public Wotksis authoriscd to con cede directly the railway from Paris to Avignon in accord ance with the claire@ and conditions of t b . specification annexed to the present law. Those who obtain the concise sion will, on their rigout, be admitted to constitute two distinct companies under the condition that the two com panies shall remain jointly and severally responsible for the full and entire ea.cation of the said specification. Art. 2. The treaty is approved. which has been included between the Minister of Public Works acting in the name of the state, and the company of the railway from Bt. Etienne to Lyons, dated Jan. 29, 18-50, and ed to the present law. M. Orivy proposed, u an amendment, that the railway should be constructed by the state. M. Leon Faucher opposed the proposition, on the ground that the spirit of association should be encou raged in France, and that all enterprise-0 that can be carried out by private capital and industry should be left to those means. He avowed that he had taken part in the initiation of the government project. He then went on to repeat the arguments of th• previoss speaker, insisting on the necessity of immediately commencing the work, and the impossibility of the state undertaking it for a long period. The govern ment has too great an inclination to create function aries and employes ; and this disposition should not be fostered. The government would carry out the railway in an expensive manner, and one onerous to the treasury. He then went into an examination of the situation of the state if It should contract • loan to finish the railway; a loan, the terms of which would neceemarily be diradvantageoes, whereas a company would be able to borrow on better terms. As to the objections made that the concession to a company would open a door to joiners' speculation, he thought they would be answered by referring to the important works already executed by private capital and enterprise. M. Lestiboudois declared himself in favour of the execution of the railway by the state. He would at once go to the conditions, in his opinion unacceptable, attached to the proposed oonoession. Ile then went into a lengthened numerical statement, with a view to show that the obligations of the state would endure for probably • oentary. He would, consequently, vote against the project. The president then declared that the result of the vote for vice-pwideat was that M. Jules de Laney rie was ted by a majority of 323 votes out of 390 voters. M. de Lamartioe had just risen to speak on the debate on the Avignon Railway, when our reporter closed his despatch. The Mortilear announces the seizure yesterday of the Vole dos Palette, foe an article ea the budget of I 1861, and states that the publisher is to be prosecuted for exciting to hatred and contempt the government of the repullio. The committee on the bill on the press held a sa da, of five hours yesterday, bat the question remains the same as at the former sitting—viz. that the com mitt,co is agreed on rejecting ►he increase of the can tion-moaey. A long discussion took plate on the subject of the stamp duty, but without leading to any dansion. The committee on the bill on the clubs, after care fully examining all the documents laid before it by the Minister of the Interior, on Saturday heard the verbal explanations of M. Banda on the subject. The committee appears disposed to recommend the pure and simple adoption of the ministerial measure. M. Achille Guilhem, the moderate candidate, hes been chosen colonel of the 11th legion of the National Guard by a majority of 779. His competitor, M. Mama, obtained 1,880 votes. A general review of the troops in Paris was mud dimly commanded, at 6 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, to take place in the Champ de Mars on. goody. Lord Douglas has addressed a note to the ender of Galigoons's ileumper, to contradict the statement °copied late that papr frets the Itcou'ister dr liar, that he had been aseaelted by lb* mob of St. Antoine cm the day of the President's return free Vincennes. The Bret testalmeat of the Rothschild loan reached Ran on tee 2011 it VAAL PAS, Aran 4. Fat . i he Amulet. Warp (Vining ingle•L Loam. Midas II we Cada ....... •• NO 15 To 51 74 Si la 115 IS 5 par Oats.. -, lle SS MM MM Mu la 55 II do. Saw Lim— ~ - „ „ Kpar Clata..... fle• •• • „ P. P. • Per Owls of Ueda': al sighC if 5114110 .52%12 41L. „ 821•151. 5 114 ,1170 ••••••• NI Waft. Napo Maga . 115 Od Wady De. 4nu —.. _. . Roma Lo- IMO lei De. 44 Do. 11 Pieduadd II par Oials WV ' Bask Shaw ll5O „ Imam —hob ael Odom, " 717 10 ; Pub sad Roala dr at Avlsaas Nal ILvell 171 40; elrasbaarg iad Bola IN 25 ; awl Mom% 2111 U; Wens sad Dardiaas, 105; Noah, 4•51 Perk mod Stirsqbeen. 14.: Tours lied llama. IV 40; lhatamoda mad Troyes, 100;11t. Dermal; SU; Vanalllia Daftiaak), 145 73. 1 SPAIN. We have rewind our corresposdenoe from Madrid of the 3rd. Tbe opposition papers were seized on that day, and the Patric fi n ed by an or d er of the polit4ail °hie. The king has °Demented to forego his opposition to Name s. General Amettler has been sent on of Madrid. A royal dean" of the Queen of Spain, abollehlog in P.* chief towns of provinces and sea-ports the ootroi duties en 82 articles ef ' , meal consumption ' is in serted in the Madrid G aro tt e of the god. The Prince and Princess de Merrill* bad embarked for Cadiz for England, and the Brazilian milliner, who had been to that piass to attend then, bad returned to Madrid. The arreldeezpeenes the opines that the budget of this per may present =increase.: 1513,000,000 reels, as compared with that of last year. wasess. Aran I.—Three per alma, Ml me amain; Farr Thar. It Me mei Pour per data., le saw- nye .3 6 r Cebu, 13 paper Boles, 13i meerese., 13i sash. Privy% 31 aceount; dew Doke, 31 MI6 auk. Oman; 7 paper. Baal a St. Perdlnend. iseltaate as Ueda; WA, et 90 dam Threw 5411, with Osepres, 93 paper. Advice, from Berne of the 6th inst. bring intern genca of the opening of the National Council on that day. The president, Dr. &cher, delivered the open ing speech. He eulogised the re-conotitstion of the canton of Thurgovia. He adverted to the pro- grammes of the two parties, approving that of the government committee and condemning that of the oppoition. ITALY. ROMAN STATES. The following telegraphic despatch from Rear-Ad miral Trehonut was received on Sunday by the French government from Toulon : " Clefts, Vecchia, April 6.—1 have this instant re ceived from M. de Raynevel, and from the com mander of the Vauban, intelligence that the Pope left Portici yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon for Caserte, on his way to Rome, travelling by short stages." The Ossereatore Romano state', with regard to the Pope's entrance into Rome, that the cardinals of the commission, accompanied by the vicar, the arch-priest of St. John, and the clergy, will receive his holiness before the basilican of the Lateran. The diplomatic body will also be present, and advance to mee: the pontiff under the portico of the church. After the ceremony, his holiness will mount a carriage of state and drive, followed by the whole procession and the troop., to St. Peter's, where he will be received by the Sacred Cullege. The Te Drum will be chaunted, and the cortege will axompany the pontiff to his apartments. The Journal de Rome, of the 29th, publishes the organic regulations of the corps of pontifical veliter, which is to be composed of 1,680 men, with 625 hone.. A letter from Rome, of the 31st ult., states that Mgr. Gaza&la, founder of the Contemporaneo and ex editor of the Positiro, who had been condemned by the ecclesiastical tribunals to imprisonment in a mo nastery, not only for his writings against religion and the holy see, but also for other breaches of ecclesiasti cal discipline, has made his escape from the Cutle of St. Angela. It is positively stated that the Pope ex pensed great dissatisfaction at his unjustifiable con demnation, and that he supplied the funds for the escape. TUSCANY. The Count Francois de Latour, major-domo of the Count of Trapani, arrived at Leghorn on the 31st ult. The marriage of the count with the Archduchess Isabella is put off for a while. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. Onr correspondent writes as follows : ERFURT, APRIL 6. The result, or rather non-result, of the meeting of the VolAshaus committee has greedy alarmed the members of the liberal party ; their alarm is well founded, for nothing could be more disastrous to their plans in the present state of affairs than disunion and strife amongst themselves. The Gotha party con tinue to expect a majority in the house, as they con sider the defection of Bodelachwingh to have been the sole cause of their defeat in the committee. All parties have decided to abide by the propositions con. tabled in their respective programmes. The Gotha party met late last night in their usual place of meeting, the saloon of the railway terminus, irons which they have been named the Bahnhof, or terminus party. The proceedings commenced by the reading of a report of what had taken place at the several sittings of the committee. Bodelechwingh then roes to defend the proposal which he had made in the committee, and sought to prove that it was in harmony with the principles contained in the pro- gramme which he bad himself drawn up and recom mended, and which had been signed by the majority of the party. His explanation, sr defence, met with a most unfavourable reception ; and, after he had been compelled to address the meeting half a dozen times in explanation of his explanations, it was adjourned without any definite course of action having been de cided on. The Centre decided Lit night, in a meeting of the party, not to bind their friends to any one course of proceedings, but toleave it to the individual members to make to the parliament whatever proposals they might think advisable. The Staatenhaus committee have ooncluded their review of the constitution and of the additional act, and will to-morrow decide apon the course to be recom mended to the house with regard to the adoption of the constitution. _ The present confused state of affairs, the uncertainty which surrounds the future proceedings of the Prus sian government, and the desire evinced by several of the minor states to withdraw from the confederation, I mum the utmost anxiety to all the faithful supporters of a German anion. The question is approaching a decision; the next few &Lys will decide the fate of the more intimate confederation. The Voikciava meets on Tuesday next, and will at once proceed to the discussion of the en bloc adoption or not. AUSTRIA. We have the following from oar correspondent : VIENNA, Arum 4. The committee appointed by the government to take the neoemary steps for procuring the proper re presentation of the industry of Austria at the exhibi tion to be held in London in 1851, held • meeting yes terday to consider the report which had been drawn up by a sib-committee. The recommendations of the report were adopted with some alight modifications. Six commksioners are to be appointed for promoting the intentions of the government in the differeat provinces, and for examining th e articles which may be sent in to be forwarded' to London. The carriage of all articles will be paid both ways by the Austrian treasary. Great preparations are being made in all breaches of industry to show the English what the Austrian can do when he be stirs himself. LA PLATA.—There are six days later date' front Bassos Ayres, bat the new I. mot of the alight si t 1 laterest, except that mohair was rising. GREECE AND THE LEVANT. MALTA, APRIL 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Comm ny's steamer Was arrived, tidy on the morning of the 31st ult., from Seidl ateptan and Clibraliar, with 78 passengers. The Poles who came in the Turkish steamer Faif, were landed in the Lasetto, instead of going on to Cagliaaa, as reported to be their destination. They are allowed to come to Valletta In small parties. They are officers and non-commissioned officen, and are a very fine Indy of men. Her Majesty'. steamer Odin leaves to day for the fleet at Salamis; the Ganges will follow in a few dap, with provisions for five thousand men for two months, The French steamer cams in from Athens and Constantinople c n the 31st ult. Letters from Constantinople state that the country is per fectly tranquil ; trade very dull. The princess lately born is dead. Msjor Nicholson, aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of India, has left Constanti nople, in comp a ny with General Guyon, formetly in the Huns/snap service, for BMUS% Captain haston. a Queen's mesoenger, bad arrived in the French steamer with deep tclus for Sir Stratford Can ning. The Turkish steamer Farli-hut had lett for Gallipoli, to emtark 230 Itslian refugees for Genoa. H.M. steamer Porcupine lied alto arrived from the fleet, with despatches.. Immeliately a'ter re (retying them the English ambassador had an interview with the Mini.ter for Foreign Affair.. Letters from Athens, of the 29th, mention that the Grecian affair is not yet concluded. Baron Gros and Mr. Wyse had had ter quent conferent•es, and the basin of an engagement bed ben agreed U.. Despatches have been received from Mr. Zograpt. os, the Greek envoy to St. Peteriburgh ; he arrived there on the 23rd February, and was very kindly received by Count Nenselrode. COLONIAL AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.-NEW SOUTH WALES. From flies of pspers received from this colony to the end of the year we learn that an election of a mem ber to represent Sydney in the Legislative Council had taken place. Tne poll closed on the 19th of December, when Dr. Bland wee returned by 601 votes, one of his opponents (Mr. Bogue) receiving 2.56, and the other (Mr. Wilsbere) 210. Little interest was taken in the election : out of 4,611 electors, only 1,076 recorded their votes. The only allusion to the proposed new constitution for the colony that we find to these papers is in the following paragraph from the Sydnry Morning Herald of the 20th Dec : A preliminary meeting, to consider the propriety of call ing a public meeting to ascertain the views of the colonists on the bill now before parliament, for the alteration of the constitution of the colony, was held at Lyons' rooms yester day a/tempo. A eeasiderable number of persons having assembled, it was proposed that Mr. G. K. Nichols should take the chair. That gentleman having declined, Mr. Smart and Dr. Douglas wore in vain app-alid to. Mr. Charles Kemp was be.ought, but being noubtful as to the propriety of at all calling a meeting, also ascus4 himself. At lasi, after some ex:uses, Mr. hisses Marin was induced to fill the apoarently unpalcable office of chairman ; aed, having read the advertis, ment cellists the meeting, after a long pause, and a good deal of by play, Mr. Samuel Lyons proposed that the meeting do adjourn sine die. Tbi s reso -1 utionn was not wee-tidy!, and another long pause ensued, which was broken by Mr. Edward M Encroe, who moved, " That as this new constitution WAS • thing that they neither approved of nor disagr, ed with—aud so, being a thing they did not understand, they would have nothing to d o w ith it. Noon.) seconded this, and pause the third ensutd, which was terminated by the meeting adj iur , iing sine die. A more sonselese and absurd affair was never witnessed in Sydney. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Our dates from this colony are only to the 20th of December. The monster meeting which approved of the bill for the government of the Australian colonies, u reported by our Sinowire corrr,pondent last over land mail, was not held till the 20th. Our corre spondent only mentioce4 in general terms that the bill was approved of. That his account was correct is, however, confirmed by the tenor of the fellowing remarks from Van Diemen'. Tani journals : According to a requisition signed by a nunsher of the most respectable inhabitaaft of the northern division of the Wand, the under-sheriff had convened a meeting to be held on the 20th instant, fur the purpose f petitioning the Queen and parliament on the subject of a representative assembly, and against the continuance of transportation to this colony; and further, for the purpose of recording an expiation :of public opinion with re'erenea to certain de spatches transmitted to England by Sir William Denison, and upon his administration of the government of this colony ge ts ' e twice:ton Examiner, 19th December, in speaking of the meeting to be held the next day, in ref. nine to the despatches of Sir William Denison, cle&tensted him as—" a humbug—the personified curse of the colony ever Isbiuring in opposition to its interests witi n he imagines his own sti pend is in peril." VICTORIA. The dates from this colony are to the let of January, nearly three weeks later than those from which we published extracts yesterday. In addition to the petition from Melbourne, printed in our yesterday's impression, an address to the throne, in the same spirit, had been voted by a public meeting at Geelong on the 19th of December. THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. SWINDON, WILTS, APRIL 3. SlR,—Leaving London by the Great Western Rail way this morning, and alter passing the seven or eight ini.es of cold grass land, from which on this side of the metropolis you emerge into that fine friable tract which extends from Hanwell to Didcot, I was struck with the forward appearance of the wheat crops, the garden-like state of the land, and its gene rally good cultivation. The numbers of sheep feeding off turnips, and the size of the turnip-fields, tell that the land is generally occupied by men of capital, while the farm-houses and homesteads are usually of a superior kind. Confined as I have been, during the present year, to the colder soils, I was not pre pared to see the wheats so forward es they are in many parts of this fertile tract ; so much is this the case that in several places I observed flocks of sheep feeding down the wheat. Indeed everything is here • fortnight in advance of the districts north and east of Loudon. Throughout the district all the larger farmers seem to hold a large quantity of wheat, more I should think than they usually have at this season. This, which I have reason to believe is not confined to the district I am now referring to, will have considerable influ ence on prices; and should the iest of the season until harvest prove as propitious as it has hitherto been, we must expect to obtain during the ensuing year very moderate money returns from our wheat crepe. To farmer", who are unable or unwilling to withdraw their too exclusive reliance on the " hern iae'," this will be a cause of difficulty, but its effect ea husbandry and farmers in general will, I am satis fied, be in the end mos: beneficial. After l)idcot, we pas into strong land, not remarkably well managed, but on which the wheats are looking healthy and well. At the Wantsge-road station, we get into the grass-lard district of the Vale of White Horse, which presents at this sea son little to comment upon. Here there are few if any signs of improvement—no draining, no increase of building", and in several places even at this early period the cattle were turned into the mea dows to destroy by their footsteps the future crop and to shiver in discomfort under hedges. I was well acquainted with this dairy-land district from Faring don to Swindon twenty years ago, and I thought that with the exception of considerable improvement in the character of their cows, which have now a strong dash of short-horn blood, I did not perceive any alterations. The fields and little hovels which con stitute their farm buildings remain; as they have been for generations. The amendment in iho character of the stock shows, however, that even the dairy farmers —a somewhat stationary race—do improve, where improvement lies exclusively within their own power, as is thecae, with their stock; but the owners of dairy land are of all landowners the least ready to assist their tenants' efforts by making landlords' improve ments. They receive comparatively high rents ; for the dairy Winer managing his business it *mall expense, gives 113 immense pro portion of the gross produce of the land to his landlord, so that until dairy land pro prietors find some difficulty in retaining their old tenants 'or in obtaining new ones without making improvements, they will never improve. This is the rule I that there are some exceptions, the following sesoant of a farm in North Wiltshire, which it was part of my bagmen in the West of England t o visit, will seedently prove. Perhaps soma 01 your readers will recollect a salltileasat short-berm ox which obtained 1) one of the int prises at the S m i t hfi e ld Club show, "elaber .1' '--,. I ,' . '.: • .. • r - • ,3' i!**-.-..: ' 7l , Z .• • 4. b , .-- . •1 7, - ; . ,