The Express. — London, England, 1850-04-19 00:00:00

p and song nothing but the nue!olded ono City bankieg-Innse Bunn, PATXII, and 0 0 -e 1111' "..-ofutt Loi don economist, th e Ediaburgh seer Mr. M. T. burrs has the pleasure aed peek el tti ei re e° him k clouds in the horizon. He bang; and a brewer, as, we beings. Mr. Wtaaart b. etre* , rtand , t , penny aid disorder, u a sad may be admirably qualified to take an active Oils r rn En i c i is h pggepreity ; and at the game in the governmeat of an empire ioltablesi mito t u t b e rmaik all the supposed and aug- by ase handfed and fifty mils ns of !•.s.: l l „, a ide of middle and upper clan, %baronial/1 which they never sew. Bat l, on the- Pgl , jeep sigh t ry and dinffectio. bead, be granted by all °solid nies that the probe so, of to aggravate or darken what the billies are mosey asst gentkmea so immersed 14 : n , marts in sufficiently sombre colours, but is other boiling being so fitted. What is possible v".. j re ly warn those who make light of the high is, to say the neat of it, very improbable. Yet, seth 'motion, that this is precisely the decline is the system at the India House, that cue a director fr t t, rec oi l s that forces a middle clue to partake always a director, is just as much a rule as that cage of the eseidition and then of the sentiments of a parson always a person is a nazis of eases law. b e scath them. ninety might make them The syskm there perpetuates add emir= issefil • dent directors when once elected; and it also prevents really competent men presenting elves for election. There may be advantages in having some lade peadent merchants in the direction (and there were when the company was a trading body) in having some experienoid financiers in the court. But to re-elect four men out of six at one batch who know nothing personally of India, does seem an anomaly even in the present form of our lodise administration! But the system " works well." That is a ques tion that would require a lengthened answer. The truth is, that all who have seriously thought on the subject of the Icdia House, have long ago owns to an opinion adverse to the present system of electing directors. An uninterested and irresponsible consti tuency chooses penally incompetent, self-seeking, aid indifferent representatives. And tbe oonsequenos el each a choice as that India is farmed rather than governed; it is regarded rather as a eountryof path-p -age thus as Antoine* to be ruled for the sake of its peoPle " Ab," complacently said a deceased director in our hearing, " its long since I satisfied all nal claims on me ; and now I look out for men!" Bat how few live to look out for good men. And what a principle on which to risk an empire, that private considerations can prevail in the distribution of its office' over public merits or national wants. Yet patronage it is that lies at the root of the bad go- vernment of Indio. ~::os~ 4e, re ti. oreurrenees combine just now to create int-res• in what is passing at the India . flit melancholy death of the late otairma .;,.. e : er sie.l, it is said, by the discussion while anew isnot of directors oa his proposition to appoint it it tin 61Larite,• fair officer but a better hems 4:10 to the Supreme Council of India) ; the MOW 4 Mr. Stt r nun% by much the ablest awake caw. to the chair for this year ; the neck sad cootie? in the court between the super Dartb ;.!,sere llono and the statistical Colonel STILES fee gostv chair, terminating in a majority of or» in yr z e a the former, the importance of which v : tome only known and be felt when notice le of veer given of the expiration of the charter ; Triernt vacantly in the direction, and the hot %ere for the seat that is »ging between Mr. TosT .:A.I rr and Major Moms ; the strongly contrasted ;: tede of the annual change in the governors of lodic and the strange importance which a or retired Indians, of great ability and even still seer emecientionmess, will persist is attributing • !oeemesimein the Court of Proprietors : —The almost soleinesee occurrence of these 'rests unites I. ma ttg to our reeillettion that, little as we task of -M. Maly are not without their effect on the Wise any handfed million, of our fellowmillimilliamil -I millions of our tributaries in India. Ice C-arter Act enacts that directors basis" served :? !ear. 'hall no ont of officer as the 10th of Aped. !ro• here-eligible for the next twelve months. Da zh a'ter the lapse of a year, these out- dis •-ra may hi no-elected by the propriet veer ialß ; inset, it is still to be doubted whether the re. that annually take place previously to the t April are quite in the spirit of the Mita& rohcantially these proceedings transfer the :on of the incoming directors front ro-stituency in which parliament has d P. to the remaining eighteen di who molly nominate their six eol- Tbe process of replacement takes plass 1-dis House by the form rather than the sub . f a ballot, at which the proprietors of the s,e rreaumed to attend in person, or by proxy, ts.umed to have a choice and a voice in the of »Midst» offering for their seketion. his. however, been taken long before the -ion arrive*, to spire " the ladies and " the trouble or the difficulty of think themselves on a point so important peasantry of India, who pay them • tid..md of 10 per cent. For r ll. august and imperial uses to !a Home is turned, not the least significant, s-sreelv the most dignified, is that of serving .•tr office for directors ; where the court ca r is pleased to bestow on its members lima .4 WI tten character, testifying to his eminent %!, wh.mever it fells to his lot, as it does T , .tr. to offer himself for imelectioo, after .;re months of probationary existence. mple. in March last, there issued a cir tl,.. India House. signed by 23 out of the s, which fir weeks went the round of the ire. sone . ing "the favour of the vote and of the "ladies and gentlemen" for the fol. -directors :—Lientenant-General Sir J. 1.. .a. 0.C.8. • GEORGE LTALL, Esq.; Jons r•PILATT. Eeq.; ELLIOTT NIACNAGHTLN, ETIN F. SMITH, Esq.; WILLIAM WIGRAM. •er was op - F ended the very considerate h at in order to save personal attendance, we desirous of voting by proxy may obtain a rorney for that purpose at the treasury in this ; house—the treasury thereof being, it may .1. "Acted because of its plsasant sssocia. le proprietary mind with dividends well psol. The ballot, so thoughtfully pre. so carefully organised, ends of course, as \' the India House end without in modern litary exception. in favour of the directory. "the glasses are closed, the numbers the nominees of the court are declared 'id " to take their share for other four years »meat. of India, and in the patronage of which each director receives 3001. a year, .incan mos: is, of course, a lawful one ; the Car oms it out ;it will just " hold water." Bat 'M, it is hardly what the statute contem n destructive of any real responsibility t of the directors to their constituents, legisl store sought to establish ; and it is '0 perpetuate ignorance, incompetence, or the C..urt of Direction, if ever such human imperfections should by accident obtain it,» a body which annually gives good to six of its members. mi of the yearly circular and its very sag. *script, moreover, do not constitute the fled of documents. They smack of a can tILTVIC7 in S. Ann's Charity School, or to • .e Indigent Blind Asylum, rather than the stectien to the government of an em -1 beget an apprehenlion that the collector ::a I loos will, sober qviently to the election y besought, call on the " ladies and gentle rerpi c' fully addressed and cared for, for their `scriptions. In truth, there is much that is in the principle of such a circular, and not at is unpleasant in its matter. For it sff ct not only render the respoesi r.ekction a sham ; but they do so in an 'lid unskilful manner. If the whole affair it could »rely be better dressed up. the le gisla`ure has in its wisdom seen ID the choice of the rulers of India upon " the gentlemen" forming the proprietary of steck, whilst at the same time it has sw , from all pecuniary lase or legal respond squint upon the abase of the great trusts 'posed in them, yet the public will to remember that British India is p motion ; that the director' of India Coapany, however anomalously .'.d towards the nation in the position of , teweeds of a great estate, the manage hiek they have, onbiddeu, ventured to a d* men best qualified for it ; and come fit the nation has an undoubted right, as with the solemn but hitherto neglecte..l Arrinising the character and preteisions, ications and self-stated fitness, of the gen o so courageously rash from their privacy at 10,04 X) miles distance, 130 millions of FRANCE. bound, it is to be inferred, to take the six who have just been released from pa sterysitioe, and of the testimonial o r rtheir as, in agricultural phraseology, " • fair the sack." On glaring at their names, , e that four out of the six so pre-eminently diseet the various and complex concerns ifire, which is made up of • congeries et we never set foot in India. The forums • MCSPIATT, SMITE!, and %Victims, urn" in the City of London ; and there, .tuteoltbair avocations, their lives have been •'• Of the other two, Sir JANI49 LUSIIINGTON • left India. where his career was purely with an awkward military passage in ' 26 years ago. Whilst the other, Mr. held employments out of Cal -1 ti el the lucrative post he filled (the ift of English bankrupt houses) was one rht him more in contact with • certain own eountrymeo, than into connexion and ses - slvent natives. Of the interior of the condition of the people subject to Sell' of himself and his colleagues, Mr. •... can personally know nothing. These cen s therefore be fitted to be the rides ' only on the proverb, " that an the • i Nevi, the one ejod are kings "—dens k N. • . ryl , 4 lowynes wont roil'. admit, just possible, that a navy !wets lane, as Mr. Mt:SHUTT is; a Lrahh is; a member of the groat PARIS, flattnaDAT, 7 • u. The tremendous disaster at Aopers has for the moment thrust aside the Paris eltotion from the chief place in public attention. A variety of letters and journals from the spot plot the calamity with all its terrible details. The beet account seems to be given in the Journal die Mane et Loire, and is as follows: At 11 o'clock this mon* a squadron et hussars, caning hoes Nantes, had crossed over the suspension bridge of the Been Maine without any eiteident. although the wind blew very 'seedily hem the west, end the river was very agitated. The last of the horses had seemly crossed the bridge, than the head of the column of the third battalion of the 11th light inteatry appeared as the other side. Reiterated ween ier were given to the troops to break tato maims, es is weaselly done, bet the rain falling heavilat the time, ft was disregarded, and the battalion advsseed Is close column. The head of the battalion had readied the opposite side, the pie seen, the drummers, and a past of the bated were of the bridge, when • horrible crash was hoard; the cast.iron columns of the ri4bt back suddenly gave way, crinkled tonestli them the rear of the 4th compeer, which, with the flask sompaey, had net mitered on the bridge. To dneribe the fricktfal spectacle and the cries of despair which were raised is impossible ; the scene at the bridges of Simla* can alone rive an idol of it. The whole town rushed I. to the spet to give essistance. In Wt. of the sterns which was raging. all the hosts that could be ore at were laesebed to picksp the soldiers in the river, and a west number who were clinging to the parapets of the bridge, or who were kept afloat by their knapsacks, were hasp dieted got out. The greeter number of them were, how ever, found to be wounded by the bayonets or by the frag ments of the bridge hiked on them. Every one on the 'pot vied wilh each other in rendering segistaase, 'ed, as the soldiers were got cut, they were led into the houses adjoining, and *very moist:moo rives. Thole who wore too mucti tilered to welt wee placed on litters. All the an ti 0-ities of the town, the trooio in the perigee, and the °Hie, n and soldiers who had 'seeped briery had only one idi e, that of rendering all the assistance in their power. A young lieutenant of the 11th, M. Lou?, rendered himself coospicuous for his heroic eieftions; and a young workwo men, at the imminent danger of her life, jumped into the water and saved the life of an officer, who was just sinking. It is imrssible for us at this moment to estimate the num bee of lives that have bees lost; of those that escoped with their lives there is scarcely one but has toothed wounds from the bayonets of his comrades. Several sets of devotion deserve to be mentioned. A journeymen hatter named Tur di. who had acquired some notoriety in the late political trials, stripped and jumped into the river, sad by his steength said skill in swimming saved • great many lives. One of the soldiers who bad reached the shore unhurt, home diately strip ped and swam to the assistance of his comrades. A letter from Angers says: The lieutenant colonel, an old officer of the empire, as misted by the adjutant and by some of his men, escaped with his lite ; but altnough seriously wounded and brui.ed, ' he would not quit the spot, but remained to watch over the rescue of his companions in arm. It is impossible to &verbs his s dicitude and coolness in the midst of the frigktfial t by which be wee surrounded. The inhab4 tants of the town warmly seconded the exertions of the efficen, who forgot themselves to go to the enigmas* of their soldiers. A grand musical congress wee to have taken place next week at Augers, bet, in consequence of this catas trophe, the committee has decided that the Jests shall not take place. The following additional details are from the Pre eurseur of Anders of yesterday : The sepeasioa•bridge which has fallen was built about twelve years ago, but about a year Mee underwent repairs , which Kit the tows about 36,000 fr. The euspendiorchains ' at Int gave way oa one side only, when the soldiers on the bridge, feeling the movement of the fluor of the bridge, na busily rushed to the other side, when the chains there also gave way, and the whole fluor of the bridge foil. From ore bask to the other the river was completely blocked up with the soldiers straggling to resek the shore. If the weather had been calm, tee greater number of them would in all probability have bees saved. The wind, however, blew a perfect hurricane, and the waves were very rough. Names of men might be seen clinging to each other, the waves every moment washing away ems of them until only one re. moaned. Beams of wood, planks, and every article that could be laid hold of were lausehed to enable the men to keep themselves all at until further assistance could arrive. Ten e'Clock.—The muster-roll has just been called over. Of the Ist, 2nd, and 3rd companies there only remain 14, 18, and 19 men respectively. The number deficient amounts to 219, to which must be added 33 dead, sod 30 wounded in the hospital, snakier; the total lots to the bat talion 282. There is reason, however, t, hope that there may be pot some in private houses which may not be in cluded is the number of those whose fate has been known. The lieut. *Wesel slipped off his horse as he wee falling, and gasped with a wound is the fees. Noes.—Sinee this morning 70 bodies bare been picked up, among whom are a captain, a lieutenant, and two sub lieutenants. The body of the porte-drapeau was also picked up, having the standard firmly clutched in his hand. One soldier had • mu ' ket which had run through his body. The body of one soldier was found completely pierced through with a musket, and many of the barrels of ;he guns were beet double. Two o'Cluk.—The number of bodies found up to this time amounts to 123. The names of the officers killid or drowned, as vet aecertaioed, are Capt. Doti, L'eut. Cotter, Beb4ciete. Porte Drapes* Casette, and Sob Listen. Forgoes sad Lebritk. It appears that some people belonging to the town were welting on the bridge at the time of the accident, for among the bodies found are those of • servant and two shildren. The bodies of two of the enaployis of the oceroi leave also been found. Among the newspapers of the capital thn Biiele has been the first to respond ti the deep emotions of horror and pity which have shaken the public at this calamitous news. That journst, in • leading article calculated to promote public sympathy with the bereaved families of the victims of the accident, de clares that a subscription for their relief has been opened in the office of the Slide. Tne committee of the moderate press and M. Ldclerc, guided by its advice, have resAved to take no account of the preparatory bellot announced by the Union Electorale. The schism between these two parties e , ems to open once mere to the socialists • favourable chance for csa:rTing the day. M. Leclerc bas already taken a precipitate rep, which be found it necessary to retract. lie wrote the following letter to the union of the Rue Berere. Gentleman,—The partial dim.lution of the Electoral Union, the resignation of its vicie-presielent, M. D.lsmaravi, and that of a west number of its members, make its duty for me heneeterth to rely entirely, so regards air csndriatr ship, up ai the committee composed of reprisenteives of the people and teletrates of the matins guard and the press, appointed by the 0- nerd Alterably at which my candidate sh,p was proclaimed. The Monifeur die Soir, of yesterdly evening, ex plains this letter as follow.: At the hresking up of the ratting of the ciremittee of the Electoral Union, %ererlay, • member of t c bureau went to M. lettere, and obtained from him a letter 14 adhesion, by telling him that the I , quest was male with the con currence of the ventral meeting of the Rue vi ers, By obtaining from M Lectern a letter pl,l4inis himself to with draw it the preparatory hallot ahmal I not be favour ail@ to him, a snare was laid which be d' d on seeing the lid of the seven names. _ _ M. I,clerc instantly wrote the fo!lowing letter to the FJeztorel Union. M , itsieur le Prki , lent,—l Item. lostniql Int it twwi not eqseert with the general estneeittee ul rrpres ntatives ul the , ...soft thebest Lowest Claim/. - - - - -.. 3 peseawls.,.....„ I 3.5 03 ,55 40 55 73 95 30 83 53 3 wet amts. B9 35 188 73 99 $0 83 73 89 25 5 al. 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ISO. . • or hi ~e:i :b yd • of I ▪ ‘rc ✓ - ••(: t • le • • MOE • .• .:n. 4 - •••: of - •• my. !•• •• thr -:eon •-• eta he • I s• d • 3a' NI; :et • " Vol .::. • r • :.. • -oo •••.1•• Dean .t • • Let • Le : tn n tl --". 3.1 •t-i 'a ft t vi - 0- e Trfr • :r re) rev • '4%^kgi . r rt. ~ . .7 t r? se • ot-m, i A. t• t iti T 44 V It •:! g '•!•?. the ■l* • w e d et oho , tr-, el • ti -e b s wl . !4 ▪ - wt. ve • *id t o tt Lew be **. I.T or t.. 10 .'Q Lt ". • [gr., • 'o• oh 24.• /11 o p 1 4 . he sd • • tt 0111 al Ot eh ' • ree 1 0 • THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1850. sad thiagatas of the asthma pawl awl the mode that the lean whichl Opts* Israel.was gamed of law I hek Oyes se raped IS as net brag haw east, m tt was the Mai et a siestritolman. The Mialeur gives the sum of %meaty presidents of asethes and delegates of the Leetoral Union who have seat in their me asst aad also that of Oentil de Busy, one e f It. foutes. Toe same journal states that General d'Arbouville has declared that his same has been brought forward as a candidate by the Eloncral Union without his au thoritThey. Mats and Omeshlectioserel have both adopted the candidacy of Leclerc. The Asaraiblie Nationale mays : tt At all the thea tres of Paris last evening bulletins were distributed on which were written the name of M. L-elero aed • summary of the principal acts of his life. They were everywhere received with load applauee and cries of enthusiasm." Notwithstanding the article of the Napoleon to favour of Fernand Foy, Louis Napoleon has adopted Leclerc, and an spot of the Ripe. la said to have distributed his biography to representatives of the Assembly. Tao sitting of the Legislative Assembly to-day opened with the mood debate up3n the law of trans portation, which had been tiled for the order of the day. M. Jules Fairs had presented the follow ing amendment: in. 1. Whoevor shall reader himself guilty of one of tho CAMP er politioal attelapte palliated with death by the penal cod*, shall be pus' hisd by basis/sant oat of the territory of the republic, either for life or for a find period. —Art. 2. The present law shall be applicable to the iadi viduals who have been coadeasued for aims or political (Weskit, gulf* the lit Kay, 1848. _ _ _ In defence of this proposition M. Fevre proceeded to re-produce the arguments already urg ed against the government's bell in the first de bate, main taining that the punishment of banishment is suffi cient for political mimes, and consonant with the precepts of humanity. Alluding to the captivity and exile of Louis Napoleon, he professed astonishment that a law should be presented in the name of the President of the Republic, which declared that nei ther banishment nor imprisonment were sufficiently severe for the castigation and intimidation of political delinquents. After this speech, the Minister of Jus tice replied. M. Matthien de la Dram. succeeded. Then the amendment was put to the vote and rejected by a large majority. General Cavaignao wee re marked among those who voted against. A debate without interest on the first article of the bill then took place, and the vote has been adjourned to to morrow. The sitting broke up at a quarter after six. M. Duey, Under Secretary of State of the Interior, has, it is said, given in his resignation. The Prccareur of the Republic has commenced a prosecution against the Abbe Ctitel for having outraged religion and morality in a speech delivered in an electoral meeting at the Salon de Mars. it was stated some time ago in this correspondence, that the police authorities had begun to carry into execution an order of the government for the expul sion from Paris of persons without fixed domicile, and who had no means of subsistence otherwise dal; be shift or mendicity. We learn, by the Gazette des Tnbunauz, that the police have just commenced active proceedings, and that 400 arrests were effected yesterday. Most of the persons arrested were found hanging about the barracks of the *Adler.; they will be brought before the correctional tribunals, and, if cmvicted, placed at the disposal of the government. Those who are foreigners will be sent out of the country. The lifoniteter contains a list of all citizens* who have been singled out during the first quarter of 1850 by the Minister of the Interior as deserving of re wards for acts of courage and devotion. M. Ferdinand Barret is gazetted as Knight of the Legion of Honour. *e read in the Putrid of yesterday evening " Yee terday, at the moment when Gene cal de Castellani, after having reviewed the nationel guard, the cavalry school, and a battalion of the 11th Light Infantry which wu passing through Sumas., on the Place do Chardonnet in that town, wu addressing the troops, b's voice was several times drowned by the noise of a handful of riotous men. They were in vain requested to be silent by the police-office's. Recourse was obliged to be bad to the legal summing, and the mob was quickly dispersed by • vigorous charge of the men of the I Ith Regt., supported by • squadron of cavalry of the Military School. In this affair the 11th, against which so many calumnious imputations had been raised, gave a striking contradiction to its detractors mod a proof of its fidelity to discipline, and of its ' de votedness to the cause of order. Several of the rioters were arrested, and many of them were wounded by the stones thrown at the soldiers. Order has been completely restored in the town." 8 P.M. P.3.—Tbe President, accompanied by General d'Hautpoul, Mini,ter of War, and M. Bineau, Minis ter of Public Work., has t aken his departure for Angers, in order to b.: present at the funeral of the victims of the terrible accident of the 16th, which is fixed for to-morrow. ead.we Muth ales ; the Weems Owed de Reser, unbowed°, M awls, will wive trowerrew, sad will inhabit the Mi nerva Hetet. At te the ambassador et kreiria, Ite has had &pusses* rewired sir his at the pathos Terleala. It ap pears that the !reach pollee is to he nalatethed, eves alter the Pope's eaten. eat that hi theme with the mottled ea %betide+. SARDINIA. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin of the 13. h, N. Torelli, reporter of the esemisittes ea differential duties, read the opinion of that essamithse on the abeam., noticed by M. Revel, of a law pro bibitiag foreign vessels from exercising the coasting trade. The coustnimiott thought that it would be proper to introduce such prohibition into the present bill, by denoting the coasting-trade by the wards " from poet to port," used in navigatlea treaties. And, to avoid further mieunderstaading, it would propose an additional article, to be Art. 4, declaring that the law introduce no ionovatioo in the interior navigational the state. M. Feriae moved that Art. 3of the bill aboeld be suppressed sad repl by Art. 4of the comosimioo. To this the Chamber agreed, and the bill was passed by a msfority of 110 to 14. A duel with pistols took place= the 13th, between MM. Arlo/tor and Carom, two deputies of the Turin Chamber. Neither of the two combatants was wounded. According to a statistical account published by the Abbe Amid, the founder of infant-schools in Italy, there ere 61 such asylums in Piedmont; the number of children educated there is 8,648, and the annul expense amounts to 181,316 fr. A letter of the llth from Ceva (Piedmont), in the Corriere Mereantiled Genoa, states that the Capuchins of that piece joined the municipality and the national guards in singing a T e D eem f or the abolition of ec clesiastical privileges. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE • STAATENH AU13.1 We have received by electric telegraph intelli gence (rim Erfurt under date the 17th inst. The Staatenhaus had commenced its deliberations on that day, the constitution being the subject under debate. VonPatow's propositions wereadopted by 72 against 20. Thus the adoption en blue of the conitinition and ad ditional act is sanctioned by all parties, by the two Chambers at Erfurt and by the Prussian government. In the sitting of the Volkshans, on the 15th, at Erfurt, Bismark-Schonhausen, and Gerlach sup ported, and Bolster and Count Schwerin opposed the proposition to substitute the word " union " for " reich," in the text of the constitution. The proposi tion was lost. The amendment to the additional act proposed by the committee was accepted. It runs thus " The execution of the decision contained in sections 2 and 3 of the constitution, affecting provinces which have the same bead with non-Germanic states, is reserved for • nearer understanding with the governments concerned." Sec tion 14 was adopted with an attention recommended by Tries!. The section ran—" The chief military com mander nominated by tke executive, and all generals who may be appointed to the independent command of single corps, as well as the gavernors, command ants, s a nd higher officers of fortified places, shall take the oath of fidelity to the Director of the Union and to Ike constitution." The amendment was" shall take the oath of fidelity to the Director, and swear conscientiously to observe the constitution." The pro position cf the extreme right, to give up the College lof Princes, and substitute a HOMO of Primes for the Stsatenhans, was negatived by an immense majority. It was supported by Bismark-Schonhausen, and Stahl, and opposed by B:seerman, Riesser, and the Presi dent of the Administrative Council. The Prussian minister voted against the motion. The right of the absolute veto was, according to the recommendation of the committee, conferred on the Director of the Union without discussion. SPAIN. A Madrid journal states,on the authority of a letter from London, that great agitation prevailed in the Montemolinist party, and that some of the more violent were in favour of as appeal to arm. The Count de Montemolin 'wended, it wee said, on the occasion of the Queen's accouchement, to publish a protest against the usurpation of hie rights to the throne. Father Fulgencio, confessor to the King, had arrived in Madrid. Tne government wu expect ing every moment to receive intelligence of the definitive conclusion of an arrangement between England and Spain. Oar correspondent writei MADRID, Aram 13. The Gazette of to-day contains a decree appointing Bertran de Lis, formerly minister of finance, and at present envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten tiary to the court of Sardinia, as president of the Directive Board of the National Debt. Another decree appoints D. Angel Villaloboe, deputy of the Gnus, to be member of the Tariff Board. Don Manuel de Larrain is appointed to be royal commis sioner of the Bank of Butelons.—The iambi for taking the veil still continues; four girls of the lower orders took their vows the other day in the cathedral of Barcelona, which was densely crowded with the working population. MADRID. Aran. 13.—Tbrae per Ceuta, 29 9-14 paper. Four per Dena. lid paper Viva per Oaate., 13i paper. Pewter% 4 paper. Cos. pow, S. Beak of at Fardlaaad. SI. Exams, aa Lades, WU. ITALY. ROMAN SPATES. A letter from ROar;(rTtlielotl3, is the Constilu amuse!, says : The ordinals have arrived in great numbers for some days, and an received with an alacrity of which you cannot form an idea. Monsignor Lambrnwitini, in particular, has been the object of the greatest attention. The day on which the Pop* set foot en the soil of hie states, the few representatives ofTrung Italy who are here maid not help protesting againat this violati m of the rights of the people, and calling on that same people to again raise its standard, at the moment when kreigners (read France) displayed the boor of sacerdotal Nanny. This placard was posted up in a hundred places in the city, the pollen contenting themselves with tearing them down. Those things at present cannot And an oho, as the bulk of the population are for the Pope, Mom highest to lowest. The amnesty of which I sp.ks to you will be signed at Velletri, bat it It has no pellucid chewier. Another decree will do away, it is said, with the muftis pal eommisaion, to replace it by a more re gular .inistratim. That decree will meet with general Another decree is to promulgate the estahli•h• approbation. _ meat of the oounl of state, as p. omised by dm neetepreprio. A law is aI•o ex2ected on the abolition of paper mossy. It raid that Monsignor Boromeo is awned chamberlain. and M w u enor Healer , mijordoinn ; that Cardinal Antonelli is to remain pro-secretary of state, and. at the same time, pre fect of the hole ap store palaces. Tne evening before hat arrived here tram MM Pacifica, Gentillucel, Bar legal, and other persons of the pontifical court. Tim embus- BAVARIA. A letter from Munich of the 11th inst., in the Deutsche Zeitung, mentions a rumour of a convention having been concluded between Prussia and Austria. The King of Bavaria held a cabinet council on the evening of the 10th inst. Beaux Area. 17.—Volantar7 Luun, 103/; National Debt, exi t Bank au:re!, 93. _ _ 13.—F1re per cent. Meta Unties, 93 1-18; Four per Cent. lletalliques, 811 ; Bank Shares, 1,080; Eackanp on Frankfort, 1171. TURKEY. [By Electric Telegraph from Trieste.] CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 6. The fugitive question is settled. D.plomauo inter course was renewed to-day between Austria and the Porte. GREECE. ATHENS, APRIL 9. The oonferencee continue. The British fleet assisted in the celebration of the anniversary of Grecian inde pendence. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. One day's later news from the Cape of Good Hope informs us that the Neptune, convict-ehip, took her departure from Simon's Bay at eight o'clock a.m. on the 21st of February. lo the evening of that day a general illumination took place, when the city was never known to have presented a gayer scene. The I streets were thronged with spectators. LONDON llostgrAL.—Yesterday the annual dinner of this institution took place, at the London Tavern, Bishop.- gate street. The Duke 01 Cambridge in the chair. About 150 gentlemen sat down to dinner, and amongst the company lore Mr. Betts (chairmen of the Eastern Counties Railway), lgr. C. ILTanter, Hr. W. C. Cotton, and a very large combo of gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion. It appeared from a statement made by his Royal Highness, in proposing " Pros parity to the London Hospital,' that the number of in ' patients admitted into the hospital, from the let January, 1849, to the lit Jenuary, 18.50, amounted to 4,402. Of them 3,743 were discharged during the year 1849, and 298 had died. The oat-patients (including ofidentr, treated as out patients) were 16,816, making the total number of patients admitted sines the publication of the lest report 20,906. 1 1 Having mentioned these particular?, the Chairman observed that he visited the hospital about throe weeks ego, and he was happy to say he could make • most favourable report of the manner in which it was oonehtmed.—The Met having been responded to, blr. Turner proposed "The Health of the Duke of Cambridge," and his royal highness, In returning thank', said it could hardly be supposed that at his time oflife " these great dinners " afforded him any particular gratifies ti as, except in so far as he believed his presence was 'produc tive of good. He had not many years to live, but he begged to remind the company that he had • sop who, he was quits ore, would willingly follow his example in doing the best he could to promote the interests of the various charities in which the metropolis abounded. He (the chairmen) Was highly gratified by the compliments which had been paid him, and he sin cerely hoped that all who were younger than he was would, when they arrived at the age of 78, enjoy as good health as be did at the present moment. (Cheers.) Various other toasts were proposed sad warmly responded to in the course of the evening, and the secretary iumouneed a list of subscriptions amounting to about 2,6001., of which sass 4661. was contributed by members of the Hebrew pennaidoe. BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—Yes terday evening a meeting of the board of directors sad mem bers of the above institution, was held at the committee rooms, in Paternorteurow, for general business. The annual statement was coneratulatory on the continued prosperity of the institution. The invested capital in the hand.s of the Commissioner, for the Reduction of the National Debt, being 18,4611. 16e. 9d. There had been expended, 4001.16 x. 4d. in relief amongst 39 retail booksellers, and their assistants, end the widows of such, making a total so disbursed since 1837, of 2 037 N. Bd. The fi nancial statement, skewed the income milting from donations, subscriptions, dividend', and a legacy of 601. from the late J. Biggs, En., and another of 401. from J. Hatchard, Esq., to amount to; 1,5231. 18s. 64., whilst the expenditure, including investments, left a balance in hand of 178 f. 6e. 6d. PROPERTY IN IN LIVISRPOOL—OR Tuesday Messrs. Whitenley, auctioneers, offered for sale a remarkable Pro perty—the Howard and Roscoe Arcades in Liverpool. The Arcades, which are in the very centre et the town, consist of shops whiA, in latter years, have been exclusively devoted to the eels of furniture, second hand. The property offered complied alto the " Water loo," the second-best hotel In town, several large buildings, and some uncovered pieces of land in close con tiguity with Bold street—in all, 14,000 square yards of land. To. rental from the property is 4,2001. per annum. The sale necessarily excited c.•naiderable interest, and many gentlemen (through m dives "(curiosity only, it now seems) were attracted to the sp it. Not a bid was made. A valua ble warehouse in one of the beet sites in town, fronting the Prisms Dock, which cost in building 16,000'. ten years ego, was also put up, but with no better eseesta, not a bid being made. A vela tbld house in Alfred-atreet was in like near innate condition. Zbe Court. The Qoen sad Priem Albert, accompanied by the Prises Alfred. the Prewar Alin, eel the Pricers. Melees, took a drive Warn eyes end low 'monkey. Lord Melia Fiterop l ieetb F. H. Bspaeosr, the I el= Weil:gieh y ded est horseback. The Dasher s vidani yeelarday. Prteee Albert y afternoon at a meetly of dojo* Onambeisa Err " . prostotioa et the Exhibi don or die Weeks ladraeMy al all Nations, to be held la the yea; lin. Hie Royal Highness arrived at three o'clock at the New Palma of Westminster, attended by Lieut.-Colenel P. H. &yarn,. The Commiseioaan resat wire the Berl of Bose, Berl Oreeville, Lord Oreretorn, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Barnard Westernmost, Sir Charles Lyell, Mr. Joke Shep- herd (Witham of the Hest ladle Coempse7), Mr. Barry, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Eastlake, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Posey, M P., Yr. Cabin, sod Mr. Alderman Thompson ; Mr. See* secretary of the Royal Commission, was la amends/set. Colonel Reid, chairman of the exseatty• oommittee, wee also present. The meshes broke up at half poet six o'clock. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening iaeluded her Boys) Mama* the Duchess of Rent, Ludy Anna Marie Dawson, Baroness de Spetb, sad the Marquis of Breadelbeite. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign °Eon The Ministers present were Lord John Runell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minter, ffir Getup Grey, Virulent Palnneutera, Earl Grey, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, Bir Francis Baring, B.r John Hob. hone*, the Hal of Carlisle, the Kiska Hon. H. Labonehere, and the Right Hen. Fox Kazin TIN council mat two hears. A deputation from Liverpool, Bristol, and Hull, on the subject of the Merchant Seam**'. Fend Bill, ontainteg of Mr. Nelson Wood, Mr. Nicol, Mr. N. Bold, and Mr. , Allen, of Liverpool ,• Mr. Baum, Mr. Brace, Mr. Osborne, and Mr. Breeder, of Bristol ; Mr. Hall, Mr. Collinear, Mr. Gill, end Mr. Wilma, of Hall ,• aecompuded by Mr. Card well, K P., Sir Thomas Bi ze t, hil-P., the Hen. H. Berkeley, MP., the Right lies. M. T. Balers, M.P., and Mr. Jenne Clay, M.P., had ea Interview with the Right Hon. H. La. 'nether* yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. A de pu tation from the joint stock batiks, consisting of Mr. eb., M.P , Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Mr. J. Mathe son, M.P., Mears. Gainey, Gilbert, Pollard, Robinson, Vile, Cameron, Cahill, Baokhserd, Lyarll, Webb, Thorne, Hunter, sad any, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Rath/quer on Wednesday, at his official residence In Dowsing street. The Marquis of Salisbury had an interview with Secretary Sir George Grey yesterday. Major. General Sir Frederick Stavin had also an interview with the right hon. baronet yesterday at the Home-9ffice. A deputation, including the Mayor and Town Clerk of Benham, Sir Henry Willoughby, and Lord Marcus Hill, had as interview yesterday with the Right Hon. B. Labouchere at the Buerd of Trude. 1 The Ecclesiastical aoiniFiLronen for England had I a 'mend meeting yesterday. The Earl of Arundel and Surrey had an Interview with the Combslonen of Railways yesterday at their office in the Board of Trade._ Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Reunite, had as late/view yesterday with the Massador of the Exchequer. Major-General Thorn had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. We understand that Sir Robert Peel had a length seed interview of many boars with her Majesty, on a certain day in the present week, Prince Albert being present; and that the Right Hon. Baronet called at Apsley House after having quitted Buckingham) Palace. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday 6 court was held for the despatch of public busier. In answer to a question put by Mr. BENNOCII, who complained of an ugly building which bad begun to exhibit itself on the Surrey side of London-bridge, near the Bridge Hones Tavern, Mr. LOW (the chairman of the Bridge lime committee) •aid the City authorities had the power to prevent Alderman Hamphery, to wham it appeared the ground had been sold, from building an obnoxious projection, calculated to injure the neighbourhood, on the spot alluded to. The alderman's interest in the Bridge HousiT had visaed to exit, and be therefore cared nothing about the effect likely to be pro. dused by his project of building anon the neighbouring premises. The committee had certainly observed the de formity of the elevation, and bad sent to Alderman Hum phery to expostulate with him upon the subject, but the alderman lauehed. (Laughter.) Mr. BENNOCH said the facts reflected no credit upon Alderman Ilumphery, and it was to be regretted that the ground had been disposed of to a person capable of impair ing the beauty of so noble an object as London-bridge. THE P AAAAA NT OP LONDON BRIDGE Mr. LOW brought up a report reeontraandieg that the earriage-way pavement on Landon-bridge should be repaired, at the estimated ripens. of 1,2001. Agreed to, and referred back to the committee to be earned into execution. Mr. SHAW (the chairman of the navigation committee), brought up a report relating to the Thames navigation tolls. Ordered to be printed and taken into consideration on the next court day. Mr. WHITE (she chairman of the coal, cor n , an d fi nance committee) brought up a report on the bill for establishing • school for the orphans cf freemen, together with a draft petition to parliament on the subject. He conrratulated the corporation urns the probability of the addition of a new monument to the liberal spirit of the City of London as was recommended in the report of their committee. Mr. ANDERTON said he was well known to be the friend to widows and orphan., but be was such a friend to common honesty that he could not think of incurring a large expense when it was notorious that the city was borrowing mosey every day. Under such circumstanc es h e s h ou ld move that the report be laid upon the table. The original question that the court agree with the com mittee in their report was then carried by show of hands, as war the report from the same committee recommending that 50/. be granted for establishing evening classes for young DIM ADDRESS TO LORD DENMAN. Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR, the chairman of the select committee appointed to prepare an address to Lord Denman, brought up the renew, together with *draft of the address. The RECORDER then read the address, which was agreed to amidst acclamation, and ordered to be presented to L•'rd Denman by the Town Clerk. Repute were brought up from the General Purposes Committee, announcing that Mr. Barkley, of Tower-ward, and Mr. Deputy Stacy, of Aldervgate-ward, had been elected —the one as governor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and the other as governor of Bridewell and Bethlem hospitals. ILICLANATION OP WA/TI LAND IN IItILAND. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE presented a petition from Mr. Daniel Diamond, of Brunswick-square, praying fir permis sion to submit a plan for reclamation of waste land in Ireland. It was as follows: "That petitioner prase permission to present for the consideration of the court his proep, ctus of a system for purchase and reclamation of waste lands in Ire land, under which, on obtaining certain specified parliamen ' tarp powers or grants by royal charter, the corporation may, without investment of the corporate funds, establish and direct a company which, while confening a lasting direct benefit of the most:important character on - Inland, and in directly on this portion of her Majesty's dominions, will pro duce to the corporation in 21 years • large profit, and confer on it a territory in perpetuity yielding always a considerable revenue, and affording opportunities for an extension of that usefulness for wtich the curt has ever been distinguished. That petitioner therefore humbly prays the court to give him an opportunity to lay his scheme in extenso before one of the committees for eonsi..eration." The petition nu referred to the Irish Untie Com mittee. A petition was presented from Mr. De K.yeer, hotel k spot, of New Bridge-street, complaining of proc eedings in the Mayor's Coon, by which large expenen were in curred in an action for the recovery of as alleged debt of 40e. Referred to the S.c4ndanes committee. Jruoz OF TUB SRSALVP . III COURT. Mr. BROWN (chairman of the ofilcers l arldclerks' com mittee) brought up the report on the office of Judge of the Bherifi's Court, vacant by the appointment of Mr. Bullock as Common Berjeant. It was finally determined that bar risters of not less than ten years' standing should be eligi ble to the office, and that the diction should take place on Thursday next. The subject of the appointment of a common pleader in the room of Mr. Laurie, who resigned the office, stands for another day. The report of the committee is unfavourable to the proposition to till up the office. A GOOD EXAMPLE.—In consequence of the great decrease in the number of poor in the perish of Bt. Mary'e bony, combined with the low price of previsions, the vestry of St. Marylebone have deoided to lower the rates 9d. in the potted. HOP Paosrzers.—This year the hop gardens have again taken a prominent position among the varied pursuits of the agriculturist, and the season too his been very favour able far operations. Winter manures have been applied with a liberal hand. and the frost afforded every facility for getting the work done in good time, as well as ena bling many to replenish their stocks of poles !rem the stocks in hand. The digging hie been brought to a close in good season, much of it in time fey the land to take benefit from the continued frosts by pulverising the soil and rendering it in excellent order for dressing and pruning the hills. This work. too, wee finished in good time and season, and limy aeconnt in some measure for the consi derable prsgras already made in polling ; although some are glad to get their poles up in good time to afford pro tection and shelter to the coming plant, while others prefer delaying this work until the bine has fully made its appear ance, la order that the poles may be applied according to the strength of the storks. A reduction in the plantations to the extent of 9,530 seers, ere nearly 20 per tent. within the last two yew, may he hailed as another grand step in the right direction ; and we hope now that the plantatiogs are agate brought within a re amiable limit, that planters will have the prudence to keep them so, for it hat been too often proved that an . Reese of plantation, and, as a consequence, ov , el:nodes:Urns, have produced low and ruinous prices, an d man, other diesatirs appertaining to the cultivation of hops. —Kent Herald 1 / MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. Yesterday the magistrates of the county of WA &see: assembled at the Elessionolionse, Clerkenwell, treason the financial and Renal %Mama of the coisap. Mr. Pownata. melded, and than were upwards of NV akagntrates present. JOTaINILI OMINDIME.--PAROONIAL IMMINENT. Ile. A. G. Yawns, the deputy clerk of the peace teed the Winne of the precedin g court , an d laid Won the Isenek sena& bills and papers ander the consideration of or mi nuted to parliament. Amongst these were the Bill Ice the Beforautthn of Juvenile Offenders and the Prevention of Grimm hy Juvesiles, a Bill to sleet the Liability t o Ammo aunt to County Russia certain were, the Parochial Ammer manta Bill, and the Highways Bill as amended. These bilk were referred to the parliamentary committee of the case; with the creeps ion of the Jeveatb Offenders Bull, which was referred to a committee appointed to inquire into the mom of juvenile arias. Kr. WILIIIi said he wee glad that the subject of juvenile mime and juvenile (deaden was again Wore parliament. and the eoutesplated creature in reference thereto would. he ventured to k, previa great importance, at lean is one respect, II it empowered the magistrates to profile some permanent means for the nformetion of junsik delinquents. The manure is Worsen to parochial asses meats was one of vary greet unpartisan, insane& as it would place in the hands of the magistrates the almost satin control of the parochial assessments in the county. It was as lees singular than important, that at the very time likes certain captions individaals were attempting to curtail the power and authority of the magistracy, and greatly reduce the limit of their operations in (EMMA to the county rut. Sir George Grey, on the part of the government, should introduce a measure which, instead of interfering in any way with the present functions of the magistrates, placed the whole of the parochial assessments of tha ceenty under their juitclietion. RINOTAL OP SCOTCH AND HUSH PLUPIP.S. Mr. Marna then laid before the court the report of the Finance and General Purpose Committee, upon a ream emendation contained in which the court made en order apse the county treasurer for the payment of bills and denten& as the amount of 9,29 U. 13.. bd. Tais committee made • s pedal report in reference to a letter, addressed to the court by Mr. Baker, the conteeMer for the removal of Scotch an d Irish paupers, which the oast refined to the committee, in which letter Ddr. Baker offered to surrender his present contract if the court would eater into a new en* with him for an extended policd on a redwood scale of charges. The committee reported that Mr. Baker wee willing to take a new contract at half the rate of charges paid to him under the existing one, and reconumecded the acceptance of his offer. Mr. M•UDI laid before: the court a letter from Sir Gee. Grey, enclosing some memorials which had been trams matted to him by parochial boards, complaining of the high charges at present paid for the removal of Scotch and look paupers from Middlesex, and in the letter Sir George Grey, through Mr. Waddington, the Uoder•Secretary, requested the Clerk of the Peace to bring the subject under the cola sideratien of the megi s t ra t ra. Memorials praying for in duction in these expenses were presented tram the guardians of the Strand Uoioa, St. Jamer , Clerkenwell, the Fulham Union, and other places in the county. After some discussion, in the course of which it wee urged that the present contract should be allowed to expire, and then throw the matter open to competition, the court accepting the tender of the person who offered the beet security and the lowest charges. the further considered's' of the subject was postponed until the next court. Tlit COUNTY UNISONS. The Report of the Visaing J ustices of the House of Can nation, at ldhatlxfields, W4l then read. It stated that the committee bad mule a reductim in the exp. nelitare at 9121, in addition to the reduction of 1,23.51., eff..cted a sheet time ago—and that an eventual saving of about 3,0001. a year was anticipated. There were 974 prisoners in this establi.hment. The Report of the Visiting Justices of the House of Cm , remit:s, at Westmins•er. was then read ; and Mr. HECTOR ROSE, the chairman of the committee. moved for an increase of 21. per week in the wages of several warden who hal completed periods of service which, nada. the standing orders of tae coat, enticed tlina to the Menem. Thie gave rise to • long discussion ss to the propriety of making these periodical increaser, inasmuch as the practise was adopted before the court had toe power togrant pensions for long and faithful service., with a view to enable the officers to make provision for old age and infirmity, ►y placing the various increases to their pay in a "superanam tion fund." It was contended by Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. W. Williams, and other magistrates., that as the court bad now the power to grant pensions, the wages of the officers ought to be recuced proportionatety. The CHAIRMAN said the court could not do otherwise ' t►an grant the !acreage under existis.g eircumstances,but tha increass would be subject to any el ration resolved upon by the Court upon the report of the committee on t►e county expenditure. The increase was then granted. This prison contained 783 inmates, of whom 115 wire va grants. In t►e coons of the put week no less than 40 women, not one of whom could di plain needlework, ware committed there. The House of Committee reported further re ductions in the expenditure of the establuhment. on the day the report was adopted there were 104 prisoners in the house. Mr. ARMSTRONG brought up Ole report of the committee appointed to inquire into the county expenditure, which, alter a long oral desultory discus:ion, eras ordered to be printed and circulated, and a special day for its considerstiast was appointed, Oa the motion of Mr. Willis, a superannuation al ow ana of 681 6e. was granted to Mr. How, and a like allow ance of 341. 13s. 4d. to Mr. loilach, both assistant clerks at the House of Correction, eoldbath-fields, incapacitated from further service by age and infirmity. The mercies of the former was 25 years ; the latter 17 year,. Punuant to resolutions passed at previous courts, a snort gage was now executed on the county rate for 18,0001., for the purposes of the additional lun.tic asylum at Cols" Hatch. The interest was 31. 15t. per cent. The remainder of the business was of a routine character. Visiting committees were appointed, and several !notions were postponed. The court then adjourned. EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY IN ISM. Her Majesty's Commiseioners fur promoting the exhibition et 1851, having bad several questions put to them as to the mode in which articles cf di9erest kinds, the pro duce of the same manufacturer, will be exhibited, and as to the pessibility of keeping together the productions of parti cular towns and districts, and on other paints closely con nected with the foregoing, have res..lved upon publishing the following statement, explacstory et th.; principles by whisk they will be guided in such matters. They have already stated, in the paper published for the guidance of foreign exhibitors, that it will be necessary that the productions of all nations should be exhibited together, according to the nature of the article exhibited, and nos according to the place edits origin ; but that, wherever it caa be done without disturbing the hirmony of the whole, the several articles falling withi n a ny par ticular section, shall be, ss tar as possible, rim:gest according to the nation of which they are the predates. They propose to apply precisely the same principle to the articles exhibited by British manufacturers. The tunnels, of the whole exhibition will be the leading consideration, tied it will be impossible to admit of any local or indiv idual arrangements which would materially disturb it; but the comminioners are sensible of the great advair ages to be de rived from arrangements made under the inspection of the party exhibiting, and will give every facility for their adop tion, within such limits es will prevent confusion in the general elsmitication. Any manufacturer exhibiting arti cles which can properly be placed together, according to the classification already announced, will be at liberty es arrange such articles is his own way ; and his arrange ments, if compatible with the c:nvenience of other ell& biters and of the public, will not be disturbed. la like manner, if it is wished to exhibit together the prediges tion' of a particular towa or district, all such productions, if they can fairly be said to be of the same sort, will be ad mitt d together. The decision whether they are so Wash sible or not must of course reit in each case with the disuse ti of the commissioners. Baying stated the principles es which they will proceed in arriving at it, they need not go into more detail at the present time. They may add, how ever, that where it is desired to exhibit processes of mean facture, a sufficient number of articles, however diuimilse s will be admitted for the purpose of illustrating the process; but they must not exceed what may be actually required with that ohject. In all cases where the productions of an individual are ex hibited towhee, his wishes with regard to the treatment al them will compled with as far as passible ; bat should they he of a nature to involve additional expense, the owe misswners cannot undertake to meet that t xpense out of their funds, but must call upon the exhibitor to defray it himself. Glwa eases, frames and stands of peculiar construction, sad similar contrivances for the display or protection of the goods exhibited, must in like manner be provided by the peeves requiring them at his own cost lie will also be at the charge of insuring his own goods, should he desire this security. The commissioners take this opportunity of statues that, however careful they may be in the construction of the building, it will be quite impossible to erect one of the re , waled dimensions which shall be absolutely fireproof ; end although every precaution will be taken to prevent tire, ash to extinguish it should it unfortunately occur, the commis sioners cannot be responsible for losses which may be scow sioned by this or any other acciti2nt over which they have no control. The commissioners will provide for the general security end police of tke exhibition ; but sh ou ld an y ex hibito r dams to employ • servant of his own to preserve or keep in order the articles he exhibits, or to explain them to visitors, he may do so after obtaining permissioe from the canniudireess. Such persons, however, will in all cases be forbidden to iss rite visitors to purchese the goods of their employers; mail any violation of this rule must lead to their exclusion nrcua the building, the exhibition bring intended for the partnere of displsy only, and not for those of sale. For the same reason the commissioners have decided ths'. prices are not te be Milted to the articles exhibited. As the cost at whirl articles can be produced will i s some hues enter into tau question of the distribution of rewards, the ceimminionets,, or the persons intrusted with the adjudication of the re ward., may here to make itqutries, sod possibly to take evidence upon the subject ; het they do not cuniider it es petit. nt to attic a note of the price to the *riche displayed. When the rxei'dtor considers the merit of his article to ma shie is its chespnces, he should slat^ the price in the invoism sent to the commissioners.—(Signed) J. SCOTT HVisiLL. STAFFORD H. 14011111COTI. t • 1 1 . si •i ~, i~~' ro. I .1 Ms i 11111111111111111 t #ll l ' 11 11 ,