The Express. — London, England, 1850-05-14 00:00:00

Sena!, prevente the independence of s ., cates from being swamped by the •„ . the House of Representatives pre. c.mrareirely narrow constituencies of gives from exercising undue influence • rumercos cons..itnencies of the large h an arrargement is as necessary in a •re •loniee as of states. But Mr. ROEBUCK .'erest in double legislatures as soon as they cf practical utility, and would inflict • • ligiolsture on the federated British , • N.ieth America. . . .%1 T had threattoed an additional :louse, l'ut the constitution conferred on New t of parliameot in the tenth year of her . s:1 suspended (also by act o par :: the twelfth year, shall isstali ,Arri.d into opeeatioa. The constitution New 7.-Aland br the Act of 10th Viet. t, however, be 'called a repreeentative ",'..ng to that statute, the members of koielatnres are tab.: elected by the ..ouncile. Such iodirect election—even councils ekctive bodies, properly our great English towns—would be a 'ooon : but when we cocider that the tn.: m anic.palitiwe are rural districts, and of these districts there may be barely •, igh to AU up the councils, it is obvious so constituted elm by no latitude of representative. Defective though Colonies Government Bill be, it would :a to extend it to New Zealand, than to absurd constitution of that colony, been •u•pended, ought to be left so, •ca: me substituted. ,•14 received from America confirms the t.:olt a few days ago as to the probable or;-peodiog and much-agitated slavery 6.i danger is past is now obvious, % - rs.rdinary and unlooked-for juncture nfght once more unsettle the ipcs the subject. The most favourable • s: the discussion is now confined to a :arrow issue. So long as the contend . • e whole ground of slavery and free. ▪ to perform their evolutions, they per- • ze of their passions to be as boundless . L ihject Shall there or shall there :omits* was thee the dangerous gam -06 this score all seem now hap nation unanimously calling kr a • the sole issue now between the two the confederacy is what shall that ....1 sake which recently occurred on t.enate, has contributed much to this • 7: the aspect of affairs. In the which we published on re -.wt it his death, we stated oar belief .v i from the stage, was at this jure for hi. country, on the ironed that his ience over his followers being with ::hem would hurry into exam's, ...1*;4( a reaction in al: parts of the union . though at the cost of con - I:. std- s. The grave had scarcely closed . • Mr. Foore, one of the most fiery of ••• :i. got himself so disgracefully involved • .7e on the floor of the Senate. The eop:e are proud, and justly proud • ate ; and it is almost impos tor-rive the painful sen.ations • '724toas occurrence has created in the • . : . •arties. The expulsion of both della- I .c called for, and richly do they deserve ! ,r r Mr. Brerate, who, harirg occupied a ; fcr nearly 30 years, should have • of what be owed to his own .•i to the dignity of the body to which be Wr.en such outrages are provoked by the • f the slavery agitatioo, it is high time, ot a:: parties, that it should be put an .::he coenmittee of 13, to whom the sub prernisz has been referred, adopt a report •he propositions just submitted by 'Mr. Ltrmac, it will come into the Senate .t acd authority wcich public opinion r , poition submitted is that California . : e a. , a state with her present b00n ...t: •. a prvptsal can be made with any • • • success is itself a proof of how •• ment engendered by the question •i• st-.r.: that at the onset of the dispute • cf Cadornia was made by the south .* ..• ••. between the parties. By the pro •• • • bath parties give and loos • • What the north gains by it is the pre a dividing line being drawn between :.freedom from the Atlantic to the Pacific, al it been once drawn, would have ultimately • absorption of the whole of the northern sof Mexico into the realms of slavery. The -. in this manner, taken slavery on the flank, • • ..us reserved to itself the right to contest •.:th the fate, as regards slavery of any . ::isition in that direction. The gains piny, in this respect, are of course losses •Ler. But the south has been a gainer, •aass extent the north has been a loser. At ...e north insisted on congressional action nc•w territories, and required that con formally exclude slavery from them. ..aa no: acted, and California will be admit ...! a precedent being established ot mach lie prir.c.ple which has triumphed is, that : tie people of each new acquisition decide .ct for themselves. California will be principle. and New Mexico is to be A..: with. This will etab!e the south to .:.a a.milar course being pursued with re• •''er accuisitions. If the principle is acted •• ? . .411e will be when a new territory is freoVe it with persons favourable to the • talettiv•partitat. Looking to the position •:g...c.5, from which Lew acquisitions are made, the south wiil have the better • this's the north use the utmost • ', c.t•cl.staues it. In the meantime the • ..• .ed for ha present discomfiture by the new slave states, which are • .r-ed oat of the hitherto unappropriated • • • so a set•ot to the cluster ot free ' ar• %bolt !o be admitted within the pale ••••• ct New Nleitico as a free state, an ••••••• vxit. alto place, will have an :...t• im :;ncthe ultimate solution of the • • as w::: be, in close contiguity - • • .1. .ors• of which it will resemble +• „mate, and productions, it • " - 4-tition with slave labour, • ct to that on which it will not and cannot e slave ie alone pro- -• •• :rnportent of Mr. CLAY'S :••••• tea reference to the district 3•F' , "•'us to abolish the slave trade • •"' • 1..., of tonne, can only be dons • : ~hgrt e s . A simple act, lor : • L. that is r equ ired - to effect it. • totgrems to pass this simple act, • • - .tt. tree dispute for the last gear -I'ui true that the question has -• • : the form of the right of congress to ••• •. the district. One party has coo • z•••-• had unlimited control over the the limits of the metropolitan • er denied that it had any more right ' •!. ••••• tehject in the district than ' It'ett rate*. Congress canno t in •'t • 1 slavery or the int erna l slue 'tete% 0 0 that its right to interfere :t. Nicosia the district has all along -•• 3 C.wed, as has its right to abolish •'!.strict. If the one right is reeog : • Ir tt,•iow as a matter of oourse, and • r. r. from one of her stroogholds in e 1l Loeser has been gained to her by haring beam a et , . vd from Iria 1* more than lost if r " t* 12 41 .• ter paiti4n in the district. to 3 1.4r1 of Mr. CLAT's scheme ". I .th decid e d oppos i t i on, oe to the at decid e d st his prupwitisss, it is te taut, ust le Ter, that this difficulty. like 44, 'er o d ed , it forms no part or parcel of et ili4puei lied at is to be hoped that th e • tot op..r, the quccitioe respecting the Kne•.U.4.,y end unnecessarily mixed .a. re4ard.t.g th e new territories, and th ere b i -rtt.enzeot, the Nreedtelteenilleat lib.le is called for, with a view to the interrdits slot sal, et the Union, but also of humanity ilea FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, 7 rm. Reports of an important character have circulated te-day with regard to the hostile attitude of the po pulation of the fauboerge. It is supposed that the workshops will be deserted tomorrow, and that a spark will suffice to set Paris on lams. The Moun tain and their anus, with the exception of the Vots au People, continue to protest against an appeal to tome ; but the tail of the party is unoontrollably fierce, and threatens to poeiard the socialist leaders who refuse to throw themselves into the movement. The plan of the insurrection u revealed to ministers is this :—The insurgents of the 11th and 12th arron dissements are to break out at night, and to storm all the gunsmiths' shops and depots of arms. These having armed themselves with what weapons they can get, and being Joined by the main body of rebels, are then to march oa the third, second, and first arrondissements, where the attack is to be vigorously conducted. Fire is to be set to the houses in these quarters. Meanwhile the ministers have persuaded Louis Napoleon to retire to Fontainebleau. Therefore, unless mime fresh incident should intervene, we must be considered on the eve of:an explosion. The government is perfectly well informed and wide awake. The most effectual men-' surfs have been taken, without the least outward' di-play of force, for the suppression of any Imesste. An important motion was adopted to-day in the Chamber, preposing that in future any expenditure exceeding the credit fixed in the budget for a parti cular branch of administration, shall be at the mi cister's personal charge. Tnis was made by M. Chauvin, and carried by 361 votes against 276. At the end of the sitting M. Colfavru ascended the tribune, and presented a petition, signed by the citi zens of Paris, against the new Electoral Bill. The report on the electoral law will net be ready before Thursday or Friday. Either M. Leon Faucher or M. Placatory will be appointed reporter. The main provisions of the bill will be kept; only some modifications will be made in the conditions of the majority necessary to an election. There will be only two ballots instead of three. At the Chamber there was much talk about the rumours which have circu lated at the Bowie concerning disturbances which have broken out in the department of Saone-et-Loire. Although a considerable fall took place at the Bourse in consequence of these reports, they are considered as unfounded, but mist nevertheless be reckoned among the symptoms of dirorder which menaces society. To-oay we received the news of the appointment of Lord Howden, as minister plenipotentiary to Madrid, and Mr. Otway as secretary of emb.ssy. Lord How beit, before proceeding to Madrid, will await in Paris the arrival of Senor Istnritz from Madrid, on his way to Leedom Yestvrtlay a numerous met.' ing took plan at the house of M. GJodchaux for drawing op a petition against the new electoral bill. The petition lies at the offices of the opposition journals to receive sig natures. The Xitional publishes a table, showing that the' number of persons &oersted for the personal tax is less bv more than three and a half millions than the citizens at present entitled to vote. It makes out the same total of disfranchised voters at 4,800,000. General Bedeau, who presided at the sitting of the assembly, in which Napoleon lionaparte's mo tion was presented, refused either to receive it on the bureau, or to read it to the assembly. The go vernment seems at one moment to tare thought seriously of impeaching the President's cousin of high treason. A pamphlet by Pierre Bonaparte, taking the views and esp 'using the interests of the tiers-parri, is an nounced uon the eve of appearing. Thus each of the three great parties has its Bonaparte, excepting that of the Burgraves, towards whom the President is said to entertain anything but friendly feelings. MM. Pile tti, Victor Crevat, Aubert, Bache, Dalican, and Lemaitre, who had been coreemned by default to two years' imprisonment and :Mfr. floe, on a charge of having been connected with a revolutionary secret society, called La Solidaritd Republicaine, appeared on Friday before the Paris Court of Assize to take their trial by a jury. They were defended by MM. Cremieux, Michel (de Bourges), Desmarers, and Cel her. The trial occupied the whole of Friday and Saturday. '!he jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the court pronounced the following sentences :—Pd letti and Grevat to be imprisoned for one year, with interdiction of civic rights for five years, and to pay 300 fr. fine each ; and Dalican, Roche, and Lemeatre to be imprisoned for six mont h s, with Moir. fine each, and interdiction of civic rights for three years. BOURSE. PAWS. 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Fer dinand, OM 11=pa an Leaden, 30.33. To-nierreer no Bolos on amount of the 17 SWITZERLAND. Tim Seam, of Beni., says : After haw* cellected the most authentic information, we believe that we may give the following as the result of the elections of the sth of May, after taking iato account the observation• presented by the government party :—Deputies of the opposition,llo; deputies of the governmental party. 97; doubtful, 12. 1f the elections of Jegenatorf, Wablen, l•oren tray be in favour of the opposition, as everything announces, the opposition will probaely have a majority of s►out ten votes. The deputies whom we clam among the doubtful are those who were impend by both parties, or those who for their moderate opinion.. appear likely to lean to the oppoei don, if it should decidedly remain in the liberal path, which it has declared its determination to follow. Groat agitation prevailed at Berne on the 10th, in consequence of the conservative party having molved to attack the liberal students. The authorities deemed it necessary to call out the troops, whereby order was maintained. ITALY. ROMAN STATES. The Roman government has issued a decree, dated the 3rd, ordering the sale by auction of the remaining domainial posseseions situated in the provinces of Urbino, Pesaro, Ancona, Macerate, Fermo, Ascoli, and Camerino. The Pope has pardoned MM. Pietro and Paolo Pa lombo, who had commanded some of the troops of the late Roman republic. PIEDMONT. TURIN, MAY • I informed you, at the time of its publication of the " Episcopal Circular," addressed by the Archbishop of Turin to the clergy of his diocese, in which he pre scribed to them the conduct they were to hold whea -1 ever • priest should be called on to appear before • lay tribunal, in civil or criminal causes. I mentioned to you, also, that by this circular Monsignor Fransoci committed an act of provocation to a revolt against the application of the law, by commanding the priests I not to obey the summons of the lay judge without having first obtained the episcopal authorisation, and by ordaining that, even when there was not time to obtain such authorisation, they were formally to protest that, in responding to the judicial summons they did so, only as yielding to necessity, and without admitting that from this fact any argument or pre cedent could be inferred . sgainst the integral right of the ecclesiastical inimantues. I told you how much this °Deduct of Monsignors, the Archbishop, bad irri tated the population of the country, on account of the persuasion universally held that he was only an in strument in the hands of t h e darlmome Austro- Jeenitical conspiracy, which endeavours constantly to sow dissension and disorder in Piedmoct. I also in formed you that the ministry, while it .scrupulously defeated the safety and personal dignity of Mon signors Fransosi against the insults or in jury that might have awned to his detri meat, in consequence of the popular irrita tion, °mild not, on the other hand, decline to give a just satisfaction to public opinion in seisiog and stopping the publication of the archbishop's circular, and in ordering proceedings to be instituted against him, according to the forms established. This conduct on the part of the ministry was the more applauded by all esasible men, as every day shows more plainly the disposition of a portion of the high clergy to resist the /eider application of the law. A priest of the diocese of &loss*, availing himself of the common right he holds in virtue of the recently made filmier& law (the very one in question, the object of the archbishop's circular), summoned before a lay tribunal another priest, his debtor, to obtain the payment of what he owed him. Upon this, M. °Menotti, bishop of that diocese, intimated to him the order that he was immediately to desist from the prosecution of the suit begun ; threatening him, in case of disobedience, to suspend him forthwith a diri nit, which means to interdict him from the exerciee of his clerical functions. On witnessing so much impu dence, ministers have become the more convinced of the necessity of proceeding vigorously against these lords of the mites and crosier, that they may be made to understand, once for all, ;hat we are in the 19th century, and no longer in the middle ages; and that in these our days, the civil authority has the faculty, right, and power, to compel all, including even bishops, to the obedience due to the laws. In con sequence the ministry enjoined the Attorney general to carry on regularly the proceedings against Archbishop Franzooi, to whom it was intimated that he had to appear before the ordinary tribunal, to be interrogated in the legal forms. Toe Archbishop replied that he was cited to appear in virtue of a law which, in his opinion, violated the rights and immu nities of the church ; that, having himself ordered the ecclesiastics under his authority not to yield to the summons of the lay judges, until they should have first applied for the permission of the superior eoclesi astical authorities, he could not be the first to pursue a different line of conduct ; that he had therefore written to the Supreme Pontiff to implore of him the necessary instructions ; and that he did not intend to appear before the tribunal until he should have received it. NaT, more, not satisfied with having I thus manifested his intention to resist the regular en forcement of the law, his episcopal krdehip allowed this his answer to be published in the Armenia, • newspaper which is the avowed organ of the Austro- Jesuitical sect, evidently with the intention of in citing and encouraging the clergy to imitate the illus trious example of their chief. Now, as, by the crimi nal laws of the country, wh any one is called upon to appear before a judge, and lets three days pass without obeying the summons, the order to appear in court is changed into one of arrest, the ar..hbishop has placed himself in the position of a defaulter; so that yesterday, at 12 o'clock in the day, an officer of the Carabinieri (gendarmes) presented himself at the archicpiecopal palace, and exhibiting to his Orace ,Monseigneur Franzooi a regular order of capture, in timated to him in the most polite terms and respectful manner that he must have the goodness to accompany nun to the citadel; to which, in fact, he was con ducted, with all possible regards due to the high rank with which be is invested. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. Count Below left here yesterday for Copenhagen, bearing the Prussian ultimgam, and also an auto graph letter from the king. BERLIN, MAT 11. Authentic accounts of the proceedings of the con gress are still wanting. The princes held another confidential sitting this morning in the palace. Some slight details of the meting of the ministers and plenipotentiaries last night have leaked oat. It seems that Herr von Hassenpfiug. who, in his capacity as prime minister in Hesse Coma, had appointed him self plenipotentiary to the Verwaltangs-Rath, opened the proceedings list night by expressing his surprise at the presence of certain parties other than the re sponsible ministers of the respective sovereigns who were aloneauthorised to attend. The pretence of the members of the Verwaltungs-Rath. to whom thisob jection applied, wee, however, defended by the Prus sian minister, and, being supported by the other ministers present, the objection of Hanonpflog was overruled. The representatives of Prussia then de clared that the government considered the proposals of the Erfurt parliament as improvements in the con stitution, bat that the promulgation of the constitu tion with these improvements required the consent of the sovereigns belonging to the Inion. The majority of the plenipotentianes and ministers at onee declared the consent of their governments to the proposals. Baden and Stthammburg Lippe reserved their consent, as they had not yet received the documents from the Verwaltungs-Hath. Mecklenburg considered the proposed alterations improvements, but desired still further alterations. With regard to the Hessian principalities, it seems clear that they will withdraw from the union. Herr von Iwpel, the plenipotentiary of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, has not taken any part in the recent proceedings of the Verwaltung*. Rath, a step which is held to be tantamount to a withdrawal, while the Elector of Hesse, accord ing to report, was the only one of the princes in the congress who opposed the otherwise unanimous reso lution of maintaining unaltered, and through all dangers, the narrower union in its present shape. The Constitutional says that the Elector of Hesse desires to play the part of mediator between the union and the Munchen Four Kings' League. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1850. FRANKFORT. The plenipotentiaries of Austria, Bavaria, and Saxony, arrived at Frankfort on the 9th ins.. On the 10th, after the commissioners of the Bond had held a sitting, the plenipotentiaries, contrary to all expectations, met in the same hall, and the chairs of the commissioners were scarce empty before the plenary assembly of the Band was seated. It con sulted of Count Thun,the president:in right of Austria; Von Itheinard, of Wurtemberg ; Von Teschan, of Saxony ; Detmold, of Hanover ; Von Scherff, repre senting Luxembourg ; and Von Holzendorff, for Hesse Homburg. - Von Baumbach has also ar. rived from Electoral Hesse, and there are thus present 6 and a fraction of the 17 votes of the restricted assembly, and 24 of the 70 votes exercised in the full convocation. The sitting was spent in the legitimation of the plenipotentiaries ; and it is said that no business of greater importance will be undertaken before the arrival of a larger number of ministers. It is expected that the states of the Erfurt Union, with Prussia at their head, will at a later period present themselves, and take part in the deliberations. It is also believed that the Elector of Hesse will protest against any further proceedings in the formation of the Erfurt union until the issue of the Frankfort congress shall have transpired. The city of Frankfort, always neutral, hu not appointed a minister to the congress; a constancy the more to be admired. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Mar 8. Popular indignation has again been aroused by the repetition at Milan of p • similar to those which occurred in August hug, w en several persons were publicly flogged with sticks and rods on the Piazza di Castello. A similar punishment was in flicted on the 27th ult., by order of the military autho rities, on an Italian woman, with this difference, that the bench on which the unhappy creature was fas tened was placed in the courtyard and not in the open street. Notwithstanding, however, a number of per sons assembled desirous of witnessing this exhibition of modern brutality ; to the credit of the inhabitants of the city, it must be said that the spectators were principally soldiers and persons of the lowest clsasee•l The ministry, as I mentioned in • former letter, had resolved on rewarding Harlan, Windiscbgritz, and Jellachich, for their services in suppressing the Hungarian revolution, with a grant of several confis cated estates in Hungary. The announcement of this determination produced so violent an opposition from the majority of the Hungarian nobles, that the ministry have been unwillingly compelled to change the nature of their reward. Each of the three generals has re ceived, instead of the estate, 400,000 florins in state obliteations. It is just that the Austrian government should reward its servants, bat 1,200,000 florins is rather a large sum to part with, at a moment when the Treasury is nearly bare, and the Minister of Finance compelled to resort toe forced loan of • most hateful character. The equal amount of the rewards is matter of remark. _ A supplementary trenty of commerce concluded between Austria and the United States for extending 'certain regulations fixed by the treaty of tie 27th August, 1829, was *nod Washington in May, 1848, aad ratified there in the month of February hat. On* of U. most important artists of ads twenty gives to the emu* vios-cos mils, and eanuneesid spats of both °Gantries, the privileges accorded to the most favoured nations, per mits them to decide disputes between the captains and crews of their motional vessels, and secures to them the assistance of the authorities in the prosecu tion of their interests. The treaty is fora period of two years, but twelve months' notice mast be gives before it eau be renounced by either party. An imperial ordinance was pabirshed to-de _y or daining the introduction of the income tax into Hun gary, Transylvania, the Waiwodina,and the Banat. GREECE. We have dates from Athena to May 2. The French an-of-war steamer Le Solon, which arrived there on the 30th April, took out despatches from the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Pane to Baron Once, and among them • copy of the convention drawn up in London by ViscolintPalmeraton,l4. Dronyn de and Baron Brunow, on the 18th of ApriL The following is • literal copy of the convention : The government of her Britannia Majesty and the govern ment of his Mennen Majesty being engaged in a difference resulting from certain claims relative to losses and injuries sustained by English sad losian subjects ha Orman, men tioned in the note prnented by her Britannic Majesty's minister oa the 17th January, 1850, and the government of the French npablie having offered its good offices, which have beea accepted ea both sides by Mr. Wyse and M. Landes, named plenipotentiaries to ;hat effect, being met at thoPireiss, in the presence of M. L. Ores, French plenipoten tiary, have agreed that, the said claims having been duly examined, shall be settled by an amicable arraegement, so. cording to the following coeditions : " I. It Is agreed that the sass of 8,6001., destined to liqui date the above demands and indemnities, shall be imme diately placed by the Hellenic government in the hands of the Eagirsh minister at Athens, to be distributed by him to the different claimants. " 2 Upon payment of the said suniby the Greekgovern mat, the Greek merchant ships, previously detained by the English cruisers, shall be immediately given up. 3. The government of her Britannic majeety having complained of the meet of an officer of the royal uavy and of sailors belonging to the crew of the Fantasise man-of-war, and the government of his Hellenic Majesty being desirous of showing its regret for the mieeoneepticas which caused that arrest, it is agreed that this complaint shall be con sidered as satisfied, by 1114111111 et a letter which the Greek Minister for Foreign Affeirs will address for that object to the Mininer of Great Britain. " 4. Upon receipt of that letter the Greek ships, provi sionally detained, shall be immediately given up. "ti. By means of the conditions laid down as above- I . mentioned, all the claims specified in the note of the 17th of January, specified in the preamble of the present convention, are declared extinct, with the exception of that of Signor Pacifico, concerning the loss of certain dace. moots relative to the debts which be h a d to substantiate . against the Portuguese government. That portion being of • nature to require ulterior inquiry, two arbitrators and • super-arbitrator shall be named aa soon se possible by M. taros, Mr. Wyse, and M. Loodoe, to make these inquiries. The Hellenic government engages to pay to Signor PliCifiO3 a just indemnity, if it results tram these inquiries —a proof that the Portuguese government admits the principle of some of these chime, and only refuses payment because Signor Pacifies cannot produce .the titles which have been carried off, or destroyed, when his house was pillaged. "6. The prop peals contained in the above articles shall be put into exoeution immediate'7 after the signing of the pre sent convention, without waiting for a ratification. "7. The claim relative to the loan guaranteed by the there powers, and to the islands of Sapienza and Corvi, are not included in the present arrangement." On the afternoon of the 28th a letter was received from Mr. Wyse, in which he renewed diplomatic relations with the Greek government, and on the same day the Greek merchant ships, as well as vessels of war which had been captured by Admiral Parker, were set at liberty. By the French steamer of the 28:h of April Mr. Wyse received despatches from Viseount Palmerston, in which the conduct of the British minister is ap proved of in every particular, no mention being made of the intended convention of which Baron Gros received notice from his government on the 24th, and an official copy of which, with all the necessary instructions, the French plenipotentiary re ceived on the 30th. The Quen's messenger, which Lord Palmerston promised the French and Russian ambassadors to send to Mr. Wyse after the conven tion had been agreed on, le ft London on the 19th of April, azd arrived at A thens on the morning of May 2. de thus made the journey in 14 days, with des- patches of one dvy's later date than those brought by the French steamer, which arrived at the Pima on the 30th. Since the 28th of April no communication had been made by Mr. Wyse, either to the Greek govern ment or to any member of the diplomatic body. On the 29th April Mr. Wyse, accompanied by his suite, returned to Athens, and took up his residence at the British Legation. When Lord Palmerston's courier arrived on the morning of the 2nd, Mr. Wyse and his friends were oa the point of starting on • party of pleasure to Phyle. As the party set out on this ex pedition a few minutes after the receipt of the des patches from the Foreign-office, it is to be pre sumed that they contained nothing of any importance. Mr. Wyse was to have au audience of his Majesty King Otho in a few days, to announce the death of Queen Adelaide. TURKEY. A fact unprecedented in the annals of Islamism has just taken place at Constantinople. The Sultan has decorated eight Greek archbishops, u a testimony of his satisfaction at their zeal in the discharge of their duties. PORTUGAL. The Oriental Company's steam-packet Madrid, Capt. John Weeks, arrived at Southampton this motning, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. J. Inglis, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are : Gibraltar, 8 p.m., 4th inst. ; Cadiz, 10 a.m., sth ; Lisboa, 8 a.m., 9th ; Oporto, 7 a.m., 10th ; Vigo, 6 p.m., 10th. Among her cargo are 8 package. of specie. Among her pasvengers are Prince Joinville and family. The princes@ only was saluted at Lisbon, and not at any other port. Exchange on London, 541. Discount on Bank-notes, 12 per cent. There are no news of importance. PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN THE ZOLLVEREIS TARIFF. The merchants and manufacturers whose opinion on the intended Customs Duties Act the government war desirous of learning, met at Berlin on the 10th, for the first time under the presidency of the Minister of Commerce and Public Works. The minister opened the proceedings ' by explaining the motives by which the government had been led, since 1848, to desire a revision of the tariff, at counting also for the delay which had taken place is proceeding with the same. The government were anxi ous to see the material prosperity of the country promoted by the comple.ion of a more perfect system of communica tions between its different districts by the cheapness of mei mnee and the e Lployment of the people. In respect of the first, comprehensive measures were under consideration ; with regard to the two lest propositions for a revision of the tariff had been prepared. These propositiows had for their object to moderate the import duties on first Lecinariee, as wheat, seeds, fruits, cattle, rice, and butter ; further, to remit the Import duties on all raw materials of manufacture, so far es this is com patible with the claims of the exchequer and a due regard to the interests of home producers; to raise the duty on linen and cotton yarn, and also on woollen yarn, accord ing to the principles laid down by Prussia in 184.5, then applied more particularly to linen yarn ; to modify the duty on woven textures, arranging them under a new classifica tion ; end, lastly, to moderate, or aboli,b, the greater part of the transit and export duties, and to abate the river duties at proem' levied. A memorandum containing the completer development of these principles was handed to the members of the Assembly, and the next sitting announced to be held on the following day. WEST WHEAL JEWEL MINING COMPANT.—Yea terday the annual meeting of this company was bold at the aloes, 67, Old Broad.street—Yr. It. Herron In the chair. The report stated that there was only a diminution of 401. as compared with the previous year. The directors how ever, felt it incumbent upon them to stake that without further discoveries were made, la order to carry out the views of the committee, a call would be made is the course of three or four months. It appeared from the reports of the On g wa 004141111 and the osennalttee in Cornwall that the neeessery to be *Remand would cost about 1,0001. The balsam-sheet showed that at the last meeting there was a balance in hand of 8631. 18s. 2d. Since that period there had be en received in instalments upon shares 701 ; from sale pper ewes, 1,7741. 12s. 10d. ; from tut one, 6,006. Se. Id.; from arsenic, 111. 6n—making a total of 7,7281. 2". 14. The expenses had been 6,6671. 6. Sd., lea,. tag a balance in head of 1.0711. 17s. 6d. The swots of the company amounted to 1,7181.65. 64., sad the liabilities to 6674 Is. 74. The report" were received and adopted, and the usual formal business having been disposed of, the meet ing separated. UNITED STATES. As announced in oar yesterday's impremloo, the Royal Mail Steam-ship America arrived in the Money about 8 a.m. of this day. She sailed from Boston on the Ist inst., and from Halifax on the 3rd. Some apprehensions had bees entertained for the Cambria, *Mph had not been beard of at New York when the mail was despatched. As will be seen, however, by the electric telegraph despatch to Hali fax, the news of her arrival bad been received there, and had caused an advance in the price of cotton. The political news by the America is of little mo ment. The pro-slavery pipers announce that the cotton manufacture in New England is suffering— that " three of the Leger* cotton mills at Lowell are discharging the operatives and intend to stop making cloth—the Lawrence, the Tremont, and the Suffolk." The reason assigned for this step is said to be the high price of the cotton and the low price of the cloth. And the high price of the cotton is attributed to—the frost in April, 1839 ; the number of cotton planters who have transferred their capital and enterprise to railroad and other speculations; and the number who have emigrated to California. With angular inconsistence the sameiournals which parade these reasons, declare that nothing can save the cotton planting and cotton manufacture of the United States but the surcease of the anti-slavery agitation in the mouth. We suspect that the distress of the Lowell manufacturers is like the distress of the agricultural and colonial interests here, a temporary pressure ex aggerated in order to create a prejudice against an intuitable reform. The stoppirg of the mills is used there to get op a cry against negro emancipation, just as low prices in oorn are used here as en argument for re-enacting the corn law. Mr. Webster visited Boston on the 29th ult., and experienced a most enthusiastic reception. From the tenor of a speech which he delivered from his car riage we feel disposed to infer that Mr. Webster had found it expedient, if not necessary, to visit New England, to endeavour to reconcile his constituents to the compromise on the slavery question men tioned in the settlement of the Californian con t roversy. From Boston we learn that the counsel of Pro fessor Webster have taken out • writ of error, upon the ground that the order of the Municipal Court for certifying the indictment up to the Supreme Court was not truly set forth by the clerk of the former court THE AMERICAN PRESS ON THE EXHIBITION The Boston Ail2S. of 29th April, says of the exhibition.— .. The conditions are worthy of the stately pride of Great Britain. The Earl of Carlisle, the first speaker at tha meet ing referred to, said that Greet Britain invites all the nations of the earth to the competition ; but, though she invites them and their representatives to compete, she dots not ask them to contribute to the preliminaries. The com petition is to be international, the preparation en 4 arrange meats to be wholly national.' The Earl of Carlisle (who, as Lord limpet's, visited our country some years ago) took occasion, at the meeting of Feb. 21, kindly to give us of the United States especial invitation, and tell hie countrymen, I own to you that I do not anticipate advantages to Great Britain from our victories alone, but fromour defeats.' We hope that the contributors to our Washington, New York, B,ston, and other fairs, will do their best to favor the earl, and the workingmen of Great Britain, with that last I mentioned advantage." Or Court. It is understood that the court will proceed to Osborne, Isle of Wight, on Wednesday, the 2 2nd of May, and will not return to Buckingham Palate until Tueeday, the 18th of Jane ; and that the christening of the infant prince will be a,lemnisd on Saturday, the fad of June. Drawing-rooms will be held on Thursday, the 20th of June, and Tuesday, the 9th of July, and a levee on Wednesday, Jaly the 3rd. It is also understood to be her Majesty's in tention that state balls shall take place on Wednesday, the 26th of June, and on Wednesday, the 10th July; and con certs on Monday, the let of July, and Monday, the I.sth of July. The Duchess d'Orleans visited the Queen, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert,with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, left town at halt-put three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, from the Vauxhall Station, and travelhd to Windsor by the South Western Railway. His royal highness and suite returned to Buckingham Palace jut evening. A depotation of furnishing undertakers, consisting of Mr. R. H. Jarvis (chairman), Mr. F. Sadler (vice-chait , man), Mr. J. T. Bedford, Mr. C. Thornton, Mr. C. E But ler, Mr. Georg* Smith, Mr. T. Toovev, mu Mr. William Tagg (honorary secretary), had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday, at the Home Ofike. The deputation was aecompanied by Sir James Duke, M P., Mr. Thomas W.,k ley, M.P, Mr. Charles Pearson, M.P., Mr. Alderman Rumphery, M.P., and Mr. J. Wilkinsms. The Building Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 18.51, consisting of Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Barry, Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. C. R. Cockerell, Mr. Brunel, and Mr. T. L. Donaldson, had • met ing yesterday in the new palace of Westminster. Mr. M. Digby Wyatt was also pr.sent. A deputation, consisting of the Rev. Henry Mac kenzie, vicar of St. Martin-in-the Fields, and Moan. Cole and HarrUon, churchwardens, had an interview with Lord Seymour rsterday at the office of Her Majesty's Commis sioners of the Woods and Foresta. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland IL venue, Mr. Preset'', and Mr. Timm, hid an interview with tti.. Chacallor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re idence in D,,wnlog.street. The Earl and Countess Grey had a dinner party on Saturday at their residence in Carltoa•terrate. The com pany consisted of the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, Lord Mark Kerr, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Captain F. Egerton, It N., Viscount and Viscountess Omukton, Lord Dufferin, Mr. and Lady Anne Charteris, and Mr. Harry Grey. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT BY THE LORD MAYOR TO THE JUDOII.—DIO Lord Mayor and Lady 111110/*lll have issued cards to a large party for the 2Alth instant, to meet her Majesty's judges, the mutes in Chancery, the serjeants at-law, the Queen's counsel, and others in the legal pro fusion._ A MEETING OF PROTINCItI. MAYORS AND CHIEF OFTICIIRS or CITIRS AND BOROVOIiS is to take plate on the 21lot instant at the Railway Hotel, in Derby, to make arrangement. for inviting the Lord Mayor of London to an entertainment in the metropolis, or elsewhere, in return for the munificent hospitality with which his lordship enter tained the mayors of the provisoes a short time since at the Mansion. house, when the prince consort was present. Tux SECRETARY TO THE EMBASSY IN PARIS.- The promotion of Mr. lerninghant to the post vacated by the death of L,rd W. Hervey at Paris, will crests& vacancy in the plece;of secretary of embasey at Constantinople, which, if we are correctly informed, will be supplied by Mr. Crampton, secretary at Washington, but now in London. Mr. Crampton, it is said, will be succeeded by Mr. Augustus Paget, at papist attache , to the British embassy at Parts. FORGERIES BY A COTTON SPINNER AT LIVERPOOL. —We have stated that Mr. William Threlfall, cotton-spinner, of the Addinghans 111 W Mills near Lofton Abbey, had been apprehended a. the George hotel, in Liverpool, on a char. e of forgery, which he is supposed to have committed to the extent of several thousand pounds. After his apprehension the prisoner was examined on Friday before Mr. Rushton and remanded. On Saturday afternoon the prisoner was again placed in the dock, and the court was crowded by mer chants and br.,kers ' many of whom were person ally acquainted with the prisoner, and had recently had transactions with him. Mr. Rushton said that it was his intention merely to require that formal proof which would justify the prisoner's detention. He should then remand him, because it war impossible, from the nature of the ease, that it could all be gone ante that day. Mr. T. B Bourne was then called. He produced a bill drawn by William Threlfall, dated the 16th of March, 1850, fur 2,0001. upon the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Com pany. He also produced a letter which he received endosing the bill. In pursuance of the instructions contained in that letter he got the bill discounted at the Bank of Liverpool, and transmitted the money. In answer .to Mr. Aernall, whams stated that be did Liti know prisoner IS be a partner I is the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company. Mr. Langton, of the Borough Bank, proved the discounting o f re a r at the b•nk, and said that he had beet assured by the acceptor that It was not genuine. Mr. Superintendent Townson, examined by Mr. Rushton, stated that he bad examined the carpet bon, and in it he found a small black leather bag. In the small bag were the hand stamps which he produced. He also found some red ink and paint. One of the stamps contained the words " Old Flax and Cotton Mill Company," and the other " Chief manager." He bad looked at the bill of caching. produced, and he believed it was stamped with the instrumean produced.— Mr. Rushton then intimated that there wee ettllcient evi dence; to justify the detention of the prisoner, who was re manded until three o'clock in the afternoos.—Mr.ll•Manus, the high constable of HuU, received a warrant in that town on Friday, fur the apprehension of the prisoner on a charge of committing this and other forgeries, bat on the arrival of the Winer in this town, he found Mr. Threlfall already in custody.—Litairpooi Albion.—Yesterday the prisoner was *pis examined, and committed to take his trial at the nest Liverpool senses. Mr. Rushton refused to admit tee prisoner to bah. Then are various ramous in tows este the extent of the forgeries, which are variously stated at from 20,0001. to 6 0,0001. lilt there is a desire to make as little as passible of the ease, on the part of the authorities and the professional geathnim amployed. FISTULA INFIRMARY. Yesterday, the 14th anniversary festival of this institution took plea at the Albion Tavern, Alderegate s• rest ; the Loan litaxoa in the chair. The usual loyal toasts having been disposed of, Mr. Alderman COPELAND rou to propane the toast of the evening, saying that he had observed every year an in creasing anxiety on the part of the public respecting the welfare of this institution. It appeared that during the past year 643 patients were admitted to the benefits of this institution. Of these 271 were discharged as cared, 157 had been relieved, 6 were considered as incurable, and 1 had act. Considering the limited sphere of action in which the operations of the society were carried on he thought the results had been most favourable, and he thought he misfit truly say that if the limits had been extended, many persons wno hid gtne to their gray.a through this disease might have been restored to health. He was happy to be enabled to state that the auxiliary society of relieved patients, estab- Wished at Bethnal Oreen, had subscribed Aeons@ of the members to so small an 'man% as one farthing) a sum of 361. 16,. towards the (awls of the institution. He (Mr. ANerman Copeland) hoped he was addressing gentlemen who would seethe necessity of exerting themselves towards extending the benefits of the institution. He would conclude by appealing to the charitable feelings of those who took an interest in objects of benevolence, and by p repoeing the tout which the Lord M a y or h a d p l ace d in his hands, viz., " Prosperity to the Fiera& lobrmary." The toast having been responded to with the usual setae deem, other taut, were drunk, and in the course of the evening the Chairman proposed the " Health of Mr. Mu terman, the treasurer of the institution," who, in returning thank., said he had always taken a deep interest in the wel fare of the society, and he was glad to find from the atten dance of gentlemen upon the present cccuion that the ob jects of the charity continued to be understood and apple. dated. Several gentlemen in due course addressed the company, and amongst them were Mr. Alderman Copeland (who re turned thanks on behalf of the auxiliary society of relieved pieJents), and Mr. Freab fi ald, high sheriff of Surrey. The former stated that the society alluded to had subscribed in small amounts of a p•nny and upward., a sum of 4001. to wards this institution ; VAN evince g, notwithstanding their humble sphere in life, the interest they took in an institu tion which had enabled them to carry on their buainen in health and comfort. He was happy to take this oppor tunity of saying that there were several men in his employ who would long have been n um b ere d among t h e d ea d ha d it not been for the exis•ence of this institution. 'fhs next tout was that of the "Honorary Physicians, Surgeons, and Founder of the Inatieuti:a." Various gentlemen addressed the company in support of the several touts set down for them, and in the course of the evening subscriptions were announced amounting to about 9001. NIETROPOLITAN INTERMENT BILL. Yesterday a meeting, which was convened to sup port the government bill on this subject, to k place at the IV aittington Club, Strand. The room was densely crowded from the beginning of the proceedings. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, M.P., was in the choir, and in opening the proceedings of the meeting, said that as chairman of en essocistion which had long laboured to im prove the sanitary condition of the metropolis, he had been requested to take the chair on the present occasi,n, and he had much pleasure In doing so, for the subject they were met to discuss wu interesting not only to all present, but to every member of the community. (Hear, hear.) That sub ject was the decent interment of the dead, or, as the patriarch Abraham had expressed it, "the burial of their dead out of their sight." It was fuundj that our system was not such en example for nations, u we had been fond of hold ion out; but that in all nations between Calcutta and California, England was the only one the; had felled in a provision for the decent interment of the dead. (Hear.) She not only failed in making such provision, but had been so regardless of the necessary precautions, that interests had been permitted to grow up, and vested rights had been esta blished, in perpetuation of a system of evil which &bid any remedy which human ingenuity could devise. It was a strange expression, but it was s evertheleas true, that peal ',nee had come to provide the remedy. lie would not harrow their feelings, or shock their sense of decency, by a recital of scenes which would be found described by these who wished to indulge in such a taste in the evidence given before commissions and committees of the House of Commons which had been published. He congratulated the meeting that, owing to the unwearied exertions of those to whom the consideration of the subject had been delegated, a partial remedy had at last been found, by the introduction of a bill into y aliment for the carrying out of certain recommendations made by that body. (Cneen.) To that bill he wished to call the attention of the meeting. The principle on which the bill was founded was one which must meet with universal concurrence. (Cheers, hisses, cries of " ne," and " hear, hear.") Before they said "no" let them hear what the principle was. (Hear, hear.) He meant that which had the universal concurrence of the cruntry—tamely, that the burial of the dead should not be left to chance arrangements or is, lated exertions, but that interments should be carried into effect by those who had no pecuniary interests to serve, (Great cheering, counter cheering, and hissing—cries of " Chadwick " and confusion.) He had stated that the burial of the dead should not be lett to isolated effort!, and above all, should not be corn led VS the ban& of those who had yecuniary interests to serve, oui be conducted entirely by those who were responsible to pub lie A:VOlCE—Public opinion is against you. The CHAIRMAN continued: And be carried on by thou, who would perform their duties in such a meaner that every man, woman, and child who chose to inquire could aue Hain the mode in which the bodies of their !fiends and relations were to be disposed of. (Loud cheers.) There was one reason why the present measure should commend itself to the sympathies of all, namely, that it was for the benefit of the working elves. (Great cheering, biasing, and uproar.) He firmly believed that there was implanted in the working classes tee strongest sentiment of respect for the dead. It was not intended now to discuss the details of the bill. Tee object was, that while the danger was imminent they should unite to put an end to a state of things which was an outrage on humanity, and, by an overwhelming majority that evening, show to the government—(loud cries of " No," and cheers, hisses, and contusion)—that they par ticipated in the honourable feeling he had d escr ibed, and were anxious to see th,r earliest remedy contrived and car ried into effect for • state of things which every man, what ever he might think of some of the clauses of Mis bill, must depLre. He would call on Mr. Mackinnon, an old labourer in the cause, to move the first resolution. Mr. MACKINNON, (who wu receind with much applause), said he believed public opinion was in favour of the bill, and that it would be carried. (Hear, hear) He had proposed • similar bill five year. ego, and he believed if extramural interments had been then established the deaths by cholera would have been considerably diminished. No en* could object to the principle of the bill. It was difficult to frame lay bill which did not militate against some in teresta —(cries of "the clergy")—and wherever that was the case it tried to give them compensation during their lives only. With respect to another body, a great number of whom were present—he meant the undertakers —(" hear, hear, " and laughter) —he would tell them they would not lose by it, for they must be employed. (Cries of "Is it so in the bill'?" and great coniusion.) Did any one imagine the government was going to become undertakers—(great uproar sad confusion, cheers and hires)—or to establish • body of undertaken of their own ? (Cries of, " Yes ! they are.") But there would be an immense advantage to the poor in preventing exorbitant charges. (Great cheering.) Some families had been entirely ruined by such charges. (Hear, hear.) Ought such a system be continued as would retain a corpse in a poor person's house for three weeks or a month ? (Hear. bear. Cries of " Can it be proved ?") A GENTLEMAN on the platform.—l can prove it. (Great cheering and cries of, " Be quiet, undertaken.") Mr. SMITH, surgeon, the gentleman in question, came forward and said, " I can tell you that a fortnight ago I was sent for to the house of a poor person where a woman was dl with a fever, and in a room twelve faa: !gusto I found— (great confusion, cheers, his-n, and interruption.) Are you prepared to listen to this fact. I tell you I paned up a nar row dirty staircase into • room twelve feet square, in which there was a tire burning, and in it a four-post bed, in which was lying a woman in a high fever. Here the interruption and noise became most tremendous, and some person rose in the body of the roam and attempted to address the meeting. Mr. SMITH, by dint of very powerful vociferation, con trived to make himself beard, and continued : " and in that room lay the dead body of a youth who had died six days before of small-pox—(hear)—and I was told that it wee not intended to bury him for another week. He knew such facts were numerous " (Great cheering, and a great noise, which can best be described by the word " row," was con tinued " fist and furious.") Mr. SAUNDERS, bookseller, of Charing-cross, attempted to address the meeting, but despite some very energetic gesticulation was unable to obtain a hearing. Mr. G. CRUICKSHANK then cams forward, and en deavoured to mollify the persons who were engaged in the tumult, but was also unsuccessful. After a considerable time, • Mr. MACKINNON was allowed to resume his address, and said that without going further into details he would say that as regarded the weltare L f the community, and the health of the metropolis, it was neomeary that a system of extramural interments s hould take plane. corset oheering. l He was sure Englishmen would ai Agree with that princii:!?, anal he hoped they would support the resolution, which was es follows : That in the opinion of this meeting the present system of burial in the metropolis is prejudicial to health, incompatible with decency and solemnity, demoralising IS its tendency, and unnecessarily expensive." (Great cheering, which continued fer some time, with " One cheer more.") Mr U. THOMPSON, M.P., seconded the resolution, and said, than wars prmant, it •append many strenuous opponents of particular clauses of the bill. (Hear, bear.) They were entitled to be heard, and he would venture to say any on e sheouwing. caus gentlemaneanecparte asionss of th t e billgen tlemen, he would be heard. (Hear, hear.) He hoped all mo mentary eliallitions would now subside, and that the discussion go on calmly and reasonably. (Hear, hear.) If there were any whose interests were in peril they ought to be heard so that measures might be taken to endeavour to guard those interests as tar as possible west:gently with the para mount importance of the consideration of public health. (Hog.) Let no one make himself responsible for the break ing up of this meeting in • discreditable manner, which would do more injury to them than could possibly be pro duced by fair discussion. ((Cheep.) Viscount HIiItINGTON, M.P., said that he appeared , there not as • member of the government in which he held • a a bordinats position, bat as one who bad during his whole lib