The Express. — London, England, 1850-04-18 00:00:00

F 6 erpregio OVTOOINO MAILS. - • • • fie Smash North AND•tiell sad Gut Ualted r made ep tomorrow moan. al* .• • 7.. ,thmalter. Melte, Grime, the Inuits loleado, -- tcp . he,. India, end Chios. vie Southampt on . w ill ' cr the merely; of April 20. TTr z.o!• red Mermilim. to the Mediterranean Ins, I Mie, lbeeMoag. Me., will be midi up on SM. 24 . '''; soh ce Lisbon, Span, mad Gibraltar will be made Rr Arid It trot India Male. leo:lading Berada , liamemeh, dams, New Greana. and Moslem and ateladb. Juen-de-Nieemerna, New Gramme, • i s .l PI ns, will be =Wisp es May 2 . t•.tj* ta.s le rm , Moder* the Demi* and Berme Ayres, will ap ea the 44 el May. AMIN WAXES AT LONDON MILIDOIL hw r.,....wessa. Allemosa. :,•••••••41ffiesiss. M OA Moira. A. Ra ONDOX THURSDAY, APRIL 18. Ir is pretta plain, end we say it with the most o f e c g asa regret, that there is smell hope for any o.theien of . the tars cos knowledge--small hope vo on rat , rarin of education to the adult enures on v est • v'al and political questions. as long as Lord :one itt mem. remains pnrr.e minister. On Tuesday night, Mr. MILNIR throe brought beamed !assertion for the repel of these taxes, which dr supported by one of the talks: and ablest speeches reer heard in parliament. The hon. gentleman made a crest impterion. The feeling of the hour was aith hes. Mr. Dtsitazu, to his honour, and in street contrast with so much mock liberalism ou the benches opposite to him, supported the motion. So did Mr. RORBUCIC in len :eye equally forcible. To their argatmeets the CUANCI.LLOR of the Zimmer/xi opposed the certainly Krone argtneasts of the dilapidated °mai :ion of his budget, the massy demands upon it, his o en nopreper• el and undigested scheme of flutece, a-d the impossibility which he felt of persuading the , u-e or the country to accept any new tax of his ,i f ,isirg. After the almost decisive vote on the w • d•w tax, to have consented to the repeal of all taxes that Mr. Mitten Osumi demanded, was a-ireely to te expected from Sir CHARLES WooD. Ard the holm felt it ; for a very great number of st aahrre, who were, and are, prepared to condemn these tate , . joined in the vote to support them, rather tar, in concert with Mr. DISRAELI, dry up too lust doily the existing sourest of revenue. The mere list it liberals whw did not vote, or voted the wrong wa y, shows that fear for the maintr t itre of a tree trade budget, sad eon rarnelea for a feeble and free trade ministry, Ituff in thee balance against taking off the bor ic, knowledge, and, we think, from most Isis tire, palicy, induced liberals to continue them. is quite manifest, from the progress the pigsties tea made, from the tone of the !loose, and from the injustice aid partiality of the tax itself, which the Cif.tscetwit of the EXCHEQUER could only yen mit to partiallc excuse by assertions utterly devoid of sustained—for instance, the non-interference of tLe Excise with the development of paper manufac !;:mg, an assertion which we in our columns h l re toa conviocinely disproved—from all it is nix le that the taxes on knowledge would nate. ra.:‘ be the first to 110. Bit the P.inee Minister, we regret to see, is de id V. at they shall not go. He made a marked end iegnificant protest against their being at I. put in the firs! rank for abrogation. His views were sts,h more for the material, than the moral improve tf the people. Ile would gins them soap to wish *heir hands, and cheap bricks to the landlords balk' their houses—but a cheap pre'', no. His .I.!sti? has evidently been studying events in Frawel and regarding them, we are sorry to see, wr.h the sues p inic-str:eken and re-actionary feel. az, wh.ch aetu.te the French assembly. I:.e c iteetvatives there are bent on gsggi: g e pt. *4,a:ease the preen a spaces their weakness, et 12044000 their tyranny, and sa•irises their mingled y sad rage. It is with deep regret that we tear Lard Joint Reathh repeat their sentiments ci Kilo their words. His speech, indeed, was w,rhy of the Rue de Poitiers Club. M. Tunis ght ban Poukeh it, or M. Di Seat,., the SIB ID-RP if the French Assembly. If there was a shadow of candour or fairness in Lord Jugs RreIF.LL, he won d have admitted that just lllP4Stlf* of respect for men and !hinge, which cauterises the entire of the English press. We or 1. no j .urnal that, even indirectly. favours inei pU.. hostile to our institutions, or subversive Of rusted notions, either as regards p7litice, re mice, or social life. Respect for self end fir others mist streagly cheracterisn. rte En 4: sh prep , anstiackled though it be, except by fiseal fetters. Foe Lord JOHN RCSIIIILL to have risen and lirea cent to a series of sneers at the press, from shth he hu received erne than his doe of support, of a::,weace of praise. and of respect, only shows kis to be a more this-skinned, vain, sad petty po.itici.n th an we could have imagined. Ins 11.11.ittee at.cl tendencies of the French press I ee.den IT skein his lordship. He pointed to the use which tLe French had made eta cheap press, in order to recommend it. maintenance cf a dear one. And with eq.al justice and liberality he pointed out French.hoolmesten teaching irreligion, as one astir, we suppose, for his secriking Mr. Fox's bill the extens.oo of education amongst the most be eightsd and neglected classes. After all that Lied Joss Russet'. has said and spikes to t'.e subject of education, for him to turn meal On Mr. Fox's bill and &mimics it as irreli ahem is as wonderful as his coolly placing the Eng- Let, is the same category with the French press. BA lormiiip's assent to that monstrous sophism which cesi. a all value to education as education, and "Lich rot fines its worth to the instilment of religious brit, marks him to have fallen as low as a philosopher aside moralist as be seems to have done se a politician. TM mitt elementary consideration of the subject must snow that the culture of the mind and its powers sa Me thing, and the giving to it prittipltts of conduct another. These tasks one ray unite in time and effort, but we defy any one to unite them In reality. It is incumbent en all to teach the truths and principle of the Bible. but the bible is not fitted to teach grammar, nor is it titled to tem h logic either. And if man be endowed with a reasoning faculty which it is well and joust to develop, this reasoning faculty, as it is given, so it should be formed and dem loped, be fore it is admit.) exert itself even on those sacred &sleets which are to form its belief. '• cannot 'orchids without repeating how deeply we are moved and how utterly we are confounded by rite anti-p• ess, anti-schoolmaster, and anti-education rpte,hts of Lord JOHN Rt:WILLL. We do not remem ber that Lord Baouoitut himself ever threw bo arm pieta a robreaest. Tut trial of Professor Wrings, at Beaten, for the murder erne-. PARKIIIAN is pretty Imre to find a plus among the causes celibres. It is every way fitted to awaken attention, and to lame a Wang im pression oc tte winery. Curiosity is kept on the l•tretch from the first to the last link of the long and in many places attenuated chain of circumstantial evidence by which guilt wan brought home to the accused; sue the light which the story throws on the wayward paragons of men, and of the extent to . w Leh c, rillsat ion is efficacious in controlling or direct rag them aright, is m ire 'uprising than assuring. Twelve mortal days did the trial last; ten of these were principally occupied in the examination of wit tyres. Oat of the mouths of nearly a hundred wit ty* s, by the collection of innumerable petty facts ar,d ineid•sts, fur the most part utterly inmocluaive %tea isolated. was the truth established. The almost Invariably fair and unexaggerated tone in which tes timony was brine ; the judicious manner in which legal acuteness was tempered and restrained by a regard to whiit was just and nnrally decorous; the (Warn di.c:imination with which judge and jury kil:ovred the long and tangled chain of evidence, wer e all highly honuurable to the men of New P.ngland. lhe [Wm of the ease are briefly as follows: On and after lLt 23rd of November last a Dr. PAILKIIAN, in hs.ton, wall miming. As he was eccentric, and bad st boat on two firmer occasions absented himself !•st some time, wi•itout giving previous notice of his teketioo, or kiting anything be heard of him, it was I .!firrt aturniard that he might have played the saw Itch adwo. Rewards for his discovery were &dyer bad. .n, however, darker suspicions as to the fate "At aught have overtaken him arose In various THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1850. FRANC. DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN FRANCE-300 LIVES LOST. RIS, WIDNIIIIDAY, 7 Yesterday is the Letsl PA ady, Ameembly the close of the sitties was stormy is the extreme. The object of the Mountaia was to procure &nominal division on the uppresdoeof the succours to persons condemned for pofitioal offences, a redaction which bad bean car ried on the preceding day. For this parpoes M. Sotioelcher moved an amendment to restore that aid. This wu set aside by the homes voting the previous qaestion. Hereupon M. Chants made some fervent resnonstanees against the inspleit disavowal by the Assembly of the revolution of Jn'y acd February. fhis called out M. Dotter', ' who never appeared to greater advantage than in appeasing the present tumult, aid leading back the debate into a smoother channel. M. Dufoure, baffled on the one hand by the malignant intention of the Mountain to procure a nominal list of the suppressors of this aid; while on the other be administered a merited colligation to those organs of the majority, which were decidedly revolutionary in tone, and openly advocated the subversion of the republic. He hinted inicular at a remarkable article which appeared a part day or two ago is the Ctm stitutionel, entitled La Solution, to which, in fact, there is a second_ part added in to-day's number of that j ournal . Id. Joly next brought forward an amendment for granting 800,000 francs to poPtioal prisoners. The previous question was voted by 406 against 211. The sitting of the Legislative Assembly to-day was occupied from the beginning with a subject scarcely less exciting than that which produced so violent a some in the Chamber yesterday. In continuing the debate on the budget of the Ministry of the Interior, the first chapter which turned up was the aid granted to political refugees. The committee proposed a sweeping redaction. M. Joly opposed the reduction, and maintained that the government had failed of its duty of hospitality towards refugees of various na tions. He cited the cuss of Frapoli and Bonaparte of Canino. He concluded with calling on the go vernment to answer the rumours of coups 'Mat, which had be alluded to in M. Dafaure's speech, at yesterday. M. Baroche, Minister of the Interior, declared that he soured the reduction proposed by the committee. He justified the expulsions ordered by the government with regard to foreigners whose presence was menacing to the public security. Answering then thechalleage of M. Joly, be declared first that the government was responsible only for its own acts, and that it as well as the President regarded as an insult the reports of a coup d'-itat, hawked about to keep alive anxiety. He announced that the government was a stranger to these dangerous publi cations, and would not hesitate to proceed against, and cause to be seized, the National for a foot of this nature. Gen. d'Hautpoul, Minister of War : I have dig tr-saing news to communicate to the Assembly. The i-on bridge which separates the two parts of the town of Angers has given way as a battalion of the 11th regiment of infantry was crossing. Four companies, with arms and baggage, were precipitated into the Loire. The weather was fearful, and, in spite of the most prompt and of eent succour, it is to be feared that the number of victims is not less than 200 or 300. An officer of ordnance of the President of the Republic has already gone to Angers to convey to the regiment the expression of p:ofrund grief which the President feels. When the government shall be more fully informed, I shall pro- pose a project of law with a view of affor ling some consolatios and assistance to the bereaved families of the unfortunate sufferers. (Unanimous approval.) The discussion was then continued. M. de la Moskowa opposed the reduction as in reference to the interest of the colonies. M. Beane opposed the reduction, and insisted upon the need that the French had of being aided in the defence of liberty by political refugees • he cited, as proof, the words pronounced in the English parliament y Sir Lord Itussell—(laughter),—who announced on the let of March, the imminent subversion of universal suffrage in France, and a change in the form of government. M. Gustave de Beaumont and Gen. lAhitte, Minister of Foreign Affsirs, contested the accuracy of the language attributed to Lord John RusselL The president then reminded the hon. representative that if be wished to interpellate, he should state so, and the Assembly would decide whether permission should be given. On the reduction proposed by the committee being put to the vote, the result was ea follows: No. of votes 619; absolute majority, 310; white cards, 412; blue cards, 207. The reduction is therefore adopted. The rest of the debate was quite devoid of interest. In the Sills des Pas Pardus rumours prevailed of an kneute against General Catellane. Since the report made to the Assembly by General d'Hautpoul, we learn that about 20 bodies and several wounded men have been taken out of the Loire. The lieut.-colonel has been taken out wounded, but not dangerously. Many women and children accom panied the regiment, and are among the victims. Only five minutes before a squadron of hussars had crossed the bridge. It was a suspension bridge. The Union Electoral. has decided that a prepara tory ballot should take place on Sunday for the can didate of the party of order for the election of the 28th. The list to be proposed to the electors as pro visional candidates embraces those already set up for the election of the 10th March, with the addition of M. Leclerc and M. Marie. This determination ap =to have been later abandoned. The preparatory will be eonlned to M. Funned Foy and M. Loden. The Raul Pvltlic, of Lyons, says: The agitation to which Paris is • prey, and the general disquietude which for some time hes beat spread over all France, begin to mast on our sib manufactories. Orders from Ragland and Amorist re Monet always the same; but those tram Paris are considerably redneed. The great hums which ordinarily purchase all our artiste' of taste, all our fashi 'liable stuffs, wait until the political situation shall have improved, is maks their purchases. It is thus that the least 'moths, that the slightest bar, always cause aslackesing of work and a As* to insaufseturing activity. The speeches at elm's& mwestand the canasta of sedan semis& pwar, have the lal• essmsquas• efiegriving namemes workems ef what Is seensay. A miss of =Hay in the army, similar to that at Augers, bat attended with much graver symptoms, ham taken plain at Calton, as described in the follow log letter : A deplorable seems has just takes pleas here, which will &minims be tamed to mount by the socialist party. Eloise &stream's of the depot battalion of the 68th, ire garrison at this place, and Dame belong's" to a battalion of the 44th, posing through the town, uemnbled as usual to take a tra uma' glees together. After copious libations, sad u rged , by the *Wet editor of the Rejorisetswr dr Lot. a Red jaw , nal, they began to sing the " ermine's'," and various so. Mallet songs. They were on their keen singing, when the commissary of polies having interfered to put an end to the tumult, whirl had already drawn together a considerable crowd, they positively Mused to otey his injunctions. He wished to arrest the most riotous among them, when he was grossly insulted, and sabres were drawn. Several cries of Vim Is Rdpublique Ditsocratique et &Male I" were raised, The Courtier du Lot giventlw following amount of the affair: I By seder of the Prommar of the Republic, K. lan', the emunimery of miles, west to the said when the Isaiah emu proceedings were mem *a, sod ea the outside of which a mai Webb' crowd had aresiebled. He there foiled several sub-celeste Mete 68th ; two of them ware standing ea Main singing seditious nose, the Morons of which were repeated by about 60 other, of that regiment awl the 44th with great animation. As WAR as be meld obtain a hearing, the Co. missary requested that an end might be put to the mime, and observed that soldiers, partimelsrly those who hold a certain rank, ought not to set ea example of disorder. To this the 'sh uffle's's of the 68th replied that they would Meg, wed that it 1118/ no betimes of ; whilst those of the 441 k re p lied is more topmast terms, sad withdrew. Three sab-Mtions of the 68th mini seditious mks in passim before the wonkier, of polies, and a sergeant mode us of the followieg insulting suplu aims, "It i, infamous that that nasifl. of a revamimety of pollee should have peevented ear gulag, whs. we are under a republic." The serpent was platted la the hands of the polies authorities, but immediately afterwards four individuals of the town endeavoured to prevent his being takes to the Hotel de Ville. Bedew that they meld not seemed in their purpose, they ran off to fterde some sub lime, who suss with sabres in,their hands. On. of them, • sergosatAaajor, atteepted to strike tke reseasiseary of paw with Ms sakes. hat the blow was parried by a garde ebatapetre, sad tbeameakaary palm, la order to avoid bleaddred. NUM NMI Os release the issresaat, sad on the folkserlai day kw sad wastlisr were pissed wader arrest. The Minister of War hu resented a bill for modi fying the rectified project of 1860, by which he de mands to carry up to 1,200 men the effective strength of the present battalion of gendarmerie mobile, which now only numbers 717 men, and the creation of a new battalion of the same force, of a similar strew l e d • The present battalion he proposes to h ave eon from let May, end the mein(' to be orga nise from lit June. The expense of 1860 will amount to 1,149,836 fr., but it will make no change in the budget, as the minister proposes to make an equi valent redaction in the army. Tne Gnu:toil of State yesterday commenced the dis cussion of the bill on the reform of the mortgage system. The report has been confided to M. Beta snout. hi:do Melon (Nord) has promoted the followiog proposition, tending to replied Art. 92 of the alio toral law : At the general fleeting, sapplententary repremnfatLeas shall be named is tke proportkm of a Aka foe each depart- ' meet. Lab shiest inesribe os balletia a masher et madidetes equal to that of the represeatatimi4 and the still sappleensatary ones to be chases. Tke eand'dates wise have obtaioed W greatest number of votes alter these I elected Mull be proclaimed supplementary deputies, and 'hall bra lint asserdiag to numerical suporioriTy, destiaed replies the representativ.a la owe of mummer y oinks, death. resignation or otherwise. P a rti a l eleetions sonnet tak putiesshae plass ia ll have be • &Pertinent until en tabus:ed. the in the (mot mentary de of that being the ease, the electoral colter • Interested shall be called together w ithin a delay 01 40 days." The oandidateahip of M. Leclerc inspired a better feeling in the market yesterday, and ipnoes from the opening kept gradually creeping op. For the erd of the mouth, Fives have improved 85c.; Tome, 46c., the former closing at 88 fr. 500., and the latter at 64 ft. 86e. For ash, Fives have advanced 660.; Threes, 330., the prices being 88 fr. 360. and 64 fr.7sc. Bank of France shares have declined 16 fr. Little or nothing doing in foreign securities. The share market has been rather firmer, but without any general im. Forest in priors. Versailles (right back) and Orleans have advanced 2 fr. 600. each; Bordeaux, Northern, and Bile, 1 fr. 250. each; Versailles (left bank) have declined 6 fr. ; Vi ersou . 3 t r . 75e.; Mar milles and Btreabarg, 2 fr. 60c. each ; Rouen and Nantes, 1 fr. 25 0 . each ; H avre and Montereaa are anvaried. P• 11121, Aran 12. Tor 1 For Aceoast. Mosey. ,Openla Highest Lowest Cicala t -- ---.. 8 per Cads. ....,...... U 0 , 8110 3310 hi 9 0 ii 6 par Pmts.. ... .. N U MI 63 88 90 1311 30 48 43 1 do. New Immi.. - „ o o si 24 per c01a......... " N o .. o I pot Orals —.. „ 99 99 I:mama so LAMM: st sigh " t. 1 6 33;90 *1... 5 43 " gingi,m. 8, IMO ... 110 Mosey. Nsom Mutes_ .9) I* Massy De. b. 11142 ...... 10 „ Ram Wu, 1849 7111 „ Do. 44 Do. 8 Piedmont 3 gar Oasts a ~ Doak Ohara, 2095 ammo —Pans sad Drams, SU ; Paris sod Roues. 507 30 ; Roues sad Havre, US; Avignon sod Marseilles, 176 23; litrastourg sod S. 093 73 ; Drams and Vima. 111 23 ; Orleans and bor. dam,a 3113; Northam, 410 ; Pads ad anstrairm 321 23; Tours aml9lll i 0 VerssMes (right bank), la ; Ditto (left teak), 140. quarters. By universal consent th. se millelene tent In the person of Profi Igor WIDSTEI us s 4tomnisei centre. He was a man of great self-indulasoce, sad of I.rated meass. He was known to have borrowed snooty of the missing man alder circumstances not very creditable to him. At first, however, Willa= appears only to haws been sespestad becalm there was no other person to whom sespieles could by pos sibility attack itself. Bose statements, however, made by the janitor et the oder soon imported more coefkloeco to the MI, parties. The man spoke of an la PAItiMAN sad WEBSTER to whisk= bees e witness, is which their mistimes* bike ad medium had bees discussed with mesh litesruees. We added that he had seen PAPJUIAN egproachiug the soilage a short time after mid-day at the day on whisk he was last seen. He added eirlinastances• in She eebsogesat waded of the professor, all tending mina the isferenoes to which these facts seemed naturally to lead. Inquiry in the neighbourhood elicited that several jargon had NMI Pates ILAN ping in the direction of the college at the time sass- Honed by the janitor; that at least one permit hod moo him enter; and no oce could be found who had saes him afterwards. A search was accordingly instituted in the 031- lege buildings. The janitor, in consequace of in structions to that effect, taroks through • wall into a vault which communicated with a privy in the professois apartments. There, among the soil, were found parts of a human body. In a furnace in the apartment other fragments were found in • pattielly consumed state. In • box, under a heap of tau bark, wu found another portion of a human body. On arranging the fragments, medical men, who were called in, expressed a decided opinion that they were all parts of the same body. Gentlemen intimately acquinted with Dr. PARKIIAN were of opinion, from the appearanse of the hair, &c., that they might be parts of his body. The remains of some artificial teeth, attached to a portion of a jaw found in the furnace, were identified by the dentist who made them ; who recognised them by their very peculiar formation • who subsequently i n court produced the moulds fro m which they had been made and showed that thi y fitted ; and who had seen them in Dr. PARICHANII month the day before that on which he had disappeared. No traces of blood, of anything indicating a struggle, were observed in the apartments ; but the dispersion of the fragments, and the obvious attempt to destroy some of them, indi cated a desire of coccealment ; a knife bore marks of recut cleansing ; and the command of chemical agents which WEBSTIR bad, as professor of che mistry, accounted for the removal of stains. The conduct of Professor Wasirrga throughout the week during which these investigations were in pro gress, was subsequently ascertained to have been remarkable. Toe rooms he occupied in the college were only used by him in his prifeseorial capacity; he resided with his family at some distance. Ile was often shot up alone in these rooms and inaccessible. He displayed a fidgetty, nervous anxiety to learn from various persons whether anything tad been heard of Dr. -PARICNAN, and what was thought of his disappearance. He asserted to more than one that be had seen him on the Friday, and paid him a sum which he owed him on mortgage. He went so far as to wait upon the doctor's brother; to state that he had called on him at the college on the Friday, by appointment; that he had received payment and rushed off in a state of strange excitement, without restoring or cancelling the deed of mirtgage. When arrested and told it was on a charge of having murdered Dr. PAREXAN, Professor WEB SIER evinced interse and unmeaning terror. That, was compatible with innocence ; but he asked the ex traordinary question, when told that the body had been fauna —" What pert of it r All these eirciutstanoets, and many more, were proved at the trial. Some additional fats. respecting purchases of materials which might have been used in removing the traces of the deed, were also proved. Bankers and others were produced who gave such accounts of the recent money transections of Pro fessor WEBSTER, as showed it to be all but impossible that be could have paid PARE/lAN as alleged. The witnessesspoke with singuler guardedness and candour. The strictest era,s examination failed to involve them in any contradictions. The circumstances explained, or sought to be explained, by the wiin-s - es for the defence were quite unimportant. Two or three per. sons were produced who swore confidently that they had seen PARIEMAN in the evening of the Friday on which he was last seen ; tad an attempt was made to establish an alibi; but, opposed to the cloud of evi dence on the other side, these testimonies produced no effect. It was also remarked that the counsel for the accused admitted throughout the possibility of the killing, and argued, but without any attempt to pro duce evidence, that it might have occurred in circum stances which only warranted a ye rdictof manslaugh ter. Lastly, the prisoner himself, when asked at the close of the prcosedings whether he had anything to say for himself, briefly addreiaed the court, reflecting pissionately on his counsel for not having adduced tes timony which be had placed in their hands, declaring that be could explain every suspicious circumstance, but failing to do so. Everything in thew remark able and protracted pr3oeedings concurred to produce' an indelible conviction of the guilt of the accused. The character of Prole:sir WEBSTER and his crime, as they are revealed by the judicial investiga time, have many striking features of resemblance to earlier rouses Mara. In the cool premeditation of the murder, and the means resorted to for the pur pose of averting detection, the coaled of the learned, accomplished, and pleasing professor, bears a striking resemblance to that of the untaught brute DANIEL GOOD. The peulleseor's character, his uncontrollable appetite for the elegant luxuries of life, his pleasing and engaging exterior, his limited means and embarrassments, and the callous mintier in %bleb he sacrificed the life of another to ensure the means of enjoyment, made some alight approach to the demoniacal WAINWRIGHT. The overween ing confidence displayed by WEBSTER in his own nerve and resources, and the fact that his ambi tion to make an ingenious defence contributed in no slight degree to rivet the conviction of his guilt, reminds one of his brother pedagogue, ' Evans Arun. Even in purely fortuitous end un important incidents the trial recals some that have preceded it. As in the case of the Meammos, the false teeth of the deceased became important advin calm of evidence. Mach of the borroe excited by this narrative I. owing to the startlirg contrast between the atrocity of the deed and the tranquil common-place character of the social relations out of which it originated. In an intellectual, decorous, well-reiulated circle, one of its least suspected members is suddenly discovered to have perpetrated an atrocious and revolting murder. The deed is committed apparently under the influence of no overpowering, excited The object is simply to remove a somewhat aissious troubler of a course of indolent self-sojoyment. The murder is accomplished with the most perfect self possession, calculation of means to ends, and as if it were a mere common matter of bogus& The irresistible power of seemingly weak motives, the utter' absence of any compunctious inciting. to oppose them, the short-sightedness to the innunterabLe hazards of discovery, are shocking by their intense placidity. What terrible suggestions does sack an occurrence whisper respecting the untameable ferocity of the human heart, and the merely superficial character of that sivilisation en which we are acoostamed to place eo much reliance ! Bootees in oar erderly, regulated, social int/moans, to-day is as yesterday—bemuse every man has learned to restrain the expression of his more ungovernable emotions—because fear of the law or public opinion deters many from selfish irre gularities, we flatter ourselves that the natures of men have been chatted. Yet ever and anon some domes tic convulsion, liiketbatof WEBSTER, Oe WAINWEIGHT, or FAUSTLEROT, reminds us that this shallow civili sation is after all no more than the thin cake of con gealed lava, beneath which the volcanic elements of human pike° glow as fiercely and destructively as ever, waiting but the visitation of some wandering breath of air to fan them into destructive intensity. PARISH EMIGRATION FROM the 11th intent • large party ef emigrants, searhttag of 128 pengs, proceeded by p asty of c&gra.ts, so.ehtiui of 128 p.ilu. prc.ed.d by epselal train frog the Ni,. lilets Station of the Lagos and Stuth-Western Railway to Southantrmr. Thin body was Joined by other parties at Woking, Basiogstoke, sad AnOover, bringing additions from various places, from °wigging. Walliagford, Yarning don, Andover. AL Those emigrants were of the agricul tural clam, sent oat by their respective parishes—they were geserally stout sountwnen, and of a class to make good beeltwoudamen in the critatries to which airy acre Ironed— Cs., Canada sad the Western 8 atm. The Bouttt•WesAra Railway Creapasy, we viaders'and, convey such emigrants ia bodies at 6a a SPAIN. MADRID, Aram 12. It is confidently @seeded that the government is about to obtain a concordat from the Pope, and that the Nuncio has already had several communications with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the subject. Tne evening ministerial journal contradicts the state ment that an order in council had been given to pre vent any more admissions of nuns or monks in the existing convents. The order, which I know was Riven, for I have seen it, was withdrawn before it had been sent to the provinces, on acupuit of the re monstrances of the Nuncio. Numb, Antic. 19.—Three per Cents., 291 paper; after Bola, 191 rash. Tour per Cents., 131 paper. Tire per Cans., 131 papa ; after Bola, 13 9le Bash. P ad 4 1-18 papa ; attar Do 4 cash. Coupons, a pear; aler Bobo, 71 cash. Beak of at. kerdinsuld, SI. &whams ca London, 90.33 Treasury kills of forced loan, with Coupooa, H papa. ITALY. ROMAN 8 FATES. The French government yesterday (Wednesday) received a despatch stating that the Pope entered Rome on the 12th inst., at four in the afternoon. TUSCANY. The marriage of the Count of Trapani with the Archduchess of Isabella of Tuscany, was celebrated on the 10M at Florence. SARDINIA. The discussion ontieiillflirthe abolition of diffe rential duties was continued in the Chamber of Depu ties of Turin on the 12th. On the motion of Count Revel, a clause was inserted, making reciprocity a ne cessary condition for the abolition of those duties with respect to ship.i of foreign nations. C mint Balbo also moved that beside the right vested in govern ment of maintaining differential duties with respect to a nation, it should have also the power of abolish ing differential duties in case a nation should offer advantages equivalent to reciprocity. The motion was adopted ender this form by the Chamber. Act. 3 of the bill which concerns the coasting trade, entirely reserved for the Sardinian flag, was again referred to the comm•.ssioo, on account of some difficulties arising from the geographical position of the island of Sar dinia. In the sitting of the Senate of the same day, several bills, which had already passed the Chamber of Deputies, were presented. The sitting was prin cipally taken up with the discussion on postal reform. By a royal decree of the Bth, the national guard of Genoa is reconstituted. The council of the city is charged with its reorganisation. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. A cabinet council was held at Berlin on the even ing of the 14th, under the presidency of the King. The council, which sat four hours, deliberated on the late Erfurt resolutions. It was agreed to sanction the en bloc acceptation of the charter of the constitu dos. Baron Mannteuffel left Berlin for Erfurt on the mean of tho 14th, for the purpose of informing the two bosom of the fact that Use Prussian government rowbod to go with the Erfurt pediment. • Letters from Frankfurt of the 15th inst., in the Kamer Zeitung, state that sundry conferences have of late taken place between the Elector and the Grand Doke of lessen aed the Prince of Pamela. The result of thee' cmferences is, that the Electorate and the Grand Duchy of Hessen will remain mam ba.' of the Prussian League. The cholera has broken oat at Halbendadt. The Prins of Prussia arrived at Troves as the 15th instant. SERUM, Aran. 14. The dt cision of the Erfurt parliament to adopt the constitution en blue hes taken people hers by surprise ; all are astonished at the very large ma jority by which that decision was carried. It was anticipated that the communications of Radowita and the argnments of Manteaffel would have seseeeded in procuring a revision. The Baherhof party have not harmitted themselves to be frightened or cajoled . , and ve stuck to their text with a laudable onaounity and courage. What the next step of the Prussian go vernaseni will be it is difficult to say. lam to-day assayed, however, that its opposition to the en Woe adoption was merely for the purpose of showing to the other powers that it would be useless, and that the majority of the parliament were determined at all bawds to establish the federal union. Had this not been the ease Prussia might certainly have backed out of the a ffair. Now it is bound by all the ties of honour and duty to posh it to a conelasinn. The Slade Anseiger of this evening contains the official notification from the Ministry of Dade and Pub lieWorks of the g reatExhibit ion of I odustryin London in WWI, together with extracts from the communications sai circulars of the royal commissioners. The Moister of Trade 'sprains a hone that the Prussian Manufacturers will broth' themselves to provide pro- FIR articles for exhibition. One of the documents is I lie notification of the appointment of a committee of merchants and manufacturers for receiving and for the transport of the articles to be forwarded for exhibition. Tho Lsndesversammlung at Kiel has panted a re solution giving an additional credit of six million Hosiers to the titatthalterschaft. A report has been circulated at Kiel that *change of ministry has take plasm in Copenhagen I the new ministers are said to be favourable to the conclusion of pesos. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aran 12. The Austria publishes the cos'ome receipts for the year 1849, throughout the whole of the provisoes, with the exception of the Lombirdo-Venetian king dom, Hungary, and Transylvania. The total amount of import &Vies received wail 10,207,426 florins; in the le +r 1847 it was 16,864,953 florins, and in 1848 only 8,884,631 /labia I the transit duties amounted in 1849 to 48,690 florins, in 1847 to 117,037 florins, and in 1848, to 49,899 florins; the export duties amonntrd in 1849 to 378,308 6. ; in 1847, to 1,672,490 II.; and in 1848, to 288,880 6. It will be seen hoot these figures, that although the customs' duties paid in the past year are still very far below those paid in 1847, yet they are ooteidsrably larger than those paid in 1848. The Vienna Ojkial Reit Anasiung, of the 13th kit, has the following important news: The" Interim" has hitherto served us a keystone to the Germanic confederation, bat it wanted strength end hills. *am sad bemuse a prey to the prevalent dissensions. Some people hoped to see it is *cram of duo more oonapact, esergetio, and lanneatiaL They, sonergaestly, did their best to prop it sp. Bat, alter a long period of Irre solution, it has been resolved to replace the Interim" by a more energetic ores. We are Wound that the plenipo tentiaries of all the Mernas goveranisate will take t h e plies of the interim, and thus form the organ of the confederation in its foreign relations, until the coastitational queeticno whisk at protest oases ellseensioas Mall have been settled. Tke Austrian &gam kis aniertaken to publish an addrets to the essubses of the soededuation, sad to invite them in the lest days of May to sawn at Frankfort ander the pre sidency of Austria. It is said that Prank does aim object to this plan. Itsasaii, Ann 16.—Veliviguy ken, 10* Nat Meal Debt, 116 i. Beak Shares. 93i. gbe Court. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied bi l the Prince of Wales, Prises Alfred, an d the Prineees tnok a drive yesterday in an open earrisge and four. be Equirriss in Wsiting, Lard Charles FUstoy_and LieureCol. F. H. Beyatnar, 'treaded on horseback. The royal dianer party at Backingkso Pelee* yesterday evening included the Decker of Kest, the Belgian Minister and Madame Vaa de Weyer, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Bummed* Bra, Lord George Limo', and Biz George Couper. A deputation from the vestry of St. Paul, Shad seasisting of Miens. John Nicoll. Thomas Hewitson, Thomas Moore, and Thomas Martin, end Mr. Peter Mellieb, vestry Oink, lied an interview with the Right Hos. Henry Labosehere yisterday, at the ogles of the Board of Trade. The Building °mutates of the Royal Commission sir the Babibitios of 1861 met yesterday in the New Palace of Westminster. The Ism hers present were Mr. Cabitt, Mr. Bury, Mr. Brunel, Mr. Cockerel', and Mr. T. Donald son Mr. Boots RntesU, Secretary to the Royal Cossinhaion, attended. Colonel Baia and Mr. M. Digby Wyatt were A deputation from the S'ath Eastern Railway Company, consisting of Mr. M'Gregor, Kr. Freeman and Mr. Venable,, had an interview with the Commirionen of Railways, yesterday, at their tam in the Board of Trade. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. Yesterday a numerously attended meeting of t},.. shipownen, shipmasters, and others interested in British shipricg was held at the London T , tt for the purpose of adopting measures fora postponement of the bills &fleet ing the British mercantile naarine recently Introduced into parliament, until a full and impartial inquiry should have been instituted into the laws sad rmulatioas now in force relating toßritish marine commerce, with a view to its relief irom all burdens and restrictions not absolutely necessary for the pu , ilic interests; and for the estabashment of a system adapted to the reining position of British naeigation." Amongst those present were the following : Mr. Hume, M.P. ; Mr Forster, K.P. • Mr. Anderson, M.P.; fitr J. Johnston., Bart., M.P. • Sir 3. Dabs, Bat., M.P.; Mr. J. T. Devertux, M.P. ; L ord John Chichester, M.P. ; Mr. Hepworth, M.P. ; Mr. Hudson, M P.; Mr. Nestle, Y.P. ; Mr. Car, M P. • Mr. Moffatt, M.P.; Mr. Roc Mangles, M.l" • Sir MIA Lopes. Bart., M.P. ; Mr. Wilcox, M.P. ; Mr. George F. Young ; Sir J. PeLly, Bart., &a. Deputations were present from the following ports and places :—Liverpool: Mr. Lockett, Mr. Bold, Mr. Grans, Mr. Alin, Mr. Carson. Belfast: Mr. Dunn, Mr. Huri• son, Mr. Grainger. Shields North: Mr. Suesker, Mr. Dryden, Mr. B akar, Mr. Shellac. Shields South . • Mr. Robinson. Ipswich s Mr. Sheppard end Mr. Baylty. Bcar. bsrougb : Mr. Tyndale sad Mr. Buren. Plymouth : Mr. Pops. Kingsbridge : Mr. Balk-ill. Brigham : M . Brown. Barnstaple and 11,clekord Mr. Chanted. Letters were re ceived from the following places concurring in the views of the rtguiaitionista :—Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, Yarmouth Shipownen' ilascitation, Hull shipawners, Kir kaidy shipowners ' Dublin skipawnirs, Aberdeen ship owners, and Ltithshipowners. Oa the motion of Mr. Gm. F. Youxo— Mr. HUHE was voted into the chair, and said that he was of opinion that the registration which was forced on the British shipowners with the view of providing a supply of ab'e seamen, had worked the reverse of what was intended, for hy sousing ingrained expenditure, and throw ing impediments in the way, it prevented the great and important improvements which might otherwise have been cape:tad if proper and fair relief bad been afforded to the shipping interest. (Hear.) On the present °nation they should a I have one object inview—noion amongst themselves. (Hear) Of tonne in an interest so varied and extensive it was impossible to expect that diversity of opinion should net exist, when they found that in much smaller interests each differences prevailed. Bit they should not allow those dif ferences of opinion to prevail so far as would enable those parties who profited by their divisions to prevent the govern ment from affording that relief which would be beneficial to the whole body. (Hear.) It was of the utmost importance, if they wished to have their interest properly attended to, that each party should, however correct he inight deem hie own individual opinion, yield something order to be able to effect what all allowed to be foe the g I advantage, and that biuntd action they might be ' able sincentully to prom their claims upon the government, and to °nein that relief which they had not hitherto re ceived. (Hear, hear.) It was with that view and intention that he attended the meeting that day. (Hear, hear.) He found that the shipping interests—the shipbuilders, the shipowners, the owners of steam and sailing vessels, repre senting the general shipping interest of London, had come te the opinion that union was necessary. (Hear, hear. There were also deputations from the principal ports of th e kingdom present , and there were letters from several portant associations, stating that they concurred is the views of the requisitionists. He had received a letter from Mr. Pollock of Glasgow, in which he stated hie objection to the bill introduced by the government gad called his (Mr. Hume's) attention to the fact that he (Mr, Hume) had publicly stated in parliament that when he voted for the repeal of the navigation laws, he did so oa the understanding that the go. vernment were pledged to take the earliest opportunity to relieve the shipping interests of this country from all those burdens and restrictions which were borne by them, and from which the mercantile mariae of other °onenss wee free. He (Mr. Hume) acknowledged the correctness of that statement, and before they ever came to a divisin en the I navigation laws, he told Mr. Lthouchere that such were hie views, and that however honestly and sincerely he desired to see the removal of the navigation laws, he could not consent I to have the shipping interest of the Gantry, which was of I nch consequent, and importances to its well being subjected to a competition wish the whole world, if they were not re tigeni from all those burdens and restrictions which would I prevent them from worming on fair and equal terms with foreign nations. (Hear, hear.) Now, under then circum stances, they were aitiliorised to call upon the somnolent for relief to that great interest. (Cheers.) But he mast say that the government had not manifested that readisese to relieve them from the light dues and other charges which they ought. (Hear, hear.) And as an anxious friend of the shipping interest, he mast say that he considered the bill now introduced into parliament to be a very wade measure —(hear, hear)—one fraught with so many difficulties—one liable to. so away valid objections.. that it mimed to him to be impossible to reconeile OM by any mere statement made in the House of Commons. It appeared to him that it' I would be utterly impassible to recounts the objections against the measure is the short tints that was now left for that pur pose or by means of deputations going up to the Board of Trade. (Hon, hear.) A better man did not exist than Mr. Labouchsrt, or one who was more willing to do justice to all parties; but the &I/cultist' surroundiag this question were too great to be overcome by any individual. (Hear, hear.) The Board of Trade, constituted se it wag of two individuals, and being ex ever detonating body could do very little in opposition ti the Trinity Board, which was composed of twenty men who, however he valued them as individuals, were banded together, and claimed to be under no control. (Hear, hear.) He believed what they wanted was a national board to manage the mercantile marine of the country, to be composed of persons whose talents should entitle them to be appointed members of it, and who could give their aucil- Tided time and attention to the administration of that great interest. (Cheers.) Freed from the shackles which had heretofore bound that Janine, and relieved from the taxes oa the raw materials which constituted the ship, he believed it was j onl at the commencement of that prosperity to which it was ustly untitled. (Hear, hear.) Let only union and good feeling prevail amongst them, and he would &semiannual for the present, and prosperity for the future, to that interest to which the country owed le much. (Cheers ) Mr. LOCKETT, chairmen of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, moved Teat trem is rieremes sins by ben, Mojesty's semenmest, more similly iris the Minim d perliamset oa the mist of the =r k i w i Or WW2. Winn of the ULM* Ileibra sone • id ea is mese eemerst et the may laremleg taped!. voissuai exiesserfei Minim le mid& staiseems are hem the awake Meehan, lave sad regulation, maims= Mr. STREAKER, of North Shields, serradird the reso lution. lie said ass a publics siseting 011ie shipping in terest is North sad South Shield had base held on this subjoin, sad they same to the determination of adopting the resolutions which had been wired into by the lon ians* is London. He could not help stating that they felt sensibly dssppoisted that the premises which had bees held out to them whoa the saunter= laws were under dismis sion had sot been carried out. (Hear, hear.) He did not think it fair that the British shipowner should be subject to the duties on foreign timber, espeeially the Umbers of the north of Europe, whilst they extended the privileges of British registratios to ships manufactured in these foreign construe. (Hew, hew.) If they wasted to have their artisans and ship builders employed, they sh mld sot at the same time cempel the British shipowner to pay the duties on foreign Umber, and give the foreigner the benefit of British registration. (Kean hear ) These were the stows entertaised at the general meeting of shipowner is Math Shields, and having gives expression to them, ha would surely second the reso'stion which had been just read. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and atria unanimously. Hr. W. PHILLIPS, of lAndon moved: I That it Is with extreme disappoint/sent that they have viewed the introductim into parliament of the Mercantile Marine Mul, which so far from extending relief to the chipping interest, is oak mated to Increase Its Witham and embarassments, and further to disqualify t p tg;h o l f p27er for etaa a tte t maintena n ices which te . ol that co new =tils with the I while many of its providers, are opposed to an sound principin, and are in 'dental to improve the chancier and condition of the Braids seaman —en object which UM meeting cordially and anxiously desires to gr:nsidered that the measure wk . & had been in troduced into parliament, so far from giving any relief to the British shipowners, would increase the burdens and hard ships to which they were already unjustly exposed. It was amused that the 'MUMS of the shipowner and the seaman was different; bat he maintained, and any man of common sense must see, that it was the intense of the master that those who were engaged in • his service should be well of. (Hear, hear.) Previous to the paseing of Sir 1. Graham's measure there were far fewer incipient, against masters than since that period. There was less litioation, better discipline, and good order. main tained beton that bill than since. (Hear, hear.) The bill new under discussion did not abrogate that eet. It left the British shipowners under the restrictions of which they complained. It even went further, for professing to have the object of benefiting the men, it increased the netrietions en the marten. (Hear, hear.) It originated in complete ieaoranee of the subject and many of sts clause s would be quits inoperative. He iad known instances of British vessels being detained for six weeks from the dillicalty of making up their crews, se as to comply with the law, whilst the Dutchman, the Americas, or the Swede stepped in in the mean time end got the be nefit of the freight. (Hear.) Mr. Labouchere smuggled the repeal of the navigation laws through the House of Commons, on the plea that they should be relieved of all the restrictions which pressed on British shipping. (Hear.) That wee the pledge. How did bends/ins I'. He compelled them to men then ships with British sta men notoriously the dearest in the world. (Hear, hear.) He engaged them in • 11 , 0111 of competition with furs igee anions, whilst at thinune time he hemmed them round with restrictions to which foreigners were not liable. (Hear, hear.) The English shipowner was subject to an expense of 1,0001, for the payment of men and provisions in the Calcutta voyage. The Henchman wanted only 4001. for the same purpose. Was that fair nompetition or free trade ? (Hear, hear.) The American, the Done, and the Swede eau:d get his crew from any part of the world. Bat the Englishman was obliged to employ British seamen. And were they better than others ? ide maintained that they were worse than ever they were, be cause they had been cuddled and nursed too much. (Hear.) When there wee no interfennes between the muter, aid the men there was harmony on both sides, but things were now changed in consequence of the unite c!.4ary interference of the legislature in mitten which they did rot understand. He also had to objet to the system which allowed her kia jetty's men of war to strip the metohant ships of their crews in foreign pone, and to leave them bare and unmanned. He met with • wage in a leading article of a fete-trade organ—the Daily News—which very aptly characterized the bill of the government as a" bill of restrictions, obstructions, feet, penalties, and expense on British shipping, from all of which foreign bottoms will be free ; and it is at a time when our shipping is entering on a new era of rivalry and compe tition with foreigners that all these new fetters and restric tions are to be imposed, and by a free trade minister on the exertions of ship- owner." (Hear, hear.) Mr. HARRISSON (of &Past) seconded the resolution. He felt it donee , nary to offer any observations after the very able statement of the chairman as well as the other gentlemen who had followed. The Belfast Shipping Society, which he, with tw.i other gen!knien, represented at that meeting, :Lilly concurred in the proceedings of that der, as also in those of the London Shippicit Society, and would be at all times happy to give tteir cordial co-operation. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN then put tae resolution, which was curia. Mr. WATSON, of Dublin, prayreet ...- That in the present nneatlafcetory, en:Ousel, sad defective state of our maritime law, it is of the hlphe.t imporance that a comprehen sive and impartial inquiry should be forthwith inatiteted into the various legialaUve enactments end regulatioiir now in force affecting Mush shipping• with a view to the.r Fortsiadisim ar.d siroy:thcatioa as far as practicable, and to the e4,lY.stment of a system adapted to the present times and to the present position o: the navigation of the empire. Mr. ROBINSON (of South Shield') seconded the resolu tion, and said that toe measure of Mr. Labouchere had been submitted to the Shipping &laity of South Shield", and disapproved of by them, with the exception of the provision that applied to the examination of =eaten of vessels. Mr. G. F. YOUNG said the fact was, the merchant seaman was brought up as a child, reared in swadlling clothes,and taught to reject that most menial of principles, the principle of self reheats. (Hear, hear.) No wi..hstand ing, they were then called upon in lttO, to pass a law, telling the sailor not to depend upon his own exertion., a , he was not able to take care of himself, and th-refore the law would step in and primer. him from the rspeeicius hands of his ems oloyer. (Hear, hear.) Was that the way to cultivate a good spirit between the employer and the employed—(hear, hear)—or was it consistent with the principles on which legislaion should be based? N +w, one word as to the burdens under which they laboured. There was a law on the statute hook—a vary pro.ar one, which be (Mr. Young) bad 'slimed hie friend, eh: f ate member for Estee, to carry into effect, probibitfng British "'lips from carrying on deck timber, after the Ist of S • btu's bar, when enrniog from America. Now, the foreign ships could go to Quebsc and carry one third cargo more than an English vessel, trebles having tim b er on deck, yet he was to be exposed, as a British shipper, to competition with the owner of that foreign v.esel. (Hear, hear.) He ask- I was that fair or consistent, or was it right that Mr. L sir -unbent, on pretence of freeing them hem the burdens nod restric tions under which they laboured. come down with a bill of pains and penalties the e ff ect of wnich would be still more crushing than the legislation under which they previ ously laboured. (Hear.) They were asked to place confidence in the measure of the government because they had been assured by Sir D. La Merchant that M. Labouchere would do something, which, by the way, he had not explained, to modify and improve that measure. It they, se men of rents and business habi's, were prepared to swat low such a gilded pill as that, why they were less sensible men than he took them for. (He ar, hear.) He hoped that meeting sad the country at large would keep their eye on the fact that it was not from political or factious motives they wished the bill to be withdrawn ; but because they eel:minded, as their right, fair dealing and justice ; and, by bringing justice to beer on them, they would be able to open the eyes of government to a courre which free trade statesmen would desire to follow. .... . Captain MANGLES said be did not come there prepared to discuss the question of light dues, or the quantity of timber a vemel might be permitted to carry oe her deck. However, he should say that, in his opinion, there were elements of good in the present bill. He regarded it as an element, first, that there would be a Rood saran of dis cipline ; secondly, that if a ship captain misbehave himself be ghoul I be liable to punishment; and thirdly, that the seam ta should be taken care of. (Hear, hear.) His advice to the meeting was that they should urge the alteration of the bill in committee, bat not require the government to throw it out altogether. (Hear, tear.) The CHAIRMAN then pat the rteolatioc, which wu carried. --- Mr.OOILBY moved the fourth res:Jution for appointing , a committee to prepare • prititioa to perliameit founded on the foregoing resolutions, to be signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting, to wait upon .the president of the Board of Trade, for the purpose of representing the views now exprersed, and by the shipping interest in general, on the bill in question ; to urge on her Majesty's government the postponement of the bill, end their immediate inetituticn of the proposed inquiry, and to adopt such other reps as they may deem expedient for giving effect to the important object of the meeting. The names of the prepared committee were :—Matthew Foster, ht P., Arthur Anderson, M.P Geo. F. Young, Sir J. Duke, Bert, M P., Si, J. Petty, Bart., George Moffat, M.P., Wm. Phillips,Wm.Wareon, Captain Offbnour, Capt. Mangles, W. L. Ogilby, G. Riche/dime, with power to add to their number. ~Mr. ANDERSON, K P., seconded the resolution. He felt it Decease:a to state that he attended the meeting, not as a member of parliament. but as a shipowner. and he would add, a disappointed shipowner. (liter, hear.) He was one of those who differed with the great bray of shipownen on the question of the repeal of the navigation laws, and he considered as soon ma the law was passed, they had a right eo Cl .fin relief from every burden that obstructed them in the carrying on of thaw basisen. (Hear, bear.) He felt disappointed that suck had not bean the case; and for that reason he came forward to co-operate with Ms brother shipowners, with a view to get rid of the grievances com plained of by them all in common. Mr. AIKEN (of Liverpool) said it would appear from the tone of certain leading articles in • portion of the press, whisk bore the smack of official logic—(laughter)—that the ship owners had some ob . ect in view different to that entertained by the masters and mates of vessel,. (Hear, hear.) Now, he had no hesitation in laying that any measure brought forward to improve their condition would meet this willing and ready concurrence of the shipownert, and for the best remit, that in doing so they were improving their own interest. The government said that the present sys tem did not answer that the sailor is imposed or by crimp.. But the government legalised those very crimps. At the present time there were at least 100 persons in Liverpool who pursued that occupation at the expense of the shipowners, and at the expense of the sailors, because those swindlers were legalised by the 11.tarslot Trade. (Cheers.) He maintained that if the *talent of the govern meat was the improvement of the masters, mates, and men. I something more was required thin • mere knowledge of sea-. manahip. (Hear.) All that they woull gain by the casual ' nation and certificate was that a man was able to take the command of • ship. No such examination was required in America, bemuse eddcatioa was so widely dif fused there that such en examination would be unnecessary. Mr. CLAY, M.P., mid that, lest it might be considered they wen discussing at that meeting their own interests, and not the improvement of the sailor, he wished to say that the reason was, that they could not God in this bill anything that was likely to be for the improvement of the sailors. (Hear.) Bar J. PELLEY said that though he wee no shipowner, or In any way interested with shipowns be should be very ungrateful if he did not do all in his power to promote the prosperity of an interest by means of which he possessed all he had. (Hear.) Bat he merely rose to ear that he thought it weuld be best for those who were practically acquainted with the subject to consider in the first place what th ey required, and to lay • statement of the means of carrying it out before the p cot. (Hear.) fir J. DUKE concurred in the obse rvatiina which had jut been sada by the hon. baronet, bat he thought It would be dangerous if the shipping interest accepted at the bands of goverutaenl, now that the country was roused upon tbi bllhiret, any partial sameare. The ' , volution was then pat and carried unanimously. A. vote of thanks woe pared to the chair ',tan, and the meet lag separated.