The Express. — London, England, 1850-04-23 00:00:00

}0 ztuent as to the probable lass er gain to er by say rate 11 duty. No return is they do sot posses. ev, n the simple data tlutterhhos himself ha,ed b s ellen . Nit. Hums reworked, the house does s hat the pre.ent stamps of different duce. Are they to *die the new scale ‘SiFLLOR of the 1 . -vitt:ix/it'll ijase I. :his is the fourth set e he proposed to w:tath, as the ixet, the fairest, the , the pcorle, t.nd mt. hest calculated the revenue. flu what Iround are we •-st this scale is so much beet, r thou either Sir C. Wool , ht is e f laying err •e the table—" eslushle returns,' he calls the 141r.1 of Inland lietenue. Well, we Hole ,;:sd to see them, and we hope sun r account of the pre►ent revenue Jere. iptiona of stamps, and afford us I tortain; a jadement as to the va'.ue of :.•t the Ezcueurea•+ calculations. lieu we warned lEr l'it.eirm.t.on of tat this Stamp Du.ies Bill, in its sis a luilare. At every point since, the 4t:.•lercan NOSS only to bays involved reefs 4:::licultits and oiwnineas. 8o far ze a the b.ll, it is more übjectionable in -u them it was before. It is a bill to .• of the 300,000/ under a false pro le tl,O Stamp Ali. ft is indefensible, 6overnmtnt to further diffi •• • so .ft st. mf ion f.r the appointme=t of a 1 • t ittquiv Into t prooenf ofoto of . . . • 1 Irish univt roitit s stands for this :rust the subitc• may reevive from the •re that fu'l ar d chlitvrate considers . ,mitently dc.ierves. or church which dors not teach the • •ne most aromali.o..* of institutions which are Loi national. if tr.y sleet wiry of intelligence . light to be kept open to all men, i-x hereditary aeridet t tir iodic ideal -ved. it is as oniversity. For there i.e.: .f past learairg and the germs of ! I to be concentrated and thrice, a: 3 an unprejudiced heal, ought the .r.: 'art on his adventurcus way. To young minas of an edocated. think - community starting from the • of dogmatic ballet on the greatest of subjects is either ridiculous it is eithar to exait what cannot be it to °resin a compliance which must, *N• nothing better than a systems ''.: this ie the combined and min :t *xi...it - 4 university systim. ti:ibridge refuse to recognise the in- , •J• any man who dnes - nut venerate • ^ :n: by the TtDOR kings, by and with •!irir rycopbent inter lets and obedient •:.e avnoottormirts to this dotard test 4-7 :brio many t f the li'lbest ieellects tint as ttri , w-stiderias for con ,r. 741: of men. In like manner a impudently ignores the .mmenge majority of the Irish people. • :, to the &meor of trausubstantia ,: it pain to every man who has the -y ?Jr judging justly et the world sole chants fir Ireland's per- Ja in tee scale of Latium Ilse in the Ltivcipline GI the catholic mind of cr. rub of wane Lead. of hovers, i plethoric pr festoon of the mono . t..ke no more .bought than they do moral CT intedeetuel condition of the *of Vcshnn. Th. y have been brought I idea tie: far each of them c io was a paricul:r pie ba providen• provided from ortu-netion to gene- In van have slum week at united in pr •f,s•io-e of a h ope ~ )f endosment would of - .o dcke and inc..e the hog es of thole pi-Noir:tel. •• 'Colons .t clove so far as the , or ',riot s concerned. The rp cure clung s 'Le exclusive Eis s-rvior of china. .`cg and uovorandirinir few. for .--t ail is still papered, re - e. The hu.tgry and thirsty Lt. %ice venerable windows, and ..r within. For er r inerritsed seem ariv freer Veal* to fame, bye any icg in the rich rewards met apart by pain times for learning or inventive of onm-half of oar middle clamors are !.!' !hal) the'r forefathers have tarn 3 etnturies. s :thin," u applif d to the univerel :'•Lie. Return (rum without is kit the only possible or believable left; and it is with a •iew to :w.-4 zeal of ptrliainent in ibis behalf to tiodtrtaken doubthrs to remit motion._ He arks fur a into the whole plight and pre " onirersities we have named. • a like inquiry was inetitateci • of Seettlard. We hate ,ged that the latter were at .r It mitber do we suppose t. • that the former ma possibly ~..);ii•tts feign, they already apprmcii as irresponsible canal cur t n through the cr4eroi glees es a royal -s* will their academe" light shin* , it never did before. And if, as ...re persuaded, ineestiptioa would err.re and excrescences, then ear. no .1; by such invesiigatictu men ': trek:to, that ministers will accept •- 4, a tot unfriendly hint that they LbJut the initiation of this keg ez ••• and that if the Got:tat:axe, • N. tt i are so ill-advised se to 1 their efforts at frustration 4 1 will b e b • What a cause must that be the zealotry of three each • v. hot more signiDatat inducement • rid of popular right or progress antagonism? Around them we can • I'Lnlriltt the SIIITUOM'S, and the • , a doomed and dratted band, ready to • , Lwaete aboardity is favour of Linage • but things is they were exist no • pearibilitv of their return, twee Ad braits of these—the forlorn hope Things as they are rest on whoLy .4.tlations of fact aid sentiment; and • why the taiversity (Aueetion can left in abeyance is simply thiv, that they are "no loa f e r resemble "things as The nation has charged its whole habits .:, thsegh colleges and halls have not tockli ,: and now at length the nation looks over 'der, and asks, how upon Girth it happens • ehttld have dropped so far babied ? oiortimion to itquire--but uliAt sot of aloe .' Or, ratFA r, what manner of sore woo likely to be composed of ? Nluch • •A that. Let us hope IL. beet. Partizansor • ' rare not. (lily let us have men —men rr ktow ',tip than academie or proles .• .':n—man with some notion tel what the co- time and the destiny of their country ' ”hestion—men, if potable, who shall 000 no, beside, his other qualifications, esa.nu appendage a head." - - i —At the sale lest week et North ihe property of th. late Geom. .it was purchased lor tA. queen. It eon. herphan ►atue of Antinot.a, in don •ne sag of lite, displaying the finest spa. It is a splendid spectates of scalp .4.terraboa, 61t. lie. high, and stood on hi. statue was sent by Napoleon BM& hiss of Naples. The r seri bevies captured by a Beitiab ship, the ease • was taken to Gibraltar, at which pions .Ith. Isle Worn Ward, N.q and f•- • I An ..Her el 1,40 U miasma for this work a. rlt prrprasior. 44.—We hare heard that Mr. • .t curbriiice, au espnund a party • No to-r'a, and walk, about with a late.. •• r n•tt n•atMwly dieplayiag other " a Prinee nt Walt. wed to terprme ' r Ln In art at hia door, and ehnutinit •t. I:rtmat (le ever '"an plume • • ai , noenainne with talent rrn'e , !e ''• • d,/,,,tuer. FRANCE. Then PARIS, bloorn•r, 11 • u . ppermost topic to-day is the conduct of M. earlier, prefect of police, who has establiehed a mono- poly in favour of the evening government press to the exclusion of the opposition press. M. Carlin has ealhd in the licenses of the newspaper renders, and refuses to renew them to such as oil the Benosinene irdafetie, and other evening prints, allowing only the sale 01 the Patrie, 2foniteur du &ir, and Oozed* de Francs. Oa Saturday night the setgeou-de-rilk tore to pieces some copies of the Evenement found in the r:sloe of one of the female newsreaders on th u 7 rd evas. Emile de Girardir, having heard of this circumstance, immediately repaired to the spot, and in the presence of numerous witnesses as certained the feet that the sale of the Brentwood was interdicted by the police. The greatest in dignation is expressed on all bands at the insolent proceeding of the picket. I hear that an interp ella. non will be addressed to M. B aroche in to-d ay rs sit ting of the Assembly on this subject ; and steps have been taken by the managers of the Erenewient to bring M. earlier before the tribunals for this daring violation of the law. 'll.e 11.i.r du Peurie publishes a letter from M. Polino, socialist delegate of the 2nd arrondissement, and formerly comrade of Leclerc, declaring that the new candidate of the moderate party had confessed to him hie uneasiness at the he which had been palmed off on the public about his heroism at the barricades, and his anxiety to set the story in its true light. The Minister of Finance caused to be distributed in the sitting of Saturday the budget of receipt', and the special budget of his ministry foe 1831. The total of receipts is estimated at 1,262,633,639 fr. ; di ' rect contr bedaub, 409 m;llions ; registration, stamps, land domains, 221 millions ; customs' duties and salt, 162 millions; r st-office, 47 millions ; revenue of Algiers, 13i milieu' budget of Snaues-ministry, 381 millions. The eke lots yesterday of officers in the 11th legion were favourable to the moderate p art y . Tt.e eectoral meetings of the fi rst arrondissement were, on Saturday, interdicted by the authorities. 1 M. Dupont is likely to oe appointed French minister at Rome. The C'redit is authorised to coniradict the statement that General Cavaisnac eepports either of the candi dates started f4r the elation of the 28th. Yi eterday the Paris races came off in the Champ de•Mars. Tao weather was showery, and marred the s p urt; but there was a faller and more brilliant at tendance of spectators than has been known since the revolution. At the Passage do POyers, yesterday, the Fire per Cents. were done at Wife. 5e., with very little husiness going or. Oar Paris pared of yesterday evening did not sr. rive until immediately bistro going to press. We have, therdorr, to hail oar extracts from it to the folloMeg : _ PARIS. MONDAY, 6 r W. The vote of Saturday has thrown the party of order into cou,iderable disorder. Why, they uk, did none of their great guns open their muuths? Why WAS Berry.r mute Why did Thins, Mole, and the otaer chiefs look on with calm indifference while the enemy pat their best mrn, Victor Hugo, La martine, and Odilon 13 irrot in the can of their battle, and carried the day without meet ing a check. The circumstance that General d'Hautpnul abstained from voting was still more sig.' silicate% The Minister of War was absent from the Aeeembly upon this important bal!ot. It is stated that in a cabinet council, which was held yesterday, ener getic demand, for an explanation were addressed by M. Baroehe to the mining mfirdirter. There is leas hope cow than ccc: of bein3 able to carry the re pressive laws._ _ In the sitting of the Legitlative Aseemhly this sttern-or, the members of t• e cabinet appeared se a•oel on their beach. Tc• deoai, was rettumei on th:• Transportation Bah )L thvatier Laroct.c, at t:r n quit of hie party, withdrew his am e ndment, whit h prs pawed that offenders convicted before the pasairg of the law should suffer transportation, if they pre ferred it, to their pre•eat put do meat. 31. Pierre Leroux propos:el an amendment al!ow ing the families of transported enevis ts to foilow. Mr. Redd, the rep rter, Kid that in feet the fami lies* might follow, but to consign this permission in a elnuse of !beset might canes &rime, embarrassment to the government and to the penal eo!ohy. M. H. tvtirr primed an analogous amendment. M. Rouher, Vinu•er of Sue ice, opposed the amend ment, and demanded for the government en tire liberty to decide upon what would he proper to do in %uch case,. M. de La martins then ascended the tribune, and supported the amendments on the ground of humanity. Heurtirr's amendment was rejected by 361 against Jot!. r.nrtsr. ►ar Meant. FARM At au. 22. Tor Mon. y. °penult 1110.41.1 Lomat. 1 Sew Lou per Ctat.,. 76 0 , I per Usti SS So 53 4) 14 64 19540/ 0 45 69 lo 62 SO I 611 . 33 19 1. nO So 2 fwr Cent*. ytr .1 CI Aung :1: I : I ..” _ n • " ...‘,. nag as Lceoo4: at P i ff ili, .sSS ; 90 i575,.1.3 45 " b4..r..c., 3, 1 4 1 4 1 l O l4 aloft). , Nsp to itrates... . 94 SO Volley be. 3, 1442 lt4l „ i Hassan Lao, 1149 79, Du. 44 Treasury Baud' ... 5 „ l'...trauet 3 perOleaia. 4 0 ~ Bank Shares 2113 „ &Arm —Paris sad Orlesii., 724 75 ; Paris and It.usn, 510; Re.. - 11 lost Mart, 211; !olive. and Mateetara. 1844, Struts , ai 'Lis, 163 71 Ortettl an itrice, 320; tlrlaass aad bortlasua, Northern, 117 30; Paris air! atraohnorm in 75 • Tom and Nantes, ; lamps and hear p, 170 • Mims god g as 4 gib ; T. r . sallies irissat basaki,ls4l; Ditto ‘ltit !ma., 111. SPAIN. A Madrid letttr of the 1111 states that M. de Mo lina, plenipotentiary of the pvernment of Carta Rica, had arrived in that city endeavour to obtain the rerognition of the independence of that state by Spain. The loan of 30,000,0 0 reale, proposed by the government for the navy would, it wail said, be Increased. Mr:.: v., Aran 18.—Tbere per Cente r 29 13-16 each. Four pie Ceuta, I.? paper. hee per Cult..., 137 paper. Famayea. f paper. Coop.n., a 4 paper. Hawk 01 .M. Ferdiaand, bl cub; 83 piper. Lau, al& ua Lomita; 30•le. ITALY. ROMAN STAIRS. Our letter from Rime are of the 14th. Our cor respord.nt enriches with an abundance of details the bare fame communicated by telegraph respecting the Pope's ntranee into the capital. An attempt was made on the night befo:P the Pontiff's arrival, to burn down the Niece of the Q•sirinal, the abode of the cardinal triumvirate. The incendiaries were detected by a French sentinel, and on being challenged fled, leering &ago% tow, turpentine, and other such com bustible materials as left no doubt with regard to ti.tir design. The windows of the l'idezzo Chigi were, on the seine night, shattered by the txploeion of a grenade in the street. All persons seeking admittance to the Vatican Palace are submitttd to the strictest scrutiny of the Swiss guard. Precautions are taken to secure the life of his Holiness against poison. A new cook has been promoted from the convent of St. Cathay', and all viands arc introduced by such a turning cylinder as is commonly used in convents for the introduction of food. Two French regiments were on the eve of depar ture. The French army bad dropped its title of "expeditionary," to aseume that of "army of occupa tion. The illumination continued for three nights, and a nrand Ts beton was sung in all the ohnrchee on the 14th. The ()lomat, di Rowan of the 12th givee an account of the reception of his Holley. at Velletri, where Oren. ltaraguay d'Hilliers waited up...a him. "The people," la3a this journal, " proved kee' completely pooti fieol, and the factious were but few compared with the immense majority that had remained faithful." Hie Hulinerie entered Home at 41 p.m., in the midst of the acclamations and eager demonstration. of harmage of the Romans and stranger. who filled the Laterana. Twenty-five thousand crowtis (124,000 tr.) were by his order distributed to the pier. The l'iedrroottes , fia:rttequotot a fitter from home, of the 7th, 'doting thr.t a peeped instalment of the ltoth-child loin had arrived there, contisting of buliiou and Napoleons to the amount of a million and a half of franca. Five lodates, seeording to this aenont, are to he ;shell to Iht lignity of cardinals, THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY namely : Monsignor Forneri, the Roman Nuncio et Par's; Monsignor Gramollini, late Governor of Rome; Monsignor fiavelli, Minister of the Into; liar; Monsignor Morichini, late Meunier; and Monsignor' Roberti. The Pontifical State is to be divided into five departments, each under the direction of a csrdinal. The provinces included in each di partmeat to be governed toy lay presidtes. Monsignor Gonella is to be named Papal Nuncio at Mussels. LOMBARDY. The Milan corrospo ,, deLt of the Concordia of Turin lam under date of Ai ril 15, that, in the be ginning of June, an army of 60,000 men will be assembled, under the pretext of mancentring, at La Summa and Oaßorate. TURIN, APRIL 16. The debates which have just taken place in one of the legislative assemblies here (the Chamb. rof De petit e), on the subject of thegifferential dative, cannot but be interesting to your readers, inasmuch as the vote came to affect the commercial interests of England (in a favourable sense), and the question of free trade ; and also, because an incident, which arose out of the de bates, has brought ioto question the imputation, on the one part, of a disrespectful feeling towards England and the English, in an eminent capitalist settled in London, but now a member of the legislature of this country (Count Henry d'Avigdor), and his formil and strenuous repulse of that imputation, which he gave as a motive for an article which he published in a newspaper with which he is connected, and whence resulted a dael, of which ye n have probably had notice, with Count Camille de Cavour, a highly respected and talented member of the legislature, who, like his antagonist, has been in England, and pro fesses a high esteem for the English and their institu flocs, also an advocate for free trade, and in this case,! it would seem, d:sposed to carry the principle feather in its immediate application than his antagonist. For the present I shall abstain from any personal expression of opinion on the subject, either of the merits of the question agitated in the Chamber of Deputies (the result of which you have seen in the papers), or of the incidents relative to the duel which took place in consequence of them ; but send you, in the meanwhile, the following exposition of the facts relative to the duel. A law had been presented by ministers to the Chamber of Deputies relative to the suppression of the differential duties, which had occasioned a long discussion during several days. Although all parties admitted the principle of the bill (that of free trade), still there were two systems in opposition as to its application. Some wanted only to admit it in favour of those nations which should adopt a perfect recipro city ; others wished to authorise the government to grant the suppression of the differential duties even towards those countries which, without granting a similar suppression of duties on their part, were disposed to grant equivalent commercial ad vantages to Piedmont. Among these latter was Count de Cavuur ; among the first, Count d'Avigdor, married to the daughter of the London capitalist, Goldamidt. During the discussion Count d'A vigdor had expressed himself in rather unmeasured terms, to the effect that when in appearance the English tovernment adopted liberal measures, it reslly considered nothing but its own interests; and ;that other nations would be but dupes it in their own legislative measures of public economy they allowed themselves to be drawn into a blind imitation of British ccmmercial enactments. Now Count de Career, who had him for an swage mist in the discussion, inserted in the Ri.orgirsento, a newspaper notoriously order his direction, an ace count of the debate of that day, in which appeared the following passage: The most singular Mature in the whole of this disco slow it the language used by S gaol d'Avigdor. lie repeats at every moment that I,s belongs, for we do not know how =say years, to the Free Trade Society, and no sooner duos a ; legislative disposition present its e lf w hi c h i s in harmony ' with the principles held by that society, than be opposes and embus it. 11. proclaims himself a follower of Cobden, and sp, ski in the language of the most thorough protectionist ; he dit. tires himself English is his habits ard by his int.. rests, and he hi/Meets contempt end inculcates suspicion against England and the English. From which confusion of ideas and sentimints results an olin podrida of common. place sayings, of mph .e.o , a rid c estrailictioos commits. g and dehatiag each other. . . . Although we cannot kiwst, like Signor d'Avirdor, t I torn yew.' 3.9166 it• to Cabana's system. yet we haste confidt Jur is the force t.f pti..riplt s and persuaded as we are that fiber y una i r . s turns, is , adanted to : solve and reinvigorate ell institu'ion', se can- t not in any way dtatinzuish a germ of ruin and ors ruction for trade is a reform which is hardly tL: first step in the ; path of its complete end f: e brit iv* eassatipation. Upon this attack, which though rather vicaeinus was within the limits of newspaper po!. mice, Count d'Avigdor replied by a paragraph in his p :per, La .Charlie, of a moat violent nature, agains. Count de Carole, and containing such phrases as to induce Count de Cavour to send two of his frier.ds, the advocate Capelli and Cunt Henry Martini, both uismbers of parliament, to demand whether the expreasiors con tained in that article were intended personally for M. de Cavour ; and, on his answer in the affirmative, a challenge and hat ile meeting ensued, the c of the duel being the following:—The two udverearies being placed at the distance of tbir:y paces, each was to have a right to advance five puees, with five minutes' time for each to fire the fleet shot, which either could do at will ; the second shot was then to be fired within one minute's time. The signal being given, each advanced slowly two paces, when M. d'AriAd-r tired his tilict, and missed his adversary ;M. de Cavour then immedi ly fired in hie turn, and likewise without effect. d'Avigdor then advanced towards his adversary, and the nditir was afterwards settled. A► to the que►tion at issue before the Chamber, as frequently happens on such occasions, the vote come to was a mess., termine betwcen the two systems ad vocated by the contending parties, and was decided before the duel took place. The differential duties were abolished, as of right, fur those nations which grant reciprocity to Piedmont, and authority given to government to grant the same privilege to such other nations as shell give in return equivalent ad vantages to our maritime flag. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. We have news from Erfurt of the 20th inst. The Staatenbaue has completed the revision of the con,ti tution and additional act. It has also discussed the electoral law—having decided by a majority of niuc that the electoral law of the constitution of May 2t; (a less liberal one than that in the Prussian charter) should come into force all over the territory of the union. It is doubtful whether the decisions will coins into effect, and probably the Vulkahaus will not ratify the vote uf the Steatenbaus in this matter. It hu been rumoured that the parliament would be adjourned for a short time, to enable Prussia to have more time aid leisure for negotiating with Austria and the small states. BERLIN, Aram 19. As I perceive that the price of coin in the Prussian searkete particularly in the Baltic pats, from whence England is supplied, is • matter of interest to the English public at this moment I have obtained quo tations from two of the chief ports, to which I also subjoin the quotations in Magdeburg and Berlin. As in each case the market quotation is the first price, that paid to the grower, and in order to show the price for which trie grain can be delivered in Eng land, I have added the following necessary expenses, Is. 6d. &quarter for cleaning and delivery on board, 3e. a quarter freight, and 2e. a quarter for Baltic dues, assurance agencies, &0., which together with Is. duty levied In England, make 7s. 6d. • quarter. Ac cording to this calculation, wheat might have been delivered in England from Konigsberg on the Gth of April, at from 28.. 6d. to 365. per quarter, accord ing to quali ; and from Stettin on the 12th instant, at from 33e. l ld. to 37.. 6d. per quarter, according to quality. In Magdeburg on the 14th in stant, the prices were much lower, varying from 275. to 34e. per quarter; while in Berlin on the 15th they were fully equal to the prices in Stettin, being from 345. to 378. per quarter. At these prices, however, no business is doing; all order. from England are limited to so low • figure that the agents hers are compelled to decline them: ERFURT, Aean.l9. At ten o'clock this morning the Staatenhaus re sumed the adjourned debate on the report of the com mittee on the constitution. To section 124 on the competency of the Neich's-Geracht, or state tribunal, amendments were proposed by Eichorn and W e t ze l, corresponding to the.* of Stahl in the Volkshaus. The two propositions were declined, and the com mittee's original draught confirmed. The 126th section—" the supreme court is itself to decide whether canes tall under its jurisdiction or EVENING. APRIL 23, 1850. not,"—it was pr.'pcsed by Eichorn to strike oat. The commissary of goer roment eupported the clause. Count llyhrn mad he wee neither jurist, like Eichorn, nor so old a stab sman, but he saw that if the passage clause were struck our, the i dependence of the court would be destroyed. He did net fear ministerial .justice, if its suurce were only own.d, l e pie would know what they had to contend with. Let them strike out the paragraph, and they would come to ministerial justice —yes, to absolutism. The proposition was declined. The discnesion of the fundamental rights n commenced. An amend. went by the committee on par. 134 was adopted. " Freedom of emigration from the states can only be limited by the rnileare obligations imposed by the law." The cornmit•eoi, amendment to par 136 " Except in the case of criminals taken in the act, no person shall be imprison , d without an order made by a magistrate, accompaeitd by a statement of the grounds of arrest, which document must be exhibited to the prisoner within twenty-four hours"— was adopted. The amendment of the com mittea on the press liw was as follows : " Offences of the preps, which are not expressly ex eepted by the law, will b , tried by a jury. The cen sorship will have no place, and all limitations of the freedom of the press must take place in the way of legislation." Count Arnim (Boytzenberg) said it might be thought a recommendation of this motion to say that it brought the constitution into harmony with that of Prussia; bat the government of Prussia had a power of intervention which the administration of the union did not possess. The amendment was adopted. The remaining clauses which received the assent of the house were to the following effect :—Civil and p.litical rights cannot be abridged or suspended on account of reliui one belief. There is no more any state church. The law will provide for the authentication of every per missible marriage. Every German whose compe tence has been ascertained by the appointed r xamin ing bird is free to exercise the office of an instructor. Public professors possess the rights and owe the duties of mintaters of the state. The words "So help me God," were struck out of the form of oath. The sitting terminated as the I:itch par. was confirmed. EISENACII. Letters from Eisenach, of the 18th Met., state that the Duchess of Or:eans had left on that day for Coburg, whence she was to come on to England. AUSTRIA. The coronation of the Emperor of Austria is to take placo on the 18th of August. HAMBURG, APRIL 19. To judge by the Danish newspapers, the delegates (tom the duchies will not be able to obtain honour able conditions of peace. The Danes seem to bo as fanatical in their hatred t•I the Germans as ever. It was supposed that the bad state of their finances would make them feel more inclined for peace than they otherwise would be; but it appears that their credit stands very good in London, and some of their friends aesert that most old scores were paid off, and the exports of produce from the Danish ielands to England have been immense within the last two or three years, while the imports are next to nothing. The balance paid in cub sent to Denmark was, then - fore very large. How tar those pretensions are founded the capitalists of your metropolis will hotter know than we do. Another opinion of the conclusion of the peace that the duchies, rather than be separated, will Bice up the r connexi, n with Germany altogether, and will be annexed to Denmark in the same way as Norway is to Sweden. The Crown Prince of Sweden and suite arrived yesterday, and left again this morning, en route to the ilague. G REECE. The Greek papers of the 9th allege that Mr. Wyse and Baron Gros have not come to an sgreemert ; and they state Mr. Wyse's last proposition to have been as follows :—That on the payment of 180,009 drachmes the admiral would give op the Greek merchant ships in his poesession, and that this sum would cover all the claims with the exception of the amount said to be due by the l'ortuguese government to Don Pacieco —these claims of lion Pacifico upon the Portugame government to be afterwards examined into and properly settled. if the Greek government were ; nnable to pay in ready money the lsomou drachmes they should find valid security for 3410,090 drachmes, I which would remain al a deposit in the hands of the British minister until Lord Palmerston should have decided upon the amount which ought to be given I to Don Pacifism in full for all his claims; the balance of the sum to be then returned to the Greek government, and if the Greek government could not find valid security for the amount of 300,000 drachmes, Admiral l'arker would retain the Greek men-of-war in his posaeseinn as a guarantee for that sum, and her Majest) 'a minister would, more over, require from the Greek government a pledge that no claims should be brought forward heleafter arising out of the coercive mea.sures. On; cannot well ice what King Otho or Baron Gros can find objectionable in these offers, vapeoiallY as it was admitted that lion l'acifloo's claims should be examined xto, and not insisted on further than it appeared he had been wronged. But as was said in the L•ipercaa a fortnight back, the King has more objection to make anything like reparation to the lonians, than even to the payment of money. But considering the representatives returned from Cephalonia, who are avowedly partisans of Greek resistance to the lowan government, and considering the language they hold, it is impossible not to iosist on reparation fur the outrage committed in and before Vigra& Nobody could be better disposed than Baron Gros at brat; but it is feared that, since the last l'aris elections, and since the President flung himself it.t) the hands of Mole and Thiers, the French cabinet has been induced to send coomer-orders to Baron Gros to be less favourable to England and more favourable to Russia. Zbe Court. The Ltaten and Prince Albert took a drive yester day afternoon in an open carriage and four, the Egnerri. s in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut. Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, attending on horseback. Iler Ms jetty also walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness's Lady in Waiting (La ly Alma Maria Dawson) and Baroness ea Spetli had also the honour of joining the royal uianer &Tele last evening. The building committee of the ltoyal Commisaion br the Exhibition of 1951 'set yesterday In the New Palace of Westminster. Thu , * were present Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Mr. IL. Stephenson, Mr. C. Cockerel!, Mr. Brunel, ar a i l ar. T. Danallsoc. Mr. Soot, Russell, Secretary to the !loyal Commission, was in attendance. Mr. M. Digby Wyatt was also present. A deputation from the Rochdale Savings Bank, consisting of Messrs. llolt, Lissey, Barrow, Tattersall, and Itoberts, accompanied by Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P. Mr. Will:am Brown, M.P.. Mr. Sharman Crawford, and Mr. Bright, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence in Doric/ Areet. _ _ _ Loird - Wtatn cliffe had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home oilier. A deputation, consisting of the Marl of Harrowbv, Lord Ashley, the Right floe. Sidney Herbert, end S, Edward Bunton, had an interview with Lord John Russell, yesterda, at hi, official residence in Downing street. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland ' Revenue, had an interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Excht quer. Despateltee from the Governors of the Wet India oolonitte were received, yesterday, at the Colonial•offiee. Prince Albert has subscribed OW. towards the erection of a chapel for the use of " the inmates of the Uessised Victuallers' Asylum." Tits IiOSPITAL OF ST. CROSS, &c.—The Itev. , the Earl of Guilford has, it is stated, given the tenants of the livings of St. Mary's, Southampton, sad of Alresford, Hants, notice to terminate their leases at Michaelmas next; end it is expected that his curates in those livings will shortly receive notices to terminate their engagements at the Mine time. Hence it is inferred that the reverend earl cents m ti4ites resigning hie benefices at that tirne. Lord ttilford does not, however, make any sign of quit ting the mastership of the Uospital of St. Cross, near 1 Winchester, in resp.:ct ce. his abuse of which utlice the Attorney-Oeneral has filed an information in the Court of Chancery against him and the Iti4tlnp of \t i,v•hotor. VISITS TO THE LONDON RAGGED SCHOOLS. TDB LAUB AND FLAG." Many centuries ago, a band of early Christians from Rome arrived near the metropolis of Pagan Bri tain, and planted their standard at Clerkenwell-green. Situated in the midst of a fair and fertile country rich in sail and undulating in scenery—their chosen resting-place, in its green and peaceful repose, was worthy of their cause and eall.ng. Time passed on, and a little hostelry arose on the spot, preserving in its sign —the' Lamb and Flag"— the remembrance of the sacred mission. A mach longer period has paned since then, and everything is changed. The " green" his disappeared in all but name. Tbe primitive race that peopled it have disappeared also. The hostelry has become a flaring and flourishing public house. In place of the way-worn travellers who were wont to tipple their ale in the shade outside its porch, the house is frequented by lounging idle fellows, whose drink is gin, and whose conversation is slang. Caravans of pilgrims no longer pass the spot ; threepenny omnibuses full of phliegareh road d e greo mod a ern gro su r be ra ti h t a u r te e . gir f o n a p ecoi l t a inh ee emr t o o ani g dpel r aft im of y tPl irileys, the very a i r h as b ecome lees pure, and the only s ig n o f th e mora l progress of the nineteenth century is the flourishing appearance of Hicks's-hall. Wretched as the neighbourhood now is, not many years ago it was worse. From my own knowledge of its present state I can readily imagine the truth of what I hear of its former condition. In Lamb and Flagcourt, in Bit-alley, in Rees-court, and in nearly all the back thoroughfares of the district it was impossible for a resyectable person to pass with out being not only insulted but maltreated. The in habitants—who consisted, as at present, chiefly of costermongers—would place their barrows across the road to step his progress; a species of barricade which the narrowness of the courts rendered quite effectual ; besides such minor annoyances as kettles of hot water, baskets of rubbish, &c., thrown over him as if by accident. Even the policemen and street keepers never ventured into many cf these places. The constqueoce was, that gambling and every species of vice were carried to a frightful extent; what would be their end nobody could tell, and few except the City missionaries seemed to care. The men and women of the neighbourhood being in this degraded condition, that of the children may he imagined. Burn, perhaps, in drunkennets : nur tured in filth, and educated in crime, their career and end could not be contemplated without horror. It was through the unaided exertions of an indi vidual that an attempt was first made, about nine years ago, to improve the condition of the neighbour hood. Mr. Humphreys, the then City missionary of the district, first turned Lis attention to that portion of the population who are at once the fruits of pre sent, and the ro)t of future evil. Ile lent his aid to the children as being most to be pitied and most to be feared. At his own risk and expense this gentleman opened a ragged school then a novel ann almost unknown institution. Iu a small dirty room, in dimensions about biz feet by seven, be would collect together on the Sanday some twenty or thirty of the poor, half naked, half starved, chil dren who came across his path; and here, assis.e I by a few y,..ung men who lent their voluntary exertions, he hid the foundation of the present institution. After two years the att. ration of the district visitors of ;he parish was attracted to these proceedings; end the consequence was, the rising of a subscription, and the taking of the present premises, which are in the heart of the worst part of the neighbou:hood, iu Lamb and Flog .court, a ltt•le to the left of the Ses sions-house. The schoolhouse had been long known as "the warren." It was the known resort of thieves. Its occupants had f several get erat ions been sweeps by calling and burglars by practice. Here boys w're trained to ascend chimneys, in order to make them adepts at robberies, the other bran.hes of inch educe ti in being at the same time not neglected. But they were now dislodged, part of the premises rebuilt, and the school opened. The condition of the children who first attended is described u being something horrible. Regarding their condition at present, I am bound to say that on the occasion of my visit they were better dressed and more orderly than the children of any other school that has come under my obs;rvation. This has, of course, been a work both of time and labour. The system on which this school is conducted differs in many re-peers front that of most ragged schools, and is wean a b.ief desc.iption. The school com prises three rooms, which are not very large, but are kept quite clean and well lighted. The lower room. on the ground floor, is the boys' school; those above are the girls' school, and the infattre school. These arc for daily and nightly tuition on certain days; there are also held in these rooms a Sunday school and an evening school for &Cults. I believe all contra are received here; but tl7e school is intended r specially for the children bclongirg to the neigh bourhood, who are expected to attend r.gu larly, and conduct themselves with propriety. Ihe consequeree is that there are no scores of riot awl confusion such as occur in other institu tions. Whether this system provides for the same class or not—whether the school by this means loses ifs character of " ragged," and comquently its indis criminate application—are other que,tions ; but it seems impossible to doubt that it confers great benefit on the class whom it dots provide for—and they are enough in want of it, heaven knows ! If a pupil per severes in a course of impropriety, he is not only ex pelled from the school hr the evening, but he is r spelled ' permanently ; and as those only are retuned who seem capable of receiving gocd impreseions, the turn bars belonging to the school are not really so large as they would be tinier a different system. The fact is, the boys in this school are more probable than ac.ual criminals; and its great utility to them—apart from its educational advantages—is to preserve them from the effects of that evil example which their own parents at e in some cases the first to set. How for this plan has succeeded may be learned fUM the result of an investigation made by Mr. White, the honorary secretary of the school, to whom and to the superintendent I am indebted for most cf the preceding facts. Mr. White states that the uum ber of children who have been in prison once or oftener previous to attending the school is fbur. The number of children committed to prison for the first time after attending the school is one. The number of children who were previously taken into curody, and have been re-committed since at tending the school, is two. The number of children who, though forming bad associations at the ragged school had boen thereby led into a course of criminal conduct, is returned as Lone. Of course the last question is less easily answered than the three first, because it involves to a greet ex tent a matter of opinion, and the negative cannot of course be proved ; at the same time it is encouraging to learn that there is no glaring instance of the con trary on record. A similar investigation is in progress at all the ragged schools in the metropolis, in order to te,t by figures the truth of re..ent charges which have been brought against these institutions. As fir as the above evidence goes, it fully justifies the remarks in my list letter opon the fact that there are at pre sent but 15 ragged school bays in Colbath-fie:ds prison. One wrd more upon generalities. The criminal tables of Mr. ltedgrave, of the Home-office, inform us that while youths of from 15 to 25 years of age con stitute only one-tenth of our whole pipulatioe, they actually commit ono fourth of the crime of the whole country. This has been the case only of late years. The question then arisce,—what is the cause? Mr. Serjeant Adams, in his recent address to the grand jury at the Nlitli t ,itiex Sessions, gave some statistics which (as far as London and Middlesex are concerned) would seem to be a very good answer. The Larceny Act of 1848, according Ito these figures, would seem to have some relation to the evil. According t..) Mr. Serjeant .tdanset, figures it appears that, iron the Ist August, 1811, to the 3rd July, 1817—the year before the pass ing of the LArectiv Act—tlta committals of adults in London and Middle., x were 4,351 ; of children, 1,056. In the year of the passing of the act the nut,. her of adults was 4,190 ~ of children, 1,350. Ic. the following year the adtdte were 3,539; children, 1,275. ' From the Ist August, 1849, to the 31st JarmarT,lBso, the adults were 1,517 i children, 571. The geteral increase in the proportion of juvenile over adult o ff enders will at once be seen. I find many gentlemen of experience in ragged schools are of the same opinion as Mr. Serjeant Adams. The effect of the act—which increases the summary power of magistrates to inflict short impriscrimeats— seems to have been to icereate the empli:e :( re. of b le in robberies. It is now common for the Oder thieves to have the direction of such matters, but to leave their execution to the boys, who are of course all the more early initiated into vice. The effects of this, joined to the contamination, not of one, but of the many prisons to which they have a chance of being sent, mast be most mischievous—far worse, in deed, than the admitted evil of detention in prison while waiting for trial. Bet to return to the school in question. The fol lowing are some facts and figures retarding its present condition, which will be contained in the forthcoming report of the committee. On the books of the day school there have been during the past year:—boys, 193; girls, 178; total, 371, averaging a daily atheadence of 148. Of these lel can read well in the Old and New Testament; the remainder can all read a little. Forty can write very well in copy books ; 96 can write very well on slates Eighty-two understand common arithmetic. Thirty five girls can sew well ; are learning to sew. Upwards of one hundred garments have been made in the schools during the past year. :The boys excel in writing, the girls in reading. The attendance at the infant school has averaged 70 daily. If the infant school-room were three times its size it could be easily filled. The Sunday school attendance is as follows: boys, 121 ; girls, 136 ; infants, ; rnakirg 29.3. The average attendance is 14G. 01 these, 92 can read with various degrees of proficiency ; the remainder are in the elementary class. 't hey all learn writing and arithmetic. Some of them write remarkably well as may be seen by an inspection of the copy books. The success of the evening school is much im ptited for want of teachers. During the year there has been an average attendance of 415, an increase of nearly 150 upon the lest return. As far as the immediate vicinity of this school is concerned, I can youth for the improved condition of the poor inhabitants, which to be sure is bed enough Mil now; and they do not hesitate to ascribe this improvement entirely to the school. The opinions which I heard expressed on the subject were enthusi astic in the extreme. It seems that the residents are principally costermongers, and the onerous duties of that profession calling them out in the world, the children are inevitably neglected, unless the parents are in a condition to pay a person a few daily pence for taking care of them. As this is a luxury not always attainable, the usual—that is to say the worst —consequences follow. The children are left to choose their own associates and cultivate their own testes, which naturally leads them to blackguardism. For these attractions the ragg. d echcol has been found a very convenient substitute, and is highly popular both among parents and children. Among its various uses, its influence upon the parents is not the least important. The Imost abandoned become ashamed of being worse than their children either in conduct or appearance. 'ft e cnnsequences are, nome, cons instances of reformation which have come under my own eye, and which I am informed are continually multiplying. The characteristic of this district is not so much its poverty as it, demoralisation. The caster mongers generally make what to persons in their sta tion are very good incomes—at any rate sufficient to provide for all their wants; and but for the absence of proper sar.iea7 regulations—which are shamefully and almost incredibly negl ec t e d i n this district—their condition would be pleasant encugh. As it is, their dwellings are as wretched as can be—infinitely . more wretched than many would believe, without v isiting them. I consider this fact alone sufficient to account for half the crime of the neighbourhood, and am not at all surprised to learn how large a number of the residents are thieves. I met myself with several cases of reformation, which the persons themselves avowed to me were caused by:the school : and I met with a bad character cf fifty or sixty years standing, whom it had completely cured. He is new one of the scho lane and seems to be masking considerable progress in his education. Reformation, however, can never be thorough and effectual in this m ighhourhood until its sanitary condition is better attended to. Many of the residents have it in their power to remove to letter houses, and many would willingly avail them , selves of the model lodging-houses; but in these esta blishments the occupants are not alloeed to lit ep 'heir stock-in.trade and there is 110 eccommedation for the donkeys which many find necessary tut their roving ecnimeree. This is a point worth the at:station of thole interested in improving the dwelliti,-s ef the poor. In the midst cf these difficulties, however, the ragged school has rendered effectiee service. Before concluding, I will refer to cncPrinc:ple in the management of this w2hool. It has no ir.dustrilil class for boys. The committee cf.niiier that such classes interfere with the labour of the rrter in the neighbourhood, and that the boys can obtain employ. meat in theirparynts' trade. This is a question on which there te a great difference of opinion arenas ragged-school supporters. I cannot but think that, however successfully such classes may have bo ea dis persed with in this neighbourhood, they f:rm, as a general rule, an important fea'ure of the system. In the girls' school theta is on industrial Amos which ettab'es the children, will the assistance of a fund provided for the purpose, to obtain clothing upau •ery cheap terms. GENERAL POST -OFFICE, APRIL, itrnt. I li‘7.ce.- forward the sale of prietsig. , stamps of the value of lad. atd Is. will be extended to all post-edices the, ughout lb. United Kingdom. MONUMENT TO TUE LATE GEORta, EDWARD ANION, Eau.—A merang has been held at the Vernon Arms, Sailing, fi r the purpese of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting a suitable mew tad to the let* G. E. Anson, H.q. Lord Wat, rpsrk took the chair, and it was determined that the clerestory wirdows of tie church of Danbury, the perish where Mr. Anson resided, should be restored and illuminated. Two hundred piuttds w.ll be required for the erection of those monumtntal windows. Before the misting operated nearly 501. ot that sum wan subscribed and headed to the .reasurer, H. Chewier, Esq. A MEETING OP TILE CLERGY OP THE EAST OF LONDON not under archdiaconal jurisdiction was held on Thursday, the Itith last at the rectory, Stepney, the Rev. R. Lee. rector rat that parish, it the chair, to consider the propriety ot addressing the Bishojs of Laudon in referesce to the late decision of the Committee of Privy Conn, il on the Gorham use. it wee nv.ved by the Iles. T. T Direly, rector of repine, and seconded by the It:v. Bryan King, rector of St. George's in the East, that an address he ore sented to the bishop expressive of gratitude to his lot dship for having withheld hie eoncurrrnee in the ilea inn, use well a of a destrethat a purely spirt. usl c not us F pima riveht he established, and that the church be p.rmitted to meet iu con vocation for the distenoination of doctrinal questions ; upon which the follow ir.g amendment was moved by the Rev. W. W. Champneys, rector of Whitackagel, and seconded by the ties. 3. Williams, i..eumbent ut St. James's, Ratchh—" That. caned's/Mg the peewit:it agitated state of the church and of the world, this MN time is of opinion that it would be meet conducive to charity and peace to abstnin from any experesioe of seutimont by en address to the bishop of the dim, as or to the arebblshop of the pro viik.o." A division heeling taken place on this amendment, the numbers were 25 on such aide. Toe amendment being declared lost, the original resolution was then put from the choir, and negatived by a majority of I, the outub,re being 2,1 (inclusive of the chairman's vote) for and 26 aoinst the proposed address. HT I BANKRUPT. —At the Bristol Bankruptcy Coat on Saturday, Charles Green, • hiker, who applied toe his certiticete, wee wooed by Mr. Trent rry kw the aseignees on various grounds, one of which wu that he had, with a view to defraud his creditors, live dattd a bill for which he afterwards raid t ur ituyt be fore its presumed maturity. It was prove t that although the bill was doted the Itch of May, the stamp upon which it we, drawn wee not struck in London until the 4th of July, and the learned commissioner, Mr Sergeant Stephen, ord. red the a -tepees to prosecute him her mak-sig, or being privy to the making, of a false entry in a document with • view to defraud his estate. There being no estate the trait order. d the cora to he aeries ed out of the toe.kruptcy funds in the Berk of Enelamt, and he informed the bankrupt that his °Deviation would subject him to throe years' imprison ment with bud labour. ANOTtlitit FlNAttelAl. REFORM AtistnivfittN.- - The Kendal Mereury 'militates that a vviety bat been established under the newel the Ken NI Fir.nnrial Reform). Associatien, with every prospect of wive usefelores OL.tett TRAMS ANIt %Iris now TA‘. —Thy Otowogless trade (says the Grates:mad itS•rerer) onus so flourishing on the Tyne, but sow so piralv . d, morally Wilted our feelingsjin timer ut Lied Duncan 's uoti,:it for a repeat of the window tax, eve .independeutly of its waiters advantages. There are aims. 2(1 crAwa.glsos houses on the T il a n din , ` t. i which Ulcer. we re formerly manufactured main to 20,000 " tshles"• weekly. At prevent there ITS or-ty three hone.. is ()Vexation—sad even this rot.ll heather r far from being (a/ tintloyed. The broad-glass mama- I W 44 . B R I TSIO U Va a n C"a d f&.l carried on by t -"ti c e Sae aofotfliSeirlarlige; •••••ract° , l is ',wifely chorea. Various carats arc aseignetit for the unpnreneled depression of the giros trade: withMit etoPPlnit to investigate them, we wrsuld wriussi/ urge upon the legislature the n..eissity 91 iipealang the taxuputt windows. t ) I 1' , it ~;i: 1' f~ ~'.l