The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

Proclaim that of the true causes which have led matters to their present position, nothing has been yet lained. oWe h ave d eemed it a solemn and a sacred duty earnestly appeal t o t h e friends of the public cause not to he b d r one instant to waver in the most perfect confidence damage bins, and to which his antagonist knew he could Zot reply. We protest we hardly thought even Lord J. Russell' s notorions unscrupulousness in serving party in terests would have led him to give a version of what passed between another individual and the Sovereign without a PPrising that other individual of his intention, that he a light, if he thought fit, seek her Majesty's permission to make his statement upon the suhji ce Nay, we have seen with some surprise that when Lord John Russell aimed interviews either of his own or of Lord Stanley with the Sovereign, he did not state that he had sought and obtained the Q teen's permission to make them NibNiblt is quit e true that this is in per f ct keeping the whole tone of the Noble Lord. Nothine has been more remarkable in all the official papers of the I I : 1 bl° Lord — even his state paper to the Bishop of Due than a th e manner —very grating to those accus so,lned to the traditions of our anc i ent monarc hy—i n ! w aleh he cottetantly speaks of hi mse lf as th e Govern teat, without that respectful and deferential reference ° the Sover e i gn , as the ruler, and the Ministers, as ser rns which p erva d es the similar writings of statesmen °f the last generation. Whatever, however, he the cause, b e c "annot help b e i ng struck by the feet that when L e 'Pitted, wi t h a l most Republican freedom, what be M ajesty had sa id to hi m, or w h at h e suppose d others had said to her Majesty —(a use we humbly ven ture to t hi nk which never ought to made of her Ma• JJ.:ma's sa cre d and honoured name)—he never took the ia ra uhle of t e lli ng the House that he had sought her el a• L et ra Permissi on to ma k e these revelations of contiden- C aomt nnnications with t h e C rown — a mar k o f respect C, i i he Mon arc h y which perhaps might have interfered a," 4 the enth us i asm of the support which it appears Mr. "" rt bag promised to his revived—if it can be revived e'dttlininistration. We decline, however, to speculate ;Pon w hat is p asse d . A few days must, no doubt, give „51)11 eas elanation. Let us d ea l w i t h th a t w hich is tan attempt le real. Lord John Bussell is engaged in an nall to perfor m an operat i on, which he is please d to t o a reco nstruction of his C a binet ; that is, an attempt s formeernbine with some M em b ers o f t h at C a bi ne t e s Grah am and the few followers who "adhere to the f or t til es of that versat i le chief. We verily believe, that, can be cause of the National party, the best thing that can ~.° P Pen is the formation of such a Cabinet. We 4 013 1 8 a upthi worse to aw Ministry than the acces o wileir James G h It is sear that among the teen ra am. Bid are to accompany him are Mr. Cardwell, Mr. neeY Herbert and the Duke of Newcastle,—and that F ranci s Lansdowne, Lord Minto, Sir John Hobhouse,.. Sir_ successful els Barin Mr. Labouchere, and that brilliant and Lee g'fintincier who holds the seals of the Exche • r. are to make way for the Peelite reinforcement. Le r. understand a coalition between the Graham Ueal Jo the Grey section of the Cabinet, excluding . prop ose "ha Russell and Lord Palmerston; bat what is I.._dthat which alone, it seems, the Queen has illetpr emier is the continuance of Lord John Russell as nier. It is impossible to conceive a coalition founded ~,,P h 9 al .B , More odious oblivion of all past pledges than that ree a le ,,,," i t suggested. To have Earl Grey and Lord Pal. tla"""° in one Cabinet is bad enou g h ; b u t h ow , w i t h .741 recollection of the debate on f o r e i gn p o li c y o f l as t tl th e an Sir James Graham and Lord Palmerston meet tot er ; sa me Council board? With what face can the Pret;: ° °' l Y Puseyite Mr. Sidney Herbert look upon the s ttee _ a tea a who denounced his crosses and genuflexions . a f s ka is a n a titiona mummeries? It is not merely personal . di - aph e e et that will embarrass this heterogeneous collection. L orc iit are they t o d o w i th the Papal aggression? Will tar s a j°llll Russell eat his Protestant words or Sir James lio ns a m and Mr. Herbert gulp down their Popish predilec pen,. Notoriously those who are still by courtesy termed %Tip are opposed to any legislation on the subject. 101 th th tt nes Graham was as ready to form an alliance kiss - 1 7 ° Gres is now to act under Lord John th e ' e a- If ho w new Cabinet could be formed, would wo agree to support Lord John Russell's Bill—or ,e iar d Lord John Russell agree to abandon it? Lord tee t ilcl oue it will be seen, arrived in town yesterday, j s as been b us il y engaged with Sir James Graham. with be b rought into the Cabinet to sit at the tab tram t table e men against w h om h e h as b een notoriously n tik r ig? i Is h e , l et us ask, to introduce into Ministerial l e i v i s nY of th ose Dublin asso c i a t es w h om h e h as honoured m e ; a co nfidence so mun ifi cently rewarded; or is he, we a e°mi ng over h ere on t h e spec i al i nvitation of, atatl-eiesumes Sir James Graham, to be sent back like ail eS °ld "to his ow n p l ace ?" A n d l et us suppose ttt an e g difficulties over come —th e con fli ct i ng cla i ms th e od , the snarli ngs o f G rey to be silenced, and aoll e gr a abPrijugs of Graham t o b e sup p resse d—L ord jtoi n i lasell to compromise upon religi o u s mat t ers b y lo n to St. B arnabas with Sidney Herbert i n th e morn teaani an d with F ox Maule to Dr. Cumming's in the s ea n e g -- bovv does this alter the Ministerial position ? Joa o must have occurred to the acute mind of Lord Caan w ila sell that with all the shifing of Ministers the bis tee ;": will not have gained a single vote. If Mr. h e cc , Les rnotion were repeated to-morrow, there would l atarte r ; u3l:ll Y no greater majority in their favour than will attend b. 11 , 7 e question whether even the favour that J ames d that most eminently popular individual, Sir ft ieistre t a 4 n "ara, will really bring to the cause of the Ad- Mini e 7 4lo l:lo single vote. It is votes in the House, wants, rer, Sin the Cabinet, that Lord John Russell co nsist ,j,," 'act, the Premier's difficulty may be said to !fates, It r buch in too many Ministers as in too few Ply the is an indiff e rent wa y o f men di ng t hi s to mule taisek a ° One without i ncreas i ng th e ot h er. New com e 411'8 to officers for m b u t a poor expedient, spy the army want s sa dl y to b e recruited in a nd hav e file. These are , no d ou b t, the difficulties that ta,;" ',track the mind o f th e P rem i er. While we repeat faeca t ne very best thing that could happen would be the tteaa a a tion of a Rus s ell-Grah am C a bi net — a C abinet of i c t u ' 1 %)111d most infallibly expire in the stiflin g b reat h s tat e s °Wu unpopularity within three months— we must la rd PR' apprehension that not even the rashness of .11 If he ee teta hn Russell will succeed in forming cne. be re a d d o so, what then? Why then Lord Stanley will co - „, ea tlYs as he has ever been, to obey her Majesty's Pe lt a l ;',, 4 ads; and while we write in ignorance of what 114; 1 between her Majesty and that statesmen, we feel attic 05 t Perfect assurance that when it is known—as it laac i e t ao be known from himself—it will add to the ad. val r - a " ° ° which his country feels for his high-toned chi lls atld generous and therefore wise statesmanship. atns Piactieal question, ' however, now is, will Lord John Of ' ,VI be able to reconstruct, or rather form, a Cabinet trati a i a lel l he shall continue the head? To him the com- Proppa ri Ls now entrusted. We shall anxiously watch the 4 e a e l ' s p o a f events. tio'that„'ltTlSEß.—We refer our readers to the . ex ta ai"ns and revelations which took place last night in bi tterj "se t of Parliament, relative to the existing Mt the L 4teri It will be seen that in either branch cf taa nal "eislature they were far from being ample. Lord hint ;4wEa.2 Particularly reeerved. We do not blame - Lent, to ta ls, as he conceives be is bound, for the pre 4t i alest Bec ta r eeY by his oath as a Privy Councillor of r ;te thle.„,—ard John entered at greater length itit°re, i - a — t i/ ireceetffeir n s; us b s u e t nothing ..falteee, to the itt ha s e e aearned from what fell from nun, he e d, of c ' o tl n u s e t t .. t . ttk9 the task, w which Lord Stanley Cabinet. It seems to will Li:lens: ood a ne fer al "shit e r' hands, that the . new latter b eing • mixture of Whigs and r ead_ri: e in ii i t e e t s r — ati t o h n e h: T% tilt k i n the proportion of two to one of the le - s di eht )4a - ni w aatever ma be the ultimate results of the hil l crisis, y it behoves the people to / lett t heir air _ me foe guard, lest they be again made the pre aady ini t r. that , trickery from which they have press ". " 1 so mu c h. The politicians of the P IN May th e Y Pee ks a" no other than their personal . or ea , Peopl e a ea to serve. The views anti wishes of ip'ase D ar not give them a moment's thought, 1; 4 484 . '2 f as they affect their mere individual ihig end In this respect there is no difference between e 4 11 g ad , r3a Both factions are alike. Lord John ralitta There Stanley are, so far, on a footing of are half is, thi use a homely saying, : six in the 4 e ,eXel de l ckzen I . n the other. The nation at . large ito e , trona their thoughts, unless popular loft "hwb 'eared, ea .t iaa • Le to th pope ar approval fund to be iodis e,. sill success of their plans. As yet we do not at , Y know what sort of new Government we are ;to il la ' lv * eNbutvhing certain is known as to its canapolie te e rePort of o s it is true, rumours in abundance; but atts ne hour is very often disproved by th 1% w havene next• said, ta All that seems tolerably certainis, ea: materials of at we are to have a Coalition Cabinet. d rYet not gen e vihie ta that Cabinet is to be composed n°ether they genes known. It may, indeed, be dun . e Is the e a re known to those who are now acting 'tee a a Pacity of • Ministerial ah aa architects of the new ly°l4ld ha ve ' in ISM the country be willing the ewe ti a a t :Path y thanother Government, who will have no Its ", by the the principles which are so fondly ch . e- Pan e it ought to lose no time in making ttiolie-43°ttifraoreedta. and feelings known. This is . just the i b p e3 tb „_ ..!n g so, if it is to be done with effect. tal tl ell 3 , 6thenesittion of the new Cabinet may be . ma jel(lt4re of the(l by the expression, at this particular tt ae on. a, popular will. Let the Noble Lord or ;av'mstryo, Gen Popular who will have to form a new 0111 400 1,,,e distinctly admonish, d, that the nation will a` o l eritl, Vaal° line of policy which is not thoroughly 1 0 . 4 4%4 1i the People only speak out, and insist that epirennen alration shall be formed which dues not mean I . a oj a itself with the cause of popular progress, it ast j.:!Possible for Lord John Lord Stanley. tt t eo ul n , e tt Graham to form a Ministry which will i o aet , 8 "ao• The Ministry may. it is true, be so far 4 ..., "ta11 e a • I. ° be duly gazetted, and its members formally itt their respective offices. But the question tet e *to o ti)ti tho se g will they, in defiance of public opinion, re acettutlei ie D b filee a?. What is to be the term Of their Pane„ o wning -street? Who would insure their ta ate eo ia 'or one little month? Certainly not us. Go eta h.. are °°e en:row,. Now' entirely dependent on the breath of Lore n). , omt wen now-a-days withstand t e rere alit a Public opinion. When energetically and ta oa the e 4„ exPressed, public opinion is omnipotent. „ 1 / 4 . 1 eoe zhi... eetr y only now pronounce in favour of a Atir e ao Y i PoPular Government, end we shall have eoi atration which shall faithfully reflect the ie "Le a of the nation. We know there are week, of the es. ^ay of procuring aa inetantaneous ut faiPse a a , toe netionel will At least eight deys trust u " Ci e . cit e The n e , • set a _ in n , no ceseary arrangements could be made s eta_ (if" eXProKsion of popular feeling on the a weetr 'ale& should r nimistry. But that ie no reason why s be not ilk for med b be done. The Ministry may, it is ,40 Bet thou efore that time. In all probability it th e f()Pioion W ill, a expression of the public feeling i t _orre etin "It, consequent! he too lst© to prevent t '4 of a Cab" Y ' Per tie Ot b e too i me of any particular complexion, PnratZtlho course a . te to exercise its influence on the *hes e ' th Polio,' which the new Cabinet will k tk__ e N eese _ Mai' eY e a p* Feta hat forth a certain sound as to q .... 44 _ or 8,0e0,..u_e stated i i k to ha -; they are determined at till lanfusge so explicit, and mo rietio, u •.° e lve no nom for Wig THE take or misconception, the new Ministry will, however reluctantly, accede to the popular wish. When they clearly perceive that a contrary line of policy would be fatal to their existence, they will carefully shun that course of policy, at chalk out for themselves a line of action which will harmonise with popular feelings and popular principles. Before public opinion, if it be only uteniitalrably expressed, all future Governments in this Country must bow down. Tee day has gone by when Ministers could set public opinion at &Tuner:. Go vernments have ceased to be the masters of the people : the people have become the masters of Governments. The course which the country ought to adopt at this crisis is sufficiently plain. It is to meet without an hour's unnecessary delay, and "pronounce" in fseeur of certain great political principles. We would suggest that at the public meetings to be held tereeolution should be passed to the effect that no Ministry can be entitled to, or will possess, the confi fence of the country. which is not prepared to base its domestic policy on the four great principles of household suffrage, triennial Parliaments, the right of secret voting, and a rigid economy in the ad reinistratien of the financial affairs of the country. This would ho decisive. Either the new Cabinet would re sign at once, or it would make up its mina to carry cut those principles. We appeal to the metropolis for a cum mencement in this great and necessary work. Let the city of London set the example to the country, and that example will be forthwith followed. We pledge our selves for this. We kno e enough of the character of our countrymen to justify us in affirming that the provinces would, in such a case, tread hard on the heels of the me:ropolis. Shall we appeal to the city of London in vain? We are unwilling to believe it. But if the event shall prove that we have formed a too favourable esti mate of the patriotism and public spirit of the City, the only resource left for us will be to turn to the men of Marylebone. They are never wanting in a great emer gency like the present. They contributed largely, by the promptitude and energy of their action againet the Budget of Sir Charles Wood, to precipitate the Minis terial crisis which has occurred. If they only act with similar energy in dee!. 'e favour of he principles we have r roughs will immedi. the close of the wei in motion, to insure beralism in politic: guidance of a sound DAILY NEWS appears that the Pt form an Administrat magebigirefeord knee nigh n Pailtaffime, by the Queen in the unqualified acknowledgm e nt n ot hi ng could - be more gracious than the manner in which that invitation was conreyed, and the advice which he considered it right to tender was received by her Majesty. L trd Lans downe concluded his narrative of what had occurred, however, by the statement that " the Noble Lord inti mated to the Sovereign that he was not then prepared to form an Administration;" of which Lord Stanley, in his graceful and decorous rejoinder, took no notice; but contented himself with promising, when the proper time should arrive, to detail fully the nature of the commu nication he had made to the Queen. A statement al most identical in every expression was addressed by Lord John to the House of Commons, and the same important phrase was used by the Premier that was, and that is to be—viz., Lord Stanley intimated to her Majesty that " he was not then prepared to form an administra tion." Unlike his chief in good sense and gopd taste, Mr. Disraeli hastily and clumsily contradicted the assertion; and hinted that Lord John would upon reflection feel that he stated of his rival that which the fact did not justify. In reply, Lord John, with dignity and temper, declared that hiving been ao informed he had no doubt the account he had giVen of the matter was accurately true; and with provoking coolness he then added that he was sure Lord Stanley would concur therein. The want of judg ment and of proper feeling betrayed by Mr. Disraeli in this affair may well excite the apprehension and distrust of his adherents. For every one except the aspiring gentleman himself must feel that the contradiction thus awkwardly given applied not to the Minister but to the Queen. Nobody will believe that Lords Lansdowne and John Russell would venture (even supposing them willing) to invent so utioacious a falsehood and attribute it publicly to the Sovereign. What passed between her Majesty and Lord Stanley could only have become known to them from the lips of Royalty; and upon a point so vital and conclusive, it would seem highly improbable that any mistake should have occurred. Supposing a misconception to have unaccountably arisen, it would have been easy for Lord Stanley,without entering into particulars, to have guarded himself from accepting Lord Lansdowne's version as in all respects correct, and thus have saved his own consistency in the estimation of his disappointed party, without hszardiug a denial derogatory to the Throne. Friday next is but four days off, and be might have asked them to suspend their opinion on the entire transaction until then. But Mr. Disraeli could not contain himself so lone. He who for the last two years has been feeding credulous country gentlemen with what Cobbett used to call "sweet bamboozle," and coaxing them to drop almost entirely the fond epithets of protection, in order to smooth the way to office, for which he assured them that he was " perfectly ready"—he could not afford to wait so long, or to endure even for four days the reproaches of his disconsolate and disenchanted adherents. He claimed end was believed to be on terms of the most unre served confidence with Lord Stanley. Not to be aware of what his chief told the Sovereign would be an acknowled4ment that his position in the party was in fact an im-position, and that ho had been tolerated as self-elected leader in the Commons rather than trusted in counsel. This was too much to be borne by one whose pride of elo quence aid wit has been of late so pampered with obla ttons. And for suite of showing the completeness of his knowledge ho yielded to the impute of the moment, and tell into the most lamentable of blunders that any man looking to high political office in this country could commit. To admit by his silence that he was not in the secret of what really passed at the Palace, would, he ImQgined, have been to admit that he haul lost the lead; and to sanction the allegati,)n that Lord Stanley had owned he was not prep:l,mi, when called upon, to form a Government, would have been, he supposed, to dissolve the discipline of his party. But what, after all, did Lord Stanley say? And where, if anywhere, has the mistake arisen? Nowhere, we believe, but in the brain of the inconsiderate and ambition-blinded Member for Bucks. When the story comes to be told wo more than suspect that it will be found that all we have heard said about her ➢iajesty~ having refused to concede a power to dissolve Parliament should it become necessary, is without justification. Had it been so, the duty of any constitutional statesman would have been at once to decline the task, for the per formance of which he felt that he was not trusted. No man of spirit or sense would datly with the offer of becoming Prime Minister upon sue conditions, and we will do Lord Stanley the justice to believe that he is not in this respect an exception es the ordinary rule. We know that so far from absolutely declining the task, the Tory chief quitted the Royal presence under the impres sion, and with the hope that he would be allowed till Monday following to try what he could do. And this is confirmed by two facts of equal notoriety, that on the same day a special dispatch was sent to Mr. Gladstone, requesting his immediate return to England; and, what is still more concaisive, that a letter was addressed to Lord Stanley by her Nlaje,ty within an hour after his leaving the palace. The contents of this letter we pre tend not exactly to divine; but certain it is that after its reception no further steps were ostensibly taken to fulfil the task ascribed to him, while other councillors were summoned to take part in the deliberations of the Sovereign. Had Lord Stanley declared himself ready to attempt the duty of forming a Cabinet, it is impossible that a cons•itutional monarch should suddenly retract the offer thus made. But if, on the other hand, the truth be that Lord Stanley admitted frankly his unpre paredness to submit the names of an Administration, but expressed a hope that, if time were given to send fur Mr. Gladstone, then supposed to be at Paris, he might be in a condition to submit a list for her Majesty's approval upon Monday, then the riddle is easily read. Tne Queen may have speedily come to the conclusion, that to suspend the whole government of the empire until a courier should b nd a secondary per sonage like Mr. Gladstonlift,r , rdly be considered a wise or seemly exercise of the eglid discretion. To tell the assembled Parliament that tlaT iu4 adjourn their sit • tings, and to tell the nation at laige that its wants and duties must he suspended untirth'eatnbiguous represen tative of Oxford should be caught and coaxed back to England, could hardly fail of appearing rather absurd ; and the Queen, although she may have been unwilling to give a peremptory negative to the proposition when orally made, unquestionably acted with her usual judg ment in speedily apprising Lord Stanley of her senti ments on the subject. Small comfort all this, however, to Mr. Disraeli. If without Mr. Gladstone no Protectionist Cabinet could ever be named to the Queen, it must bo clear to whom Lord Stanley meant to delegate the office of leader in the House of Commons. But how commu nicate these ungracious and ungrateful tidings to the man who, while Mr. Gladstone was still a free-trader, invented " the country party," as it is called, and who made it out of dross and r u bbi s h all that it is ? Did Lord Stanley shrink from prematurely revealing his real purpose to his too faithful lieutenant? Or did be think it prudent to be sure of Mr. Gladstone, before he ven tured to chasscr Mr. Disraeli? POiT.—Lord John Russell has redeemed his pro mise, and has explained to the House of Commons the causes of the existing ministerial crisis. The narrow ma jority which appeared in favcur of the Government on the first great division of the session, and the subsequent de feat on the motion of Mr. Locke King, a re t h e principal facts from which the Premier appears to have inferred the declining confidence of Parliament in his Adminis tration. He felt that "on other measures, and on other incidental questions, his Cabinet might meet with similar defeats." The fate of the financial scheme which had been just propounded by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not problematical, and the difficulties, present and prospective, we.e not such as might be affronted by a►n honourable courage, or surmounted by a justifiable perseverance. They indicated a parlia mentary support so feeble and uncertain, as to leave the Minister no constitutional alternative from the one course of resignation. The aWence of Lord Lansdowne from town delayed this step for one day, and on Saturday morning, as we stated (not on Friday, as was alleged by some of our contemporaries), Lord J. Russell placed at her Mej ,, sty's disposal the offices filled by himself and his colleagues. Throughout this proceeding the conduct of Lord John Russell appears highly dignified and becoming. It evinces a just deference to the wishes of Parliament, and a proper respect for the principles of the constitution. There is neither a hasty impatience of accidental check nor a useless perseverance in a hopeless path. The course is left open and unembarrassed to the leader of the Opposition, to whoa, accordingly, her Ma jeity profanes to confide the conduct a 'of public groin. ,eciaring in favour of the tour great named, the of I+ .• metropolitan bo- .ately tread i t" r steps, and before wic we shal .e entire ceuntry the triamo4i enlightened and'a • -‘. ...otny, under the judgrne ' • . . • a! ' vatatings, the. Proteetl.• $ 4 it Fejt to ation. • so , weal ado 4 r, Lo • y voji 1 • fito.o 50 L. afternoon o Saturday. By his own SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, Having arrived at this point of his narrative, Lord John Russell said—" I was informed later in the aftern .on that I was required to proceed to Buck ingham Palace ; and I was informed by her Ma• jesty that Lord Stanley was n. t then prepared to form a Government. Her Majesty then asked me to undertake the charge of reconstructing a Government which 'night be able to obtain the confidence of this House, and I thought it my duty, :under these circum stances, to attempt that task. I have, therefore, assured her Majesty that I would undertake it." Whether the cause of Lord Stanley declining to form a Government under the circumstances was a refusal on the part of the Crown to exercise the prerogative in a dissolution of the Parliament, or a feeling on the part of that statesman himself, that such a dissolution was not at the present time an advisable measure, there can be little doubt that Lord Stanley's difficulty must have been with the pre sent House of Commons. The main facts remain, that that Noble Lord was not prepared, under existing cir cumstances, to form an administration, and that the task of reconstructing a Cabinet remains for the Present in the hands of Lord John Russell. It is, however, of great importance that the truth should be known, and the country will wait with impatience the time when Lord Stanley may, with the permission of the Queen, explain precisely the state of the case, and the motives which induced him to decline the motnentaus task which had been assigned to him. In the meantime we are satisfied that he acted wisely and w -11. The movements of public men since Friday last have been characterised by greater activity than pro gress. This is not wonderful. As far as we are able to conjecture from the interviews of statesmen with each other, and from their several audiences with her Ma jesty, it would seem that the efforts of Lord John Rus sell in the « xecution of his arduous undertaking are di rected towards the remnant of the Peel party. The name of Sir James Graham occurs more frequently than that of any other public man in our chronicles of such pro ceedings. Lord Aberdeen is, indeed, ale very often men tioned—but it does not appear in any instance, until last night, he had dirt ctly been summoned by the Crown. His advice, therefore, seems to have been somewhat irre gular, and the mode in which it is reported to have been tendered, is hardly constitutional—either the accounts are erroneous, or this ,mii,rer, requires explanation. Be this as it may, it is :eietfeinely difficult to see what strength Sir James Gra a ., sulderlti to any Cabinet. He iiiindeett s clittinguis! g •at power in debate, an nsu Faat2 ad .. • . •ye 0 ility—but on every quiWtion et of ilthicß - a t embarrassments have t . are strongly in the di rectiOn of additi nal co. . a. His great speech on the occasion of Mr. Disraeli's motion was altogether in support of those financial principles which found so little favour with the House of Commons, and unless public belief is strangely misled, his opinions on the other vexed question of Papal agression are such as would ruin, in the estim «tion of the people of Eng land, any Cabinet, however otherwise strong, which should venture to avow them. If, then, Lord John Russo!! " knows the reason why " Sir James Graham could bring any weight to the administration which he has undertaken to construct, that " rea son why " must exist in some new and very remarkable modification of his political creelf. The causes which led to the defeat of the late Ministry point out clearly enough the course to be avoided by its successor. The country will not, as we have repeatedly shown, and as recent events have fully proved, sanction the perpetuation of an income- tax, im posed on account of a great state emergency, and that under a solemn promise that it should be removed when such emergency should pass away. The redemption of this promise is a debt of honour which the Government owes to the people of England, and no Administration can stand which is based upon the avowed bad faith of attempting to evade its payment. We do not intend to pursue these remarks further on the present occasion. The extent to which we have already carried them may appear to some to be objectionable. We are bound, however, to maintain the principles which we have ever advocated, and in which We conscientiously believe. Whatever may be the result, we will not be swayed from our even course by personal or party bias; we shall judge of public men by their acts, as the country will— more concerned tbat the country should be governed well, than that it should be governed by this or that party in the State. THE HOUSE AND INCOME TAX. A meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of the parish of St. Luke, Middlesex, was held in the British and Foreign School-rooms, Cowper street, City-road, ye-terday evening, to consider and determine upon the propriety of petitioning the Legislature against the pro posal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to substitute an unjust, odious, and unnecessary house•tax in lieu of the window-tax; and also to determine upon the pro priety of opposing a renewal of the income-tax; Mr. J. Tarplee, churchwarden, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN read the requisition for the meeting, and adverted to a former meeting held in the parish for the repeal of the window-tax. Since that time the Bud get had been made public, in which it was retained under another name, and only one-third of the tax taken off. It was a most obnoxious measure. He trusted that agi tation would be continued, and that they would insist on an equitable system of taxation—not one that fell on the masses. The Chairman concluded by reading letters of excuse for nonattendance, on the plea of having to at tend Parliament, from Mr. Mowatt, Mr. T. Duncombe, Viscount Duncan, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. C. Lush iogton, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir B. Hall, Mr. William Williams, Mr. Banal Osborne; and also frau Mr. Al derman Wire. Mr. RICHARD PIIILLIPS moved the first resolution:— " s hat this meeting views with surprise and indigna tion the attempt of the Chancellor (f the Exchequer to impose a house-tax instead of a window.tax, not only because it is vnnecessary in a time of peace with the present enormous revenue of the country, but also be cause it is mist unjust and unctionl in its character; and this meeting pledges itself to oppose such a tax in the most energetic manner by every consitutional means, sad to insis; on the unconditional repeal of the window. tax." seconded by Mr. norm and supported by Mr. PALLISER. Sit JAMES DUKE had much pleasure in attending the meeting um rdiog to the invitation he had received. He nad gone dow❑ to the House ; but as it was adjourced, he had come with Mr. Wakley, than whom they could not have a better representative, and be trusted that he might long enjoy their confidence. He would only state that they should have his most cordial support for the repeal ut the window-tax, and, further, they ought not to submit to have any other tax imposed in lieu of it, and he assured them he would oppose any Government that proposed any such measure. - Mr. NICHOLAY, of Marylebone, then addressed the meeting. Afrer which .Mr. WAILLEY rose, and said that he hardly deserved the kind expressions of Sir James Duke and Mr. Nicholay. He had been prevented from executing his duties for two years from causes that he need not mention, but he was thankful to his constituents for their forbearance. Towards them now he was placed in a very peculiar po sitien; some were effeuded because he was ill, and others that his health was restored again. He wished to convey his thanks to the former. Well, what was the Object for which they had met that nigh . ? First, for ever to get rid of that infernal window-tax; secondly, to oppose the imposition of a house-tax; and, thirdly, to decide whether the income-tax should be passed in its present odious form. But there was another subject of the greatest importance —an evil which was the source of many other grievances. He alluded to the present mock representation of the people. If the millions bad voices in returning members to Parliament they would not be here to complain, but would strike at the root of the grievance itself. Now, the Parliament had ad journed until Friday next, at five o'clock, in order to enable a Government to be constructed. His ad vice to them was to hold continual meetings between this and then for that purpose. He was at the House of Commons that night, and Lord John Russell had informed them that he had felt it his duty to tender the resignation of himself and his colleagues, and that her Majesty had received it. Well, he would tell them that afterwards Lord Stanley, the leader of the Protectionists, was sent for, but be could not form an Administration. Lord n was recalled, and he was now engaged in forming 'Cabinet, and on Friday they were to bear what sort of ono it was. Now was the time, then, far all intelligent constituencies to speak out, and not allow the new Ministers to taka office without knowing what the people wanted. They did not care whom they selected for the Ministers. provided they would advance in a right direction; but if they were opposed to elective franchise he should mistrust them from the commencement, and he hoped the people would too. The aristocracy for th e l as t f ew d ays h a d b een i n great confusion. Why? because there were places to be got and money to be pocketed. But could they only be re.. verned by them? He thought in this business they had not only miscalculated their power, but were ignorant of the opinion of the people. He denied that with the energetic and masculine character of this age they could only be governed by puny lords. He trustecilkithat the new Ad ministration would think of this. The old factions— Tory and Whig—were worn out, and he was of opinion that the people ought to be as much represented in the Cabinet as in the Legislature. He again earnestly ex pressed his hope that this would not be the only meeting held before Friday next, for they ought to let the new Government know that they demanded an enlargement of the franchise. In conclusion, he begged to assure them of his most cordial support. The resolution was then put from the chair and carried. Mr. DALE moved a resolution to the effect— ,' That a petition for the repeal of the window-tax un conditioually be presented to the House of Commons by Mr. Wakley and Mr. T. Duncornbe." He hoped the petition would amount to a command, as the new Ministry would find they must comply with it." Seconded by Mr. CHRISTIE. This was also carried. Mr. SIIILLIBEER moved— " Thut this meeting, while it desires that the neces cessary revenue to meet the legitimate expenses of the State should be fairly levied, considers it a duty to use every proper means to oppose the renewal of the income tax, us it cruelly taxes the bodily exertion of a . hardworking ard industrious tradesman and pr . r‘eistorial man as heavily as th e permanent income arising from real pro perty; an d th a t the exigency which it was adoptyd to meet having passed away there is no necz:seity for its re newal." Seconded by Mr. BRISCOE. and supported by Mr. PALLISER, who par icalarly objected to . the in spection of the i r tra d e accounts by the Commissioners. Mr. NORMAN thought that if the incomeetax were re pealed the property-tax would go, and he warned the working classes that the burden of the taxes would fall things into on then!. H about enla rg i ng their franchise . ac e thought that that instead of taking these ought to be H h e old eo in n g clu m d e e e d tin b g y s MOIR an amendment to the effect that direct tazitiQa ought to be continued as the source from. which the re ♦enue should be derived. This was seconded by Mr. POMEROY; but after two or three attempts to count the numbers (some of the per sons holaing up two band: instead of one) the original motion was carried by a majority of 33. A resolution that a petition, praying " for the re moval of the income-tax, but retaining th&property-tax," be presented, was also carried, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. PUBLIC INCOME AN!) EXPENDITURE. According to a return issued yesterday the net public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom for the several years from 1842 to 1850 inclusive has been as 1842. ineomp. Expenditure. Deficit. £48,192,373 ... £50,332,357 ... £2,139,984 1843. Income. Expenditure. Deficit. £48,745,459 ... £51,167,235 ... £2,421,776 1844. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. £52,835,124 ... £50,739,697 ... £2,095,427 1845. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. £.54,417,615 ... 448,075,179 ... £6,342,436 1846. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. £52,009,324 ... £49,628,724 £2,380,600 1847. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. X 54,473,762 X 51,706,571 ... X 2,765,191 1848. Income. Expenditure. Deficit. £52,082,757 ... £55.175,042 ... £3,092,285 1849. Income. Expenditure. Deficit. £53,017,733 ... £53,287,110 £269,377 1850. Income. Expenditure. Surplus. £52,916,918 .. £50,378 417 ... £2,538,501 MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. Lord John Russell received Viscount Palmerston and other memberi of the late Cabinet at an early hour yesterday morning, at his Lordship's private residence, is Chosham-placo. Lord John Russell subsequently proceeded to Buckingham Palace, and had an interview with her Majesty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has commenced to remove from his official residence in Downing-street. Various articles of private furniture were removed in the course of yesterday afternoon. Letters have been received from the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, announcing that he will arrive in town from Paris on Wednesday morning. The Marquis of Clanricarde bad an interview yester day with Viscount Palmerston. Lord Stanley received visits in the course of yesterday from Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, and other leading members of the Protectionist party. The Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Earl Grey yesterday at his mansion on Carlton-house-terrace. Sir George Grey also visited the Noble Earl. The three ex- Ministers bad a long consultation. Sir James Graham visited the Earl of Aberdeen at 'loon yesterday, and remained in consultation with the Noble Earl for more than two hours. At 5 o'clock last evening her Majesty addressed a letter to the Earl of Aberdeen, commanding his Lord ship's presence at the Palace at 9 o'clock. This was the first letter written by her Majesty to the Noble Earl since the resignation of Lord John Russell, the former commu❑ications to his Lordship having been written by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. At 9 o'clock the Earl of Aberdeen proceeded to the Palace to have an interview with her Majesty. Lord John Russell and Sir James Graham arrived at the Palace about the same time, and joined the Noble Earl at the conference with the Sovereign. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience yesterday of her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the garden of the Palace. His Roy al Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.• Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal. the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took their accustomed pony and walking exercise yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur was taken an air ing yesterday. The local committee for Westininater of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations had an interview with Earl Granville yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The members of the committee present were—Messrs. Smedley, Levan chars, Hunt, Garrard, Lewis, Mann, and Crace. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the R"V. H. G. Liddell, Mr. J. L. Dampier, the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Mr. Jahn Won'a, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Down ing7rtrovt. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Canada and the other North Atrericau colonies. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office yes terday to the Governors of Ceylon and Kong-Kong. The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had interviews with Lord J. Russell yester day at his official residence in Downing-street. REPRESEN TA TION OF BEDFORD- SfIIRE. Yesterday the Sheriff attend d, at the Shirehall, Bed ford, to announce the state of the poll, when it appeared that the numbers were— For Colonel Gilpin • 1,562 For Mr. Houghton Colonel GILPIN then, having beemileclared duly elected to serve the county of Bedford in Parliament, came for ward and addre,sed the electors, and professed himself always ready to hear any suggestions whi c h might be submitted to him by the constituency whose confidence he had gained, and he trusted he deserved. Mr. HOUGHTON then presented himself, and was re ceived with cheers by his supporteis, He would tell his brother farmers that there would be a time not far off when they would change their minds upon the question he bad brought before Viem. The p eo ple would never allow any Government to tax their bread and cheese. —(Cheers.) Mr. Houghton then thanked those who had given him their votes; and Thanks having been accorded to . the Sheriff, who ac knowledged the honour done hire, the business of the election closed. - - UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB. 22.-LINCOL N COLLEGE.—Two scholar ships and two exhibitions will be filled up on Tuesday, March 25. The scholarships are .open, without limita tion. The exhibitions are fur natives of the diocese of Durham (including Allertonshire .and Howdenshire, in the county of York), or of the counties of Leicester, Northampton, or Oxford. Candidates are to present their papers to the rector on or before Friday, March 21. The new statute imposing a .distinct and additional examination on all candidates for the degree of bachelor in civil law will be brought before the members of Con vocation fur approval and ratification on Tuesday next. Dr. Max Muller will deliver his lectures on the His tory of Modern Languages at the Taylor Institution, for the remainder of this term, at.two o'clock on Wed nesday and Fridays, instead of on Mondays and Wed nesdays. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.--Tho Rev. L. Carden, li. A., has been verill, with C app rockointedert on, to Wilts. the) curacy of Longbridge De- BALLIOL COLLEGE.—The Rey, Vicar of Pucklechurch, has been T. B. Corey, M.A., appointed to the rural deanery of Hawkesbury, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. _ __ ORIEL COLLEGE.—The Rev. C. J. Forster, 8.A., has NEW COLLEGE.—The Rev. W, been appointed to the curacy of Stoke.. Abbas, Dorset. of this College, has been presented to t h e v i carage o f Whaddon, Bucks. Pigott, 8.C.L., Fellow • CHRIST CHURCH.—The Rev, C. Baring, M.A., of Christ Church, rector of All Soul s , , St. Marylebone, has been appointed one of the chaplain; in ordinary to the M .A., of Christ Church, Queen. ual curacy of Bain bridge, Isle of Wight. The Rev. W. D. Mscray, 8.A., ch ap l ain of New Col. hasT hbeeeßneva.pJp.oiLneteaMteosutrhieer,perpet Arts should re lege, has been appointed to a chaplaincy at Christ Church. d to that degree congregation during trifling case of debt me tA b C e H r E t L h O a ß t S u O n F ies A s R t T h S e . y -- h ß a a v e e h p e r lO o r c a ee o d f e on or before Thursday, February 27, their names can n t he o lyt presentbwe E -cH inserted l N a few days ago c year.Li in c registerou RT.. e . if A. against a member of the University, b ut his honour the was brought into the County Court judge, Mr. J. B. Parry, Q.C. , decide d, on inspection of the documents put is for the University —section 140 of the County Courts Act of 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 95—that it was entitled to the exclusive jurisdiction of the cause, and therefore dismissed it from his own court. This being the first instance that had come to the know ledge of the University authorities of a resident member being sued in this court, it was thought right to claim it in order to prevent scholars from being drawn out of their proper court on other occasions. CAMBRIDGE, FEB, 22.—BELL SCHOLARSHIPS.—The Vice. Chancellor gives notice, that an election of two scholars upon this foundation will take place on Frid , y, the 4th of April, 1851. The members of any college (except Ring's College and Trinity Hall). eons or orphans of clergymen, who were admitted between the commencements of 1849 and 1850, may be candidates. The candidates a-e required to signify their intention of offering themselves on or before Thursday, the 6th of March in a Latin epistle, to he presented to each of the electors, who are the Vice-Chancellor, the Regius Pro fessor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Laws, Mr. G. G. Stokes, Luessian Professor, and Mr. Bateson, Public Oratcr. The examination will commence on Monday, the loth of March, at 9 o'clock is the forenoon, in the Stnate house. LECTURES OF THE PROFESSOR OF ARABIC.--The Arabic professor has given notice that he proposes to lecture on Arabic, Sanscrit, and Gothic, during the Easter term, in the Combination-room °lSt. Catherine's bill, beghugag ou Tuesday, ]!iity 6, Arabia daily at ._ 12 o'clock. Subjects—The Crestomatbies of Rosegarten and De Saey. the Koran, Tuhfalu Ikhwanis-Gafa, the Makarnat of Hariri. Sanscrit tinily at 1. o'clock. Subjects—Nala; thelaws of Manu; the llitopade3a; the Ramayina, Books I. and 11. Gothic on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 2 o'clock. Subj-cts—The Gothic New Testament; the affinities existing between the Gothic and other Indo- European languages. ASTRONOMY.—The Plumian Professor will commence a course or lectures on practical astronomy and astro nomical instruments on Monday, March 10, at half-past onP o'clock, in the Obiervatory. MAGDALEN COLLEGE. —Mr. W. Raymond has been elected to the open scholarship at this college. LI'C'E tt A U RE. DAHOMEY AND TIIE DAHOMANS. By F. E. Forbes, Commander R.N. 2 Vols. Longmans. The enterprising Commander Forbes. who in 1849 and 1850 performed two missions to the Court of Daho mey, has now published the results of his experience, and presented us with a most vivid and interesting glimpse of Dahomey and the Dahomans. Many circumstances combine to render this work as valuable as it is inte resting. As affording another chapter in that " proper study of mankind," the history of man, these elaborate and evidently accurate details of savage life cannot fail to be welcome to the physiologist and philanthropist; while, again, its relations to slavery and the slave trade invest " Dahomey" with a peculiar importance. "As the King of the slave trade and its merchants," observes the author of these volumes in some introductory remark., " the Dahoman monarch has become a word of com mon use ; whilst the position of his kingdom, and the habits, manners, and customs of his people, equally withl the resources of its Sovereign, are incor rectly, if at all, known. Lying inland on the Guinea coast, this great military kingdom extends almost from the banks of the Niger to those of the Volta, and domineers over, if it does not possess, the entire land that lies between the coast thus cut off be tween the mouths of these rivers and the bases of the Kong mountains." Thither Commander Forbes and some other Englishmen repaired in 1849, in conse quence of a conversation which took place one evening on board her Majesty's ship Cyclops, in which it was remarked by Captain Hastings, that "great benefit might accrue from the visit of a naval officer to the King of Dahomey at a time when the death of that King's chief agent and principal merchant, Da Souza, left him more at liberty to exercise his huma nity, and to listen to the oft-repeated appeal to sup press the slave trade in his dominions." Mr. Forbes, having long desired to visit the interior of Africa, volunteered his services; his offer was accepted, and the two volumes just published contain a journal of the wonderful incidents and discoveries consequent upon that mission. "It is the object at the author," we are told, " in giving p u bli c it y to th ese journals, to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and ravages, the annihilations and exterminations consequent on this trade I have seen," Mr. Forbes goes on, " the slaves toiling in South America, and known that the labour of these was a matter of calculation to the master whether, by continual toil and shoraffe, he would gain more money than by light work and protracted miserable existence. But what are all these to the tragic scenes that introduce the slaves to slavery? A country living in peace with all around, and pursuing trade in the endeavour to become rich, is suddenly surrounded by a ruthless banditti, and how changed the scene I The old would be rejected if brought to market—they are sacrificed; the whole nation are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten except in the annual festival of the con querors." Such horrible practices being the delight of the military Dahomans, who consider an annual war as a popular right, it becomes doubly revolting to find a considerable portion of the Dahoman army composed of women The Amazon regiments con tain about 5,000 females, who glory in their en tire abnegati on o f the i r sex. " We are not women, bur. men," is their mo tt o an d t h e i r b oast, and in courage, severity of discipline, and cruelty they set an example to their brother soldiers, the Amazon regiments not unfrequently turning the fortune of battle. For an interesting account of these extraor dinary soldiers, as well as for many similarly marvel lous peculiarities of the Dahomans, we must refer the curious to Mr. Forbes's attractive volumes—attractive volumes we may with justice call them,yet the themes of which they treat are occasionally most repulsive. Witness, for instance, the horrible picture of the human sacrifices. The most effectual, and, indeed, the only sure means of putting an end to those in iquities, and abating the horrors of the slave-trade, is the introduction of Christianity and the encourage ment of commerce. Commerce is not only the result, but the precursor of civilization'; and Mr. Forbes remarks, in furtherance of this argument, that the inhabitants of a vast extent of coast have been led to give up the slave trade, because they have learned the vast increase of the value of the palm oil trade over that in slaves. " There are kings in the Camaroons and Bonny rivers whose ledgers, kept by themselves, would grace any counting house in this country; and whe,e mind, expindted by education, have made them bold enough to declare that the old superstition of the Eboe should no longer exist, setting the example of becoming Christians. When the slave trade is checked, other trade should be sub stituted, or it will soon revive. To insure success, education should be first planted, and then trade intro duced ; thus, becoming enlightened, the African would sicken at. the horrors he Iris hitherto encouraged." Full of sound and practical wisdom are the — remarks of Mr. Forbes on these matters He illustrates the immense importance of education in effecting the suppression of the slave trade by the fact " that if a man spoke only a few words of English, he would be gladly turned out of a barracoon, being deemed by his unlawful master an educated and dangerous man." The self-esteem of the Dahorosna as a nation is somewhat ridiculous. " How often," says Mr. Forbes, "have I been told in Dahomey, you make war on the Portuguese and beat them, we on the Attapahms and others with equal success." These,' said the mayo, pointing to two tumblers on the table,' are alike in size, in make, in shape ; this is Dahoiney, that England ! See, turn round and looking again I cannot dis tinguish ; they are co-equal, the greatest white and the greatest black nations. Your Queen can conquer all white nations, Gego can take all blacks!" Leaving much unsaid, we have yet said enough to indicate the interesting nature of this work. The chapters relative to the manners and cus toms of the Dahomans will well repay the trouble of pxamination; they are full of curious information. Tne appendix gives a vocabulary of the Dahoman language. Toe numerals seem to be arranged after a curious fashion; some are simple and concise, such as I.roll-10, and Koh- 7 20 ; and other' are compounds of many numbers, such as 16 —Ah fau tong noo koo noo deh poh. No trouble or expense has been spared in the getting up of this work, which is illustrated by many curious coloured lithographs. Among these is a portrait of Gego, King of Dahomey. His sable Majesty is attired in a hat and feathers, and a magnificent blue mantle ptssingi over one shoulder, an attendant holds over him an immense crimson umbrella. Umbrellas of gorgeous colours and large dimensions seem the fashion at Dahomey; they are conspicuous in the representations here given of "receptions" and other public festivals. Another portrait ill these volumes is that of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the little black princess recently presented to her Mjesty, and brought from Dahomey by Com mander Forbes. THE GOLD MINES OF RUSSIA. A letter front St. Petersburgb, of the Btb, says " The quantity of gold produced in 1847 was 1,741 pouch, or about 95 millions of francs ; in 1848, 1,726 poufs; and in 1849, 1,587 pouds. The amount for 1850 is not yet known. In 1848 and 1849 the exportation of gold was prohibited, and in 1850 the position of the exchange did not permit it. On the contrary, a part of the loan in London was paid in gold and silver. Yet the circula tion of gold pieces does not seem more abundant, and gold appears hut very rarely in the daily transactions at St. Petersburgh and Moscow. This state of things cannot be explained, except by the ea cumulation of gold in the fortress, and by the dis semination of gold coin to the most remote provinces of this vast empire. The contracts foil articles fur nished in the army being generally paid in gold, Russian half-imperials are tolerably abundant in Germany. The increaca of the population, and the greater amount of comfort and of luxury in Russia, explain also a more considerable absorption of gold. The production of gold in Russia has been decreasing since 1847, which circumstance is to be attributed to a progressive tax levied since that period on the produce of the mines. As the Go vernment exercises the monopoly of the smelting of the precious metals, the produce of the mines of private persons, which give more than three-fourths of the general amount, is always delivered up to the Government, which coins it, or otherwise disposes cf it. The Government has naturally paid attention to the changes taking place in the circulation of gold throughout the rest of Europe. The recent probi bition to export silver seems to intimate that it will not interfere with the position of gold." The printing press of a daily paper in Boston, United States, is driven in a manner of which there is n 9 example in any other city in the republic. Through a two inch lead pipe, a stream of Chochituate water is introduced into the meter. which only eccupies twenty-four square inches. The fill of water between the Boston reservoir and this meter is about a hundred feet. 'this two-inch steam stream will discharge eighty gallons of water each minute, and in Pas , ing through the meter will give a motive power equal to what is called three-horse power. This is more than sufficient for driving the press. It is less hazardous than a steam-engine, requires no attendance, and is always in readiness. The subscriptions in support of the lkienateder And Salford new educational scheme weed 7,0001, 1851. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MANSION-HOUSE. Three young men, n ame d iliotisiras, Leo. and Li s t `were brought before Alderman Wire by George Scott, the officer, charged with having prowled about the streets for the purpose of picking pockets, and appropri ating any property which might tempt their skill and experience. The prisoners had made various unsuccessful efforts upon the careless pas.ers-by in the crowded streets, and at last they fixed their attentions upon a shop-window in which there were several valuable articles, and one of them in an instant, with the hand of a master, " starred the glaze " (cut out a piece of glass) while the others covered him, but not from the vigilance of the officer. Just as the hand was introduced at the broken pane a young lady stepped down from the top of the shop, and the three thieves slipped aside, but were im mediately secured. Alderman WIRE—Are these men known to the police ? Finnis and several other officers particularized se veral occasions upon which the prisoners had operated together in collecting silk handkerchiefs and been com mitted. and each of them was described as being rapid in his movements whenever an opportunity occurred. The prisoners said they were hardworking men at trades very different from that which they were accused of exercising by the police, but they did not deny that they might have been falsely accused upon former occa sions. Alderman WIRE sentenced each of them to be impri soned fur six weeks in Bridewall, and to hard labour. MfARYLEBONE. Thomas William Thomas, alias Williams, alias Johnson, was placed at the bar, charged with the following rob bery:— Several witnesses were examined, an it appeared that about a month ago, the prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Harris, Union-place 4 New-road, and re quested to know what he should pay for the making up of a suit of clothes. He was told that the price would be 305., and upon his receiving that information he quitted the place, promising to call on the next morning and bring with him the cloth. In a short time after his departure a coat, value 3/. 10g., was missed from the counter, and information of the robbery was communicated to the police. Tottman, 393 A, apprehended the pri soner on Saturday afternoon last, from private informa tion which he had received, and found the stolen coat upon his (prisoner's) back. The prisoner was asked what he had to say, and he alleged that he bought the ooat of a man whom he met with in a skittle-ground. It was shown that the prisoner was an old offender, and had previously been convicted. He was sent to Newnate for trial. THAMES. Rosina Herbert, a sempstress, whose name has been so often before the public, was brought before Mr. Yardley, on remand, charged with pawning six linen blouses, value 4s. 6d. each, the materials of which were given to her to be made up by a poor woman named Elizabeth Mercer, of No. 10, Storer-street, Stepney. In answer to questions by Mr. YARDLEY, The prosecutrix said she first became acquainted with the prisoner last April, and gave her slop-work to make up. Last July the prisoner raised money at the pawn broker's upon a coat which the witness gave her to make up, and as she did not redeem it or make good the loss, she refused to employ her any longer, and lost sight of her until a few weeks ago, when the prisoner called upon her and paid the value of the coat which had been pawned, and said that, owing to the publicity given to her examination at this court on a charge of illegally pawning seven cotton shirts more than 201. had been sent her by various benevolent persons, which she had expended in providing a home and clothes for her self, her husband, and children. The prisoner also said that she was most anxious to obtain employment as a needlewoman and keep her home about her. The wit ness, who had just buried her husband, and was OR the eve of her confinement with a posthumous child, took pity on the prisoner and gave her more work. Tho prisoner had made about two dozen blouses since the latter end of November, and on the let of February she had six on hand, which never had been returned. The prosecu trix had sent for them previous to and in the course of her confinement with her last child 20 times, and at last went to Somesford-street, Mile. end, where the prisoner and her husband had lodged, and found they bad ab sconded. Subsequently to this the prisoner's husband sent a letter to Mrs. Mercer, intimating that the blouses had been pawned. The prosecutrix, who was in utter despair at the prospect of losing her employment, and who was obliged to give unexceptionable security, sought the prisoner in all directions, and met with ber on Wednesday morning in Rosemary-lane, when she taxed her with her ingratitude. The prisoner accom• panied Mrs. Mercer to ber dwelling, and said the blouses were not pawned for much, but refused to give any clue to the place where they could be found, and the conse quence has been that Mrs. Mercer, who only obtained a profit of Id. each on the blouses, has been entirely de prived of employment. • Police-constable Smith, 415 K, said, he had been un able to trace the blouses pawned by Rosins Herbert, but he bad brought forward a woman, her landlady, of whom the prisoner bad borrowed a shawl under the pretence that she wanted to raise money upon it for the purpose of redeeming the blouses. The prisoner raised 84. upon the shawl, sent her landlady the duplicate, and then ab'conded with the money, Mr. YARDLEY asked the pi osecutrix if she had heard of the prisoner's conviction at that court in October lust, when she last employed her and intt usted her with the blouses. Mrs. Mercer said she knew all About it, but as the pris•)uer had made good the lc ss of the coat pawned last July, and had been originally recommended to her as a poor and deserving woman, she took pity on her, and gava her another chance. She was the more disposed to do this as she was very poor herself, and had just lost her husband. Mr. YARDLEY—Do you know anything of the pri soner's husband, or how he and his wife contrived to get rid of so much money in so short a space of time? Mrs. Mercer said she did not. The Herborts had only two young children, and the husband had been employed in the docks since his wile's last conviction. Mr. YARDLEY said the prisoner had committed this offence under circumstances of very considerable aggra vution. The prosecutrix, who was almost as poor as the prisoner herself, wished to give the prisoner number opportunity of getting her living, and had kindly forgiven a tormer wrong. The prisoner, however, who was de void of the common feelings of gratitude, pawned the property. The prisoner was a most shameless woman, who had repeatedly committed a similar 'offence, and was totally unworthy of the sympathy which had been ex tended towards her, or, indeed, of any pity whatever. The publicity given to the proceedings in October last, when the prisoner was charged with illegally pawning seven cotton shirts, caused a large SUM of money to be sent for her relief; but it was proved that she had been convicted more than a year before of a similar offence, and he and his colleague did not think proper to be made the medium of giving money to a woman twice convicted of crime, and theretore hold out a premium to others to commit offences. They withheld the money, which was transferred to the poor• box. Notwithstanding this, many benevolent but ill-judging persons—kind-hearted, Bo doubt, and disposed to do good, but very weak minded—had forwarded money to the amouut of 20/. through other sources, and clothes and food were also forwarded to her dwelling. Within a few weeks the prisoner was again found committing a similar offence, and acting with the most black ingratitude. Most pro bably she had done so under the idea—ho hoped a mis taken one—of again arousing public sympathy in her behalf. Sitting in that court as he did for the preven tion of crime, he felt bound to visit this case with great severity, and he sentenced the prisons r to pay a fine of 51. for illegally pawning, and 275., the value of the goods pledged, and in default of payment committed her to the House of Correction for two mouths, and to be kept to hard labour. LAMBETH. Edward Williams alias George Miller, the companion in several desperate robberies of George Hackett, who effected so extraordinary an escape from the Model Prison, Clerkenwell, was placed in the dock before Mr. Elliott on the charge of stealing an easy chair, of the value of 2L, from the shop door of Mr. Charles Kedge, a furni ture broker and salesman, in the Kent-road, as far back as the 21st of September, 1849. From the evidence it appeared that the robbery in this instance was effected in the same daring manner as many others by the same gang, namely, by two men driving up in a light cart, a third man handing in the property, and all driving off at a speed that insured escape. In the month of November following the prisoner made an attempt to get a portmanteau from the top of a cab, in Bond-street. but having been closely watched by a constable, he could not effect the robbery, but succeeded in getting into the cart with his companions. In driving away at a desperate rate the cart came in contact with a lamp-post, and the prisoner, who was much stunned by the tall, was secured, but his associates, George and John Hackett, succeeded in getting off. For this offence the prisoner was brought to Marlborough-street Police-court, and sentenced to three months' imprison ment. At that time the prisoner was fully identified as being one of the persons who had stolen the chair from Mr. Kedge'a, and it was the intention of the officer to have taken him when released from prison, but he mis calculated the time, and by this means the prisoner again became at large. On Friday night he was tskeu in Mint-street, in the Borough, on a charge of being con cerned with a young fellow named Goodwin in the com mission of two acts of sacrilege in breaking into the old Protestant church and a Dissenting chapel at Croydon. On these charges the legal evidence as to his identity was not sufficiently strong, and he was discharged, b u t his companion was sentenced to three months' imprison ment. The testimony as t o the p risoner havin g stolen the chair, the property o f Mr. Ked g e, was quite conclu s iry present Storey, the aCityofficer, in aidttion, sa id h e was prisoner and John Ha c k e t t h ad been andnt whoa convicted of felony, and when the former was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. The prisoner was fully c munitted for trial. THE MARBLE ARCB.—The extraoriinary exer tions which have been made to erect the marble arch in its • tedplace, at the Oxford -street entrance to Hyde -park, appointed in _ are visibly evident in a very remarkable dogri.e. The arch is in a very advanced state, and is in fact last approaching towards completion. The workmen have frequently been employed until a late hour at night, when practicable, and the opilrations have been visible, owing to the glare of light thrown, around by tie gaslights at the vet) , top of the works. The works are so far advanced that the massive gates have been fixed in their places, and the whole of the superstructure is in a very forward condition. It is the generally expressed opinion that the arch shows to greater o _ advantage than in its f ormer position, in consequence f the pre sen t s i te b e i ng much more elevated, and,owing to its prominent position, th e elaborate ornaments au on the front of the arc h art now heap to the greatest pot' titbit advantage. ___...................••••.••••........... 1 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, FEB 24.—Clerk Charles P. Fielon is lappointel to the Apollo troop-ship at Portsmouth. The Thick Esgle steam-vessel, Master Commander PotieY, end the Lightning steam vessel, Master. Com. mander Allen, went d own the river this morning shortly after seven o'clock, to meet and aid, if necessary, the Governalli Sardinian" steam-frigate, arrived in the Thames with numerous packages for the great Exhibi tion in Hyde -park. None of the vessels had arrived at Woolwich at six o'clock P.X. THE.ELECTRic TELEGRAPAI I.IV FRANCE. The report of the Committee on the Bill presented ion the 4th inst., by the Minister of the Interior, for opening the credits necessary for the execu•ion cf the law of the 29th of November, 1850, for organizing private corrrspondenoe by electric telegraph, has been presented to the Assembly. The Government hes made known to the Committee the different telegraph stations where offices for the private comspondenoe will be established. The Northern line will have six offices: —~Amiens Arran, Arras, Valenciennes, Lill e , C a l a i s, en d Dunkirk. The conga lino six :—Orleans, Tours, Augers. I3ourges, Neyers. and CLl:eauroux. The Havre lice will have two, and t h at of Strasburg one at Chalons. None are yet fixed for the Lyons line, but the Government will be prepared to or ganics them on the two last lines el coon as the electric wires have been placed. The Committee recommend that they shall be distributed in the same manner as those on the Northern lin e , p rom i s i ng t h e necessary credits for it. Tbo following is the tariff of charges as decided on by the Government:—" For a dispatch of 20 words, including the name of the person sending and that of the person to whom it is addressed:. F. c. " From Paris to Amiens ... 4 80 Arras ..• ••• 5 64 99 Valenciennes ..• 6 36 Lille ... 6 36 Pt Calais... ... ••• 7 56 Dunkirk ... ••• 7 32 Orleans ••• 4 56 99 Tours ••• 5 88 ft Angers ••• 7 60 ft Bourges ••• 5 88 Nevers 6 72 ft Chateauronx... 6 24 tf Chalons-sur-Marne 510 99 Rouen ••• ... 4 68 99 Havre ••• ••• 5 76" In order to calcul a t e t h e charge of a dispatch of the above number of words from one town to another on the same line, it will be only necessary to calculate the dif ference in the charge from Paris to the two places, and add 3f. Thus, the charge from Amiens to Arras will be 3f. 84c., and from Arras to Lille 3r. 72c. For dispatches of more than 20 words a fourth is to be added for every 10 words, so that the above tariff will be double for 60 words. MARKETS. iment of the quantiti London from the poi , to the 22d Feb., ies o f rte in 1851, THE COUNTRY The following is the official state] corn, &c., received in the port of Essex, from the 17th Feb., 1851, both inclusive : 11+; t 4 =g* i 44 a*, Colchester ......... 551 47 5301 17 30 150 Harwich Leigh...... .. — lBOl 200 12 58 9 Maldon 463, 30 83 25 137 138 280 CHELMSFORD, FEB. 2l.—Prices to-day were as follow: CHELMSFORD, FEB. 21.—Prices y were as follow: Wheat, white, old 42s to 465; new 41s to 465; red, old 36. to 41s ; new, 363 to 40s ; barley, 25s to 29s ; chevalier 21s to '29s; grinding 18s to 245; oats 15s to 20s ; malt 53s to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 27s to 293; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 26s to 28s ; old, — s t o —s ; dun, new , 26s to 28. ; beans, tick new 24s to 26s ; old, 24. to 271; barrow ticks, new 253 to 27s ; old 001 to 00s; ma zaen, new 231 to 25s ; old 00s to 00s per qr. COLCHESTER, FEB. 22.—Wheat, white as to 465; red 36s to 40s ; barley 220 to 28. ; beans, mazagan 22s to 235; middle and small 24s to 28s; peas 26e to 283 per qr. KIRKALDY, FEB. 22.—The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. First 41s Od 236 Od Second 41s Od 23s Od Third 343 Od 183 6d Oatmeal, per bac. of 2801 b: HADDINGTON, FEB. 21.—T1 grain at our market to-day : Wheat. Oath. Beans. 19s Od —s Od 18s Od —a Od 15s 6d —a Od imperial, 26s Od to le following are the Peas. --s Ocl —I od —s lid 7ta Od. prices of , Barley. Oats. Beans. First ... ... 46s Od I 283 6d 21s Od 30s Od Second ... ... 36s 10d I 25g 6d 19 3 ld 26 s 7d Third ... .. 308 Od 198 6d 17s 6d 22s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 541 qrs., 524 sold Do. Barley do. 243 qrs. , 236 sold Do. Do. Oats do. 338 qrs., 321 sold Beans do. 7 GLASGOW, FXli. 19.—Provisions—Chees 16e, qrs 40., 144 sold s to 47s Od per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d p er lb. Skim milk, 20s Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, 11 Od to Os per lb. Irish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to 9i t d; country powdered, wholesale, 8d to Od. Country eggs, is per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 614 d per 120, or 8d per dozen. Hens, 31 Od per pair ; Ducks, 2s Od. PERTH, Fez. 21.—Wheat, old, ON Od to 00s Od; ditto, new, 35s to 39s ; barley, new, 19s Od to 21s id ; oats, 13. to 17s ; peas and beans, 22s Od to 21s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 004 to 288. KELso, Faa. 21.—Wheat, old, to 32s 6d; ditto, new, 181 to 30s Od ; barley, new, 129 Od to 171 Gd ; ditto old, Os to Os; potato oats, 00s to OOs Od ; ditto new, 12s to 14s ; common oats 00s Od to o,ls Od ; ditto new, 12s to 14s Od ; peas, 19s Od to 20s Od; beans, 19s to 2 )s per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, Fax. 21. Wheat, foreign, 20s to 245; ditto, home, os to Os; ditto ditto new. 16s 6d to Itis Od; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 14: 9d to 17s Od. Oats, common, 00s Od to 00s ; ditto new, 9s 6d to lOs 6d; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 00s Od; malt, distillers, 00s to 00s Od ; c itto brewers, OOs Od to 00s ; beans -per boll, 00s Od to 00s Od; ditto new. 12s Od to 14s Od; pease 00s I'd to Ot s Od; flour, new per sack, 31s to 33s Od; ditto common ditto, 18s lid to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 00s Od to o . i, ; ditto new 25s Gd to 27s 04 ; ditto per peck of 7lbs, lid to Sid; fresh butter per lb, 7d to 8d; eggs per dozen, qd to 71 i d ; hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new. 8.), Od to 84s. 'BERWICK, FEB. 20.—Wheat, 35s 4d ; barley, 22s 3d ; oats, 16s lOid ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, ()Os Od ; pear, 24s Od average per imperial quarter. HAWICE, Fax 20.—Wheat, new, 281 to 30s Od; barley, new, 12s to 17s 6d ; ditto old, 00s Od to 0030 d ; potato oats, 123 Od to 14s Od ; common oats, Ils Od to 14s ; peas, 191 Od to 20s Od; beans, 19s Od to 20s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. FALKIRK, FHB. 20.—The supply of grain in this day's market was 521 bolls; wheat at 15s 6d to 18s Gd per boll ; barley, 158 6d to 17s 3d ; oats, Ils Od to 14s Od; beans, 13s 6d to 14, 6d per boll; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 6d South Kelloe lsa Od Carr's Hartley ..... ... 14s 6d W es t K e ll oe l4s fid fanfield Moor Butes... 138 Od Whitworth l3s Od Wall's End, &c. South Durham l4s 3d Brown .. l3s Od Gors Goch Stone 2ls Od Bensham ...... ........ 12s 6d Llangcnniech Stewart's RAILWAY stitutli MARKETS. BRISTOL, FEB. 24. STOCK EXCHAIME.—We had again a fair business done to-day, with prices tending upwards. The transactions were as fo!low:—Great Western, 91 ex div.—Ditto (171.) New Shares), dis. ex div. Caledonian, li!.t South Wales, 27. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24. STocx ExcHANGE. -- The share market opened with an improved tone this morning, and continued so throughout the day, closing very firmly. The transactions were as follow: Aberdeen. - 13 3 4—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 914 dia.—Caledonian, 11 3 4—Ditto, Preference, 5j —Chester and Holyhead, 20% —East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 58—Ditto, Fifths, 7 3-16 dm— Ditto (W. R. U.), 5 5 4 did.--Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 8 3 4 p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Stockport, p.—London and North- Western, 133 A —Ditto, New Quarters, p. . Ditto, Fifths, 6 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34—Ditto, Preference, 11 5-16—Matlock and Midland, 3LA dis.—Midland, 62 Ditto, Halves, 15 1-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 7 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), s',..—Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 14%—South-Eastern and Dover, 26 1- —York, New castle, and Berwick, 2436 c.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 21i /2 dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 4% dis. MANCHESTER, FEB. 24. STOCK EXCHAIME.—There has been a good amount of business done to-day, and the market closes firm at the ;4quo tations. The transactions w ere as f o ll ow:—East Lancas hi re, Preference, Quarters, 7 13-16-- Sheffield, 344 —Buckingham shire, 17 7-16—North Staff or d s hi re, 6 13-16 dis.—Caledo nian, Preference, s%—Lond on S toc k, 133;i —Staffordshire, New Preference, 1 ,4 p.—Ditto (C), Quarters, 33ii South-Eastern and Dover,- 26 1 4 hlatlocks, 3 dia.—East Lancashire, 14N—South Wales, 27—Sheffield, Preferenc e, 11 13-16— Eastern Counties, 7%. BIRMINGHAM, Fan. 24. STOOK ExcitatisTictLThere. was comparatively litt le bu siness transacted in our share market to-day, b ut prices generally were steady at Saturday ':, quotation& Old st k were in favour, and !ad an upward tendency. oc g our; fAß:ll,3llari painting, tni e H"o!litiens AaMh-ilii-jty°aßn; e were prepared for a w work. William justr f ir easy:4l G taml tamer o R. t N a l 1 .oansr:arwp.nri painter o x r fi T t D a s x b x ie( N ) l : r : e — oa w ud F ni nt r pr o g l 3 m e l . Howitt is a Gainsborough in Where more charmingly exhibited his ng, and he has no- Where displays other qualities than beautiful scenery described in the course powers than in the Dorrington of the i n g story. But the history of of this most edaminterest we have now to welcome the author in the landscape art, and excellence. Mr. Ilowitt has e • as a fiction writer of high traiture of hit principal chars'winced rare power in the por- Dorrington, one of those cter, the inimitable 'Madam gladness on the cold realse•nial souls casting sunshine and heroine in modern fiction 'ties of the world. There is no her. The characters. of we should venture to compare with drawn. Jeremiah G the sterner sex, too, are admirably , with his child-like Gould the learned Vicar of Westwood, t e simplicity and genial level for the whole human family, would done . no discredit to Goldsmith's pen. Indeed, there ishaave• in setting forth countryt hr oughout thisesiPvtOrva.. powertrnly virtuessi.f nt of love a d c Goldsmithean.— Weekly Chronicle. [ A DVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills for the Cure of Liver Complaints, Indigestion, and Disorders of the Sto mach.-111r. Richard Haynes, of her Majesty's Dockyard at Plymouth, for several years had not had the enjoyment of a day's good health, censtantly suffering from indigestion and liver complaints. Ile had the best medical advice from both army and navy surgeons, but the disease yielded not to their treatment, and various other remedies were tried w ; t h a like result. At last he began t o ate Holloway's Pills, and this fine medicine has so strengsheoed the tone of his stomach, an d i n. vigorated his constitution, thatheis now perfectly cured, and enjoys the hest of health.—Sold b y all.Draggists and at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, Nor rEADIeIe TAU ENOUGEL—A nit-qui:ter of' the Society of Friends, hBP t i ll g e i (.I , e day to meet two Oxford scholars, one of them re . „ ._, to his companion that they id have some sport with tiroadbran "• • would a Dd immediately n the cheek, Saying, ' gav e him A slap o . written,' If one smite thee on the right cheek, ' turn to bent the other also. " Thou hast not read tar nough," said our friend, '' turn thou over the other leaf , and there th ou w ilt find that ' with whatwave r measure thou metest, it shall 12• meaaUfed to thee again," at the saute it ' t.l tlme ' 1 na the °seam A Whack that aim him violin to tho W m oitio 0 go Md.