The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-27 00:00:00

Amount far then ambers £712,1412 £749,324 £36,742

1651. 1562.
Teta for effective services 12,238,249 12,254,807
Thal for moo-effective movies 173,248 172,366

£2,411,497 £2.437,112

F.rracTivs •$D Nos-XIYRCTIVII 81IIVIC1111.
Oran,' total far 1.442
UrAnd total for MI 2,411,497
EWAN IMO is MIL

WrsTMlnttren ELECTIon.— but mains meet-
iallt of the ?ricotta of Mr. John Villiers ntsdhsp, taisk plan
at the l'iaam Hotel, Ceunmilloaden, for the PrPonhof
olivine so triplasiationef Mis political apiolommo. so • am&
'bac for the city repremmillsm ars tie wooled raw
sent of Mr. Lusbinelltin eta ics:dralsibt Aloe do
chair was taken be Mr. now Xe.
taw forward, and havi asposimmd loom moo•
▪ With the liberal e of Wm Mimi, &dodos
!time If favourable to veto by bask dort podlimmomc,
free trot., promoted to avaltoolbmr *opium net mod is
that document. Ifs emposnil r Oppose almmtdocimme, ma
b•imo me much an insult is olorallens am to M. dis-
senter: h. was for asiandlite Ms triSid
Ms
ra aanaty~,'
rather than for looking • MN. .Ms mold
taboo, for the Moodie sif as aaartdale
neht to oulfltnternairat. A$ dmi ommuomo or to aommomm,
Mr sheik, received a vote ealliaice boo la acidloose_
sad a proton', of their sapped whoa the duds& almodil
emir.

hront,ll LIWAL APPOINTMILMTS.—it is miss-
Oiled that the °Mee of Lord Advocate for Scotland has bass
dead to Mr. About, the well-known author of Mabey
of Es " The ollim of Solieitor General, It M usdiss-
ossi, ha. been plaerd in the option of Mr. flate
hattratd of Kirkendbriaht, the member of a haally
W vAriouely diminauished, and himself a lawyer adal
tiirThe literary 'world will Is pion* to bow that
Aytoun will be appointed he ama at the heal
aim natal by the lataaild pismedssad—linslieriph
owes.

FREE-TRADE AND THE MINISTRY. I

(Pt- Or Aft Km.)

- -
The events of the last few days have made it
plain that there is and on be no (security for the
amiatmesain of cheap food, except in the achieve.
meat tit measure of reform which will render it
kopeks for any cabal of the aristooracyt however
desperate, to attempt to govern on the principles of
protective. For the last five years we have men-
tinually heard it said that five-trade having been
once established by law, and its solid hateate hub,
been rue enjoyed by the great mem of the pm*,
so set ef Men would ever be hand te attempt is
overthrow. For ourselves, we haveliwasady avowed
a difihrent opinion. We sever hit that material
hkeniags could be secured without the moral
to defend and preserve them being vested end
tally in the people's hands. We doubted, we ewe,
the temerity of Lord Deese and his adherent:amid
sometimes gave in to the prevalent pininesien that
they would not dare to menace openly the pombelon
by millions of their fellow men of the necesseries of
life. But, without ceasing to be charitable, we are
compelled, looking at the succession of appointments
that have recently taken place, to feel that the time
has at length arrived when the question must be
put once and for ever beyond doubt. One
after another rimy advocate of monopoly, •
from his Orrice of NORTHUMBLILAND down to
Mr. OCORGR FREDERICK Yoneo, whose name
is associated most obnoxiously with threats of re-
action, has been sought oat and appointed to ohm.
After the vows and pledges they have publicly in-
terchanged, it were revolting to disbelieve the in-
tentions of these men. They are bound to fulfil the
solemn engagement to one another by solemn obli-
gation; and that engagement is to raise the price of
bread.
Will they keep it, or will they not P These are
questions for their consideration, not for ours. It
behoves the nation to ask and answer a very diff-
rent question, namely, how long are we to kid on
sufferance the right to have enough of had
to eat at an untaxed price. And if the seatinnanse
of such a state of things is felt to be intelereble,thes
it behoves every man in the realm,whe value peace,
order, and progries, to consider bow we can be mode
safe against an attempt to take from the artisan and
labourer one-half his children's bread, so long as
three-fourths of one Howe of Parliament and nearly
the entire of the other consists of men who have a
direct interest in the sweets of such an attempt P
There is but one certain way of making tree trade
safe, and that is by a great extension of the elective
franchise and the establishment of the ballot.
Reform and free-trade are now indissolubly linked
together. The one has become indispensable if wo
are to preserve the other. There may be some who
cannot, or will not, see that this to so: but the
answer is plain. 'l'en years ago the country agreed
tacitly to adjourn all questions of political progress
until the food question should have been settled.
In 1848 the law was changed, and we were
told that the right of the working man to cheap
bread was secured irreversibly. Little more than
five years have since elapsed, and what have we now P
The government in the hands of men
beyond doubt to impose a tax on the men
in order to take taxes off the idle man—to fleece the
poor for the avowed benefit of the rich. And when
we look round for arms wherewith to defend our-
selves against this assault of rampant landlordism,
we find that in Oreat Britain not ono man in five
has a vote to make used, and in Ireland Dolan man
in ten. Yet we are gravely warned against de-
manding constitutional arms, or what to equally
essential to our safety, the constitutional shield of the
ballot.

Ones fee all we say, let us never spin make the
eatable of doing things by halm. NM the
seentry hew aware of its dagger these
pars ago, it wed& have Wield me the ballet
mad a Mrggae sidewise of the nave, whisk weald
have ssiwM the heps of reeteheg the systems of
hell mimagely yaks. Bat the isillh must lie told.
Libeeab oat of pediment alp he a paradise of se-
curity that the }alley et Pin wild never be
refereed; and liberals in parlisaimet were for the
meat pert too indolent and indilllment to the duty
at sakrelag pregsaa Even now it may be difficult
to mos ammo ear whiggish reprteentatives to a
gee r sense of the peril to the hitch et which their
about reform, sad this qualms
about the ballot. have eostribuied se Melly to is=
as. But these gesitlemin Mid be shaken from
shinbone. A great battle Is lobe 'Night between the
slimy smil She lbw—between thestriving millions and
a repels= Inv. Let the issessatile and manulhe-
tmrinf deem look to it in time. At the had of the
in masses they will he isessistilde and
speedily triumphant 1 as a seremete and isolated
interest--afraid to identify themesives with the
one side, and ashamed to make seems cause
with the other—they will dad to their OM that
they will in the same hour have cheated themselves
of popularity and power.
The people in their constitutional strewth will
not earnestly rally to any political cry that dose not
demand the ballot. The principle of a fil. franchise
may be considered as admitted. No liberal adininis-
trades eau hereafter be formed that does not noder-•
take to redeem the promise given on that head by
Lord loam RUSSELL. But another leaf of the Sy-
billies book has been burned, and the offer which
was not accepted in Pdbruary, 1852, will never be
made again. Had the lost Reform Bill of the out-
going cabinet contained the ballot, instead of being a
lost bill it would ere this have been regarded as an in-
evitable act, and instead of being an out-going the
whir would this day have been an iw-ewpaig ad-
ministration. The proposal of a 51. franchise with-
out protection for the voter sounded in the ars of
the nation lilte the sound of a pleessnt " tale that is
told." They had no objection to mob a sonsession.
but 'either had they any faith in it ea a ?medallion.
They discriminated, clearly and instinctively, hawses
the abstract assertion of the right, and the seenrity
for its realisation and enjoyment. Though the
farmer was granted, they saw that tits loiter was
wanting. and they resolved to look on sw
with folded arms. What has bees the sZsgesseedisiii
That the authors of this half mesas haws hese
summarily driven from power by &globoid emelies•
lion of malcontents, without exams• repose or Oe•
finite aim of any kind exospt the menteaeses at dis-
respect for the exclusive and feeble elk* by wheat
Lord JOHN absurdly suffered himself tobe surrounded.
It must now be manifest to the Met sellkh
and shorthted of the effected party thst no pew
lass effort will ever be made to Televises* Ewe veil(
minis*, in Downing-street. Area the alliplellls
of the ballot and free-trade they suit Isle lisneedy
and loyally before their past sine, whisk ale many,
will be forgiven ; but with these Whim& watch-
words we know that a great Mind demonstration
may be anticipated, and that his it the sordid
and shameless cabal to raise rests will be paralysed
and dispersed.

k Too Now ADMINISTRATION km boo joomely
demand me Beojam's ia mie—the greafeet of tam ell."
Danz or Ms- CIDOSDIO'S WIDOW.—Tao dio-
train aloomolmo of do if Mr. Comalai,
wr-
resa. of Diridos. so% who woos ifrowood is the
rim Demist, at Illooloolk, about a math will be still
fresh is the setelleedee of oar roolove. Os y eves.
lei INS lb MOM Not to liaarliesser, solos the arrival
of do Midi hoed bereelf vovi ill. las obtalavi osomiaw
alias ea Ms easmorsial Iwo, Iforlst•ofooll..ad voodloal
at= lied Is be proomool, lioesiobsoopoo wOO%
moo maks.

POCKIT Picstwo oxYa 0111 AT Wart= RAlL-
way.—On Tuesday aftensana. dm* behee the arrival of
the dews nail train at the Pa h deem et the °Teat Wes-
tern Seaway, Tlvinas Pertett, wad the eonayan 'a
=teksaresd solastkins in the raw of a fashionably
'wawa tad imino, tole woe Takla/epee the
Wised lie le wet& their memento
tiedlipe:lll, taw the bole pet bar bead late** pocket
of • lady awed 111.
Sebarll,lo. Omeeemer•plice,
Beth, sod take eel • whisk tie beaded to bee sem-
i peeks. They wow Mita bee stakiar. eat
=tzi:1411118i the hilowlwe Maw wee ammo apse
the lespieloa seisMisai dna dot
mulas bed rigs= • epthomeile rad exteadve
lowsiarre et puha the valietty :—Upee the seas
primary wee dte dein t erre, which air
Weed • owoutelewhelf earent, mid •
2L 19e la andl. eight 111. Beak of lieglead seem
two 101 ditto, a dimmed der. mad geld wattle mad dale.
It. 3s. 66d. was she foaled upw the ham& primmer, whit
had me kr than four glsNli rims apes bar farm and
wee sitarwin elegantly stand. The *seam wore takes
to the lath police Meth% where they pee their awarro,
0•11116 an= lar ewe lusorkshirh
hire. Telam, stsding
they ems is Yhey had cons to
Bath Ikon Bristol Ay an early train on Tuesday. The
polite lapel that they will he able to bring home ether
arse to the prisoners, and will ask for a remand fec that
wpm.

MUTING OP • MIDDLESIM iI(AOISTBATE&"
A meeting of the magstreey el the Oonnty of
Iniddloses tort j.laros regalia, at the CrierWiesse, Merk-
I maws& Mr. rowiuku, 1311011111111 Ike Quarter 04wa-
Now. prrahisd. sad thrre was a 11111 attesdrees magi'.
tratre—upwarie 100 Wag promit.
TIM NW LVIIIATIO ASTILMIL-410.111Ty ITIPINDITUBIL

The scout, alter the teassestim a some itbor Mod-
ems, promeolod to take late osaskisestim the final
report a the inammiteso to emit the *Minoan
lamas asylum at Casey lithe, which was presented is
the court an the last . It was as imepertast
Essumest, sad we give the iamb frees it.
m At the 'smeary min hi par Ihte years ago)1
1 par seettaittes was list eheillaligassed7 with die
esteem a • suitable Mohr UMW Inand•asylara
hr the meaty a
_llll4Mosem the a Ihromell
he j been Road w 90114 landatmlehriteethe seta IMF
belt die swabs. M whom meemmethithe was ropeised,
and the wail shomistioc M dm Matelefte Ming is pima
them in weltering. pelmet asylums, aria patio myth.'
at • Cottage beisaglag tor other ematlal. la bids of whits
Ma eases at an "spews M boreal whet they met is the
Iliddleme meaty asylum immesh thst the Stead Mass
(the Ism* pampa, of irhieh prspssly behave to the
asylums to the mama divides s( the costy) wire apply-
lag to Moe Mae paths. reasoned prom Hemel houses
to Cellyilialik ..,.....waled that it was • Isms a plea sf
lk Oa. pro wink to be kept from that opeeemosiko
des. t besides this want of adommemessamoistiem
by referee's to the aside; book kept at Beam% it was
swooshed that the asylum being sitmeed in the western
. part a the musty, bet law comparatively of the paints
him the eastern pare were visited by their friends
sad ma, a matter of very mem importance, equally
as regarded doe happiaces sad ewe of the patients and the
husmaky and an.. bestowed upon them. It was under
*me eiresmoteome year essunittee were instructed to oe-
the a site la doe maim part of the county for the sew
building, in arise that by • proper selection of inmates for
oath asylum, ne pandas seed he removed eo far free friends
sad relatives as as hs deprived of the solace which aces-
, stead visits from them are so well known to afford, a
!mist alas emaily sad repeatedly urged by the Commie•
steers is Leasay, as will be Been by a retreats to their
reports to the Mosetary of State for the Home Department,
qua the ' Proposals, tc. for erection of as additional
hmatio asylum he the dotty of Middleme, at Haswell.'
Many was the prolintima that so suitable site wield be
otitalaable an the maim side of the county for the purpose,
ma that if hand at all the prim donasded would be Iv
hoped what Iha spurt woad saastisa. Year committee,
bIIMMOWT mete a pensenal survey of the matte ponies' of
the •puity and sem adeseed the present Site of the Caney
Rash Illiphly MOM la every rennet, end which
they as • pries of 180/. per ate, the quantity
being 119 sires. (This report ties goes as to
alkali to the peas advertised fee sad sent in. The estimate
emempaalieg the WNW plum Mr. Dashes's, was 80,00 W )
Peens= te the
to having bees adver-
tised M, it was hasim tem the printed reports,
NA other document timed by the coutaiimianers is
eglaim.that they hail a erung feeling in favour of what are
y mina two irked hatilap (or buildings having
=me ewe above the yawl ewe) fur lunatic asylums,
in the mivertieementa ; iis comothenee
it w=rldsamiessopetitest met is two designs—one of two
WON eseaserfly to sails te the terms of the adverttesseat,
end .an of them, or Si., to satisfy also the taste orjuidg.
dm ef • mehitect. Mr. Daukes saw as away "Mises
papal Mintiens to to twoMoried plan. that he seat is me
Isis than three sets of drawinp, with a view of iehans
yam oimmitte• to adapt that which was evidently tate beet
arehitsetaral elevation. aad the best sated to the see whisk
bad been selected. Whoa the plans as. hew* before
year committee for Mal approval may elpedeee were
rased to the usreseembly eastemled arena flee whin this
UMW= to Ms seem asemethes4 g the wore. aim of
essesiewel deveisd pinkie of abs bribing asbeak the
oebeeeny at w Mg Uwe of Is, sea, strak the eye Un-
=imity ; eadltbsee pestle beeemei tapenditure would
eenesseems% was owillost. how deuombied, their
is
fereash Wow e a iillet Is indoor the Oamminiseses
le emis this pent does
pee amass and
to slew "maim et • three stesind bids, et *.
Oeney
Hatch. Fee this Mimi a &pastime was appeasedlto wait
an the commimiener% mid they wee awl egeolesudy re-
wind ; bat eh dos they mold swill She sweet into ez.
pewee sad the horeesiesed if Os Weide% had se lOU-
vireo the sommlsolisses doe they "NW ei yield the=
they isinened ledesibie, and the hipuhnisa Wiled
not wee etennifto bed weft be to dem beta nabs
she ben this eigy AI a semetiolip plea, aed eninrities
demise; IA by a eisid somas fa werythis sot moo
obi he Mwthirg, to atone is ow measure he the la-
lONA lepladiesre win& year esomities foresaw met se-
new,be lined epos the retepeson by thb pardoner
=Mi lt wes met te be amildpsied that the lint
of any iteo weld wisyeZzirommet of the
seinelWe of Wiwi et the assium, the
ithi.l mil weed Oboe awhile had lens lined an
lho ftwrel Nomeiteem Their nest duty, dievehre, was
corm what oddness sad awakes the loosened plan
MIL Doane repieed to bring it up to their views of OZ.
ging& Met was Wm all; year sournittee Mt that the
end Mil Weil& Mitheloyllin werk, is which it
=ewe* lo SM. , all that modern
sad the powerL views of humanity had
/added avoilakth let the eareand minfort it the unfortaaste
&teed lodide willino wit was to be dedicated, and that
of
thop rtes. • peps Ili:tate uftllii: gernms
of their ewe weir wishbone, if they sZriflceadg,
a failing of Mr setroossy, anything that mad
.Mae to the badly heath of the petals, or
that .orel4 eiaider to die Wed dimwit Under
diewhipensiee% the My eimpenes he of the I.a
lir tho we of
uthEllems. in emengesehle woher, w
hen Moan sad an oftliniedsh hem
die heseeebie 'of en who were whin le apprente its
=l.• as mho dm tio Mad reams were added to the
111 W. Toe wifilerikessioyelsek Owe, end
we ether Wow whisk Mee met sememeriated,
were athe vie he &We le wit
miring ernimaillte=read was ready resed,
ead (which may he smoldered the most Mooted improve-
met if .11) three feet in width and two feet ia height,
wen added to the whole a the wards; so sbat, la Met, die
eab • womb of the balding. by all tires aiiidmaq woe
voy Imply issremed. The plow bevies been thee albeed
and esbused, of omens a new sad hiIIMISISII winos had
se be mode ; and die has ghee rise as some mhenamptien,
which, nosh OW =plaited to seen, is se seatianally
reproduced le the hem s( weds= as to the great differ-
ence between the Weed and the Mal estimate, that it
may be is wail hoe awe mere is able thee the am of
80,00 W. was .sly the getimmite of the Ogled pan ling,
which was sew enbmitted to Ole MIN; bet set it the
plan which was preseeltd ta the nen for approbate and :
adoption, sad whisk yew, after Wig embattled, in con-
formity with the Oa iestira of the arty ill 9 Vie., e. 126,
to the Commissiseem in Looney eat the Secretary of State,
was rammed approved as year 'mastitis without a 'Male
altered', having 'boa made therein. This is the pta
which was masetimed by the coon; and ea the Bth
of Nesealter, OM leaden were advertised for ; and,
whet seised, dry piennied tbe rent:kohl* hears
of the towwaait Weer, being 61,0001. below the sae
neat ahem it. The nom Wier was for 138,0001. and
or that of Mr. George Wes, of Ordnance-wharf, Bebe-
tier•-osel. Lambed; sad, it it scarcely neweary to add,
was the wider =peed 2t(1011111ii ttel I . The heado
the MOS WES Algal Unlaces Prime
ea the Ith if May, 11411,w elt wades the MarlAtilis of
leishara,
_the lord-liespineni of do monty, aeriewed
that be had it in essamand hem her Majesty to hued, le
her Mehety's same, a fond he the relief of pauper
lunatic" ea their &Wimps, eared, tom the asylum ond
that she bad Teresa, nensiled te anew &a hod to
Isi.e=ii the Tithed" hod." sad ird seinuelbed lea
It in die Pal etthbOsisiw, UM& Ins nes
=delft ditheatijoataa'ur ismeolds% seeiplete. Iwoasob.Adhr as
rwas
tamabg W.
asrrry:ti onelted
41=Pi isde jimigas
seas
penes, the nano% Kn. dlin, do bad
(N the lest
we ~
saw try ham e )
la IM liesik-Of Air* peoiligdy, was A ewe elsd kw
is ageamone the elsodft mid propeeatien of the
byehe the Moods* of Mee Ind woe. Le We
showed, the News* M. lioadvies% was aloe
oast wresidense, wad thee 'Sew and the matron,
mho ihe dbeidea GM' inewhiee, essa= all the
Peemorre_ foultsre and tow he the of pa.
limn 13a the 17th dap of Jody, 11161, the asy me was an-
aawased to be moll tithe of the whit ware Is
M be Mare and salivate km Point-
ys% hoe heaths Shim we lbsse blinsee%
and mss hoe the lbw* =is% wee eimilved an hot day,
the bee wheel enters, Dr. Heed sad Dr. Davey, having
Mee idled into nehlemee, sad ImMeg eaten
of werteresie penitent on seek sib ef the
fee Mir sewslio islet esespetien TM seat
a
of = dis iNeolbese wee le 1111 do myn es mos as
, he b soft be oldest to the end that It would
may be when the eribut was full that the greatest sweet
slowing so& ewes to the ; and that as kap
so the espouse el the wry large Motel Alms sewessy
Who estibilhow bid ie be addled awes oily a hie,
as bet a slowly liageseeleg iniebee of Limits% the weekly
unto hod mot be yespardeembly .lil the whets ahem
ihm et the bad eta. -sheireihmi, &meted as this on
Jest ; and, bad ti depoded wpm neva alone, so Male it
woad have bees mosese~ speedily. The aidedese
hew been as Maws:
Ia the PIM weak Mr
Fewles.
It
Sassed .
Thigh ~
lees&
Ptah „ .
fliali ....... 18
flemeth,,". 3l
Eighth „
Ninth „
Teo& „
Bat while your sommittie minewleige the Wiens and is-
slant esingention of mow of Ike orient wishes sad
wine these wee a her who dill net take SW awe view of
the MOW' and wen dedined be aid year eswenues in
mospissiste twat, to the hard ado% thswasei desirable
:Vseam sad wastes demillestise an which the
aal premeten of two seperano asylum he the ese of
the "soft bed bend is.. of their Ma grid ar-
guments is he favour. (TM
meow the pedalo. emthrisoll la "Lsrltwo dingier.)
The last serious dPioalty which you committee had to ea-
swam is patting their imams" iastitution into full opera-
tion arose from easter failure ia the act, which makes no
EZiafee ezpounes that must someway be incurred int,
ilte sennester Ms given up the bitikliag to the