The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-20 00:00:00

LTEST FOREIGN EXCRANGI

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after Bola, 61 ex dia.; Bank of St.• Ferdinand,
99/ e. to 100. Exchange on London, 50.30 2.

DEATH PROP THE BITE OF A SERPENT AT THE
ZootoolcAL 0411 DENS.—This morning the death of •
young man named Frederick Gurlin, nader-kimper at the
Zoological Gardens Regent's-park, took place at the Uni-
versity College hospital, caused by the the following
circumstances. It appean that at about 8 o'clock the de-
ceased, u usual, with another wee, named Cockeridge,
entered • cage for the purpose of cleaning it, in
which serpents were confined around in boxes. A box was
'aliened, in which was one of the Indian species of the class
termed " Cobra," to which food was given, and that havingbeen done, the deceased stooped to pick from off the ground
one of the birds with which the reptiles were fed, and wee
raising with it it in his left hand,when the serpent, making
• spring from his box, fastened on to his right nostril. His
cries were dreadful at the pain he suffered, and his fel-
low-servant having rescued him from the serpent's grasp,
hir lace swelled to an enormous size, he lost his sight,
and, although sensible, was deprived of speech. He was
conveyed to the above hospital, where every means were
resorted to by Dr. Burden to alleviate the intense sufferings
he seemed to endure, and to prolong life, in the hope that
they might ultimately prove effectual, iatifici respiration
was resorted to, notwithstanding which he very ra-
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LONDON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOItEE .O.

MoNTH by month now,--altaut day by day,—the
interest of Englishmen in American politica is visibly
on the increase. It may be supposed from this that
Engiishmen are beginning to see the counexien of
American politica with those of Europe. It may be
hoped that we are growing mannerly enough to-
ward. the Americans, at last, to take some pains to'
understand their cor.stitution, as weil as their
usages. Nearly all the benefit of STIV.ILY SMITICA
rebuke of the Pennsylvanians about their bonds was
lost from his having made two mistakes, offensive to
the Americans. which half-an-hour's study of their
constitution would have precluded. lie petitioned
Congress abort the debts of Pennsylvania, with
wh se debts Congress had no more to do than
with those of Austria Or the Queen of :SIAI)Ak; :

and be charged Pennsylvania with repudiatiou—of
which offence she was not guilty. She did not per
punctually all she ought : but she never "repudiated"
her debts. The most honourable citizens of the
United States were naturally indignant and hart
that the censor who said such sharp things should
save taken no trouble to learn those facts of the case
which ougbt to be known to every schoolboy. All
their schoolboys understand the outlines of the
British constitution. and would be guarded against any
mistake so gross as that of confounding the respons-
bilities of a sovereign State with those of the Federal
Government. Judging by recent signs of the times,
the days of such eoornful ignorance are passing
away. And it is well that they should; for our in-
terests are becomin/ so largely involved in certain
American proceedings, that it behoves every English-
man now really to understand the movements of our
relatives on the other side of the Atlantic.

The puint on which we would now fix the atten-
tion of all thoughtful men is the political object im-
mediately in view. whin the Americans annex this,
that, and the other territory to their own. Amidst
all the talk of glory, of spreading civilisation, of
missions, of freeing oppressed colonies and nations,
and so on. there is. deep down in every scheme of the
sort, a solid object, of which nothing is usually said.
The Upper Chamber of the American parliament—
the Senate—is en anomalous institution. The House
of Representatives is returned on the basis of num-
bers—a member for every population of so many
thousand (at present somewhat above 70,000). The'
Senate consists of two members from every State,
that the smaller States may not be swamped by the
num populous—an anomalous reason in regard to a
Congress which professes to exist, not as a league of
states, but as the government of the whole nation,
within certain fixed limits. Mr. M utr used to
say of the Senate, " Some things look well in theory,
and fail in practice. This may not be justifiable in
theory ; but it works well."
The slave-holding States had an enormous advan-
tage given to them at the outset. The electors to-
tem a number of representatives as the representa-
tives of slaves ;—a fiction, of course. These-It of

•
the slaves count as whites, without haring, of course,
any sights. Notwithstanding this, the increase of
population in the free States is so much greater than
that of the slave States, that the slave-holding inte-
rest would (or might) be swamped at any moment,
if the Southern men did not keep up their equality
in the Senate. The Senate is their sheet-anchor. But
there are unsettled lands to the north-west—north
of the slave line—which will, from time to time,
be peopled, and raised into States. It is to
provide a balance for these—to keep at least one
State ahead—that the Southern men are grasping at
new territory which is south enough for their pur-
pose. They reckoned that Texas would cut up into
Ave States, giving them ten members, to set against
the senators who would in a few years be sent from
lowa and Wisconsin, and the neighbouring lands,
sow feat tilling from Europe. Mexico is ready to
their hand; and Cuba, with her train of attendant
isles, will be a great prize—if they can get it. It is
the greatest possible mistake to suppose that the
enemies of slavery would not object to the "fair
purchase" of Cuba. They do object to the idea,
end they will object to the act—of paying away
the national money for • new territory which
virtuous citizens do not want; and for the sole pur-
pose of strengthening the slave-holding interest in the
general government, and, consequently, throughout
the American dominions. We, in England, who have
made some sacrifices for the abolition of slavery, may
be unable to do more than think, feel, and speak,
when the Americans annex lands in the wild west;
but when they threaten the dominions of an Euro-
pean power we may be able to act, in bar of the
extension of American slavery. It I. u well to
understand the bets, is ems the opportunity should
be thrust upon se.
" But," same will my, " surely it may be left to
the Americans themselves to curb the slave-holding
interest. If the free States have an equal represent-
ation in the one chamber, and • superior one in the
other, why sot bare it to them to do what is noose-
eery'' Ay, why not 4 Our answer is worth the
attention of them who think it uncivil and un-
friendly to tax "the Amerisans" with the social
disuses whisk is supposed to exist in only a petiole
of the Union. Let the pets which we an shoat to
tell speak for themselves, se to how far the responsi-
the nation bilities of the slaveholder are shared by the rest of
.

The name of Mr. Barrow is well known as that
of as egad senator, who bas, for a long poem of
years, represented Missouri in the Senate. Mr.
Beams, who is a slaveholder, and his party have
falls° out; aad one charge a the party is that he is
not so maims oa behalf of slavery as he used to be,
a shame Ala he iedlinantly denies. In a speech
made -by him at St. Louis, this last summer, be
gives us his view of the attitude of the nOrth,
in regard to slavery. He tells es that it is Wee and
wicked to my that the free States have interfered
with the south, or injured slavery in any way ; and
he gees ea to show how the arta of slavery has been
extesdedby the efforts of the north. He tells us that
" the area of slavery has been doubled in the United
States, and by the help of the tree States, during the
last thirty years." He bids us remember that the
free States have been a majority during all that time;
that without their vote, and a heavy vote, nothing
weld have bees done. He tells, first, what new ter-
Meeks have been added—such as Louisiana and
!beide ,• and thet what " free soil has been made
ekes set by law. Ho tells, is the next place, how
the Leans have been removed from their na-
tive Wis, and how negro-skives have boss
timaghted into their =and " slavery thus
entendek to a tarp where it did not
emit helm." He Wilmot four States which have been
dimmenashered of the ladisam, sad have bud their
• alive area " neerly doubled within the list few years;
AM by the indispensable help of free-soil votes, and
list=eapemse of assmey''—an expense which he
et 100,000,000 dollars—including the cost
ef the Seminole war. ?fim," continues the old

meter, " est am indi id this foreign slave terribiny
mid him bsw asignisd. set one individual of those
meld base bun resarnd, not ems acre of
Baas
Indian hod Mat have been converted Mtn
dove londrisot one dim stall this hundred millions
awn hese
otes
ibeen vsesil, mope by the help of the sea-
davehold v"
It is notate that politicians furnish us with so
plain a statement of what oar feelings of kindness
and courtesy weal mass us hesitate to tell else
with goal *know It is a welcome ststement to
as ; Ise we lame It
its shameful truths ; we felt
theeitswakg *maths world should know them ; and
• Mit use nab In Imetsojasertle to tell the story in
Aimless womb. if charged with sm-
elly to to the representatives of the Anserl-
- Midge the of slavery, we have only to
tab as alba* Mr. BrarroN's speech to the
Ahrens of St. Leas, in this year 1832.
• emit not follow that all Americans are to be in-
,.
Omani under the ensure. There is a noble band
of aldose, scantily represented in Congress, but
yerryy active in the State, who are far above our
z,gud to their efforts and sacrifices. Bat it

is clear that American honour and integrity sat nut
safe in the hands of theexisting Anseridua reprasualW
tier. Within twenty years Congress has teettieted.
the press; abolished, for a time, the night amides,
fettered speech; perpetrated piratical wan; tend
new States, and oppressed the old ones with dm "go-
nixing Fugitive Slave Law; and now, it is Believed
to be ready to sanction the acquisition, by fair means
or foul, of an European colony. That island of Cuba
is, by its position, of Importance to other European
sovereigns besides the Queen of Seals. But of far
higher importance is it to every nation that national
inquities should be exposed, and that the veil should
be torn from public hypocrisies. In the present
case, the press of Great Britain is the refuge of Ame-
rican honour and honesty. The American press dues
not and caueot tell. the truth on this subject; and, at
I present, there is no press in any oer country
but ours. It rests with us to publish facts.
Our press must show the unquestionable facts that
in scheming for the annexation of Cabs, the
plotters are not thinking of the Cubans, bat of
providing half-a-dosen couples of future American
senators, who may repeat to the next generation the
Southern maxim which insults the present—..that
political frtedam can exist only in the presence of
slavery."