The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-28 00:00:00

TZZ ZLECTEIC TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

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Ma. Lord lilethamm Lied Jennyn, Mr.
M 057.14 MaMark sad Mr. Welt.
Mr. P. mama a the lembora Voles Railway,
was examised, andjem it am bit opiates tint oemphing
lines of who might be leM down with stilly, mime wiper
remdatiormearelwaym.
Mr spoke, from the experiomes he had
had in iimpsard works, having laid dews 2,000 miles
of water piping. to the laespedimay, for • variety of rea-
ms,'
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tube. The- BililehT Cemnpaoy bad contracts to
mostruet are headred et telegraph, and their'
I=l already sahmeribed wanmalleleat to meet their liabi- '
Limited liability was emostial to Lorry out the
scheme, and with limited 'Wilily than. would be no MR.
malty in earrytag it oat. Zama Milosams had yr
rated in rainsing the dumps el the old Telegropis Com-
pany. The reasties of pelisse by the *hi company aml
subsomeent establidmat of the new bad roamed an elm
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that it was now fired to give relines ea the seleallis
hearse orate mar, and with athe Isis
meats that had bees wide la mt. womb,
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elands telegraphs was telosa eat in lah esealry,ia the year
1887, there were 111 Idegraphs ham wed in use, end that
at the present masat tiers wets abZtreats for im-
proemial, in sleet& telegraphs la
The eenadase eljeurned to this day.

WINICENTIIi AND Ifizairono RAlLWAY.—Yesterday,
in Len itedniehlt ermaittee, after considerable opposi-
tion andthearaninsties of some 80 wither's, the standing
order wen dein& serplied with in the case of this bill.
Also is the nese ef the lAnceshire and Yorkshire, Leeds
and Bradford, Nee* Western, and York and Newcastle
Railway Bills.
LONDON COZPOZATION.—Yesterday the committee on
this bill, Mr. Brainston in the chair, declared the preamble
not proved. The object of the measure, which was opposed
by 34 out of the 84 City companies, was to extend the right
of voting at municipal elections, now confined to liverymen,
to every 101. householder.

TtiE BERPKNTINE.—Tand John Manners appears
to have redeemed, with promptitude, the promise he gave
to the deputation wbo recently waited upon him respecting
the stagnant and dangerous state of the Serpentine—
namely, that he would increase the supply of water. For
the last several days the water has been briskly flowing
river at the .outh-eastern end, thus removing one of the
chief sources of the evil complained of, and at the same
time restoring the waterfall, which in former years consti-
tuted one of the features of the park.
DEATH OY TIIECIIAIRTIAN OF TIIE METROPOLITAN
Commission or Szwene.—Edward Lewes, Esq., the chair-
man of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, expired
at his residence, Sydenham-hill, Kent, on the 22nd inst.
lie has only survived his fellow-commissioner, Thomas
Allmon, Esq., and Mr. Frank Forster, late engineer to the
commission, about two months. Mr. Lewes was only in the
35th year of his age.

gOe Court.

OSBORNE., TinianAy.
Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather,
her Majesty sad the Royal Family were unable to leave
the house yesterday morning. Thera was 00 addition to
the Royal dinner party.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester
yesterday, at Glotmester-house.

Mr. J. Bailey, M.P., bad an interview with the Earl of
streDerby yesterday, at his official residence In Downing-
et.
A deputation, connoting of the Duke of Richmond the
Man:lute of Granby, Colonel Wood, Mr. Guthrie, and Sir
De Lacy Evans, M.P., had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence
In Downing.street.
Mr. Charles Washers had an interview with Mr. &ere-
bay Walpole yesterday at the Home-office.
A deputation from the sanitary committee of the town of
Worthing had an interview yesterday with the General
Board of Health at their offices' Whitehall. The deputa-
tion consisted of Mr. W. li. Dennett (ehairman of the com-
mittee) and Messrs. Collett, Roberts, Corns, Harris, and
Hardingham.
Mr. Peer Williams M.P., and Mr. Christopher Tower
had an interview on Tuesday with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
General Love transacted byline% yesterday at the Home-
office.

A deputation about prevbyterian marria^es in Gibraltar
had an interview yesterday with Secretary Sir John Peking-
ton. The deputation consisted of the Hay. Adam Cairns,
Mr. E. Ellice, Mr. T. Fergus, and Mr. C. Cawan.

We believe we may safely announce that a treaty
for the extradition of criminal offenders has just been con-
eluded and signed by the repre.entatives of the govern-
ments of France and of England. This new treaty will no
doubt be laid immediately before parliament. The French
government in the course of last year, sent a special agent to
London, to open new negotiations with the British cabinet,
and to obtain, upon careful comparison of the French and
English laws, a more practicable and satisfactory agreement
than has hitherto existed. The result of the negotiations
is the treaty which baa just been concluded by the present

government, which, if it prove efficient, will ►e imme-
diately accepted as a model by the governments of Prussia,
Sardinia, and Holland, who are anxious to conclude treaties
with our government for the international extradition of
criminal •?enders as speedily so may W.—Morning Post.

AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.

A deputation of gentlemen connected with the
Australian colonic* waited yesterday upon the Colonial
Secretary, Sir John Pakington, for the purpose of urging
upon him the immediate necessity of supplying these colo-
nies with labour under the present circumstances of emer-
gency arising from the discovery of gold. Among the
gentlemen present were Sir W. Verner, Bart., M.P., Mr.
J. Evelyn Denison, M.P., Mr. W. Wyndham Ooold, M.P.,
Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Mr. J. B. Carter, M.P., Mr. W. F.
De Solis, Mr. B. Brooks, Mr. W. Walker, Mr. Flower, Mr.
J. A. Jackson, Mr. J. L. Foster, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Fan-
ning, Mr. C. D. Logan, Major Mercer, Mr. J. King, Mr.
If. Moore, Mr. M'Lachlan, Captain Stanley Carr, Mr. Le-
rick, Mr. Morrison, Am

lir. ITU= fIENHION, 112, intesdoced the depu-
ted's% which, he said, oosideled of nosy of the most emi-
mot merchants or proprietors of WI in Australia, as well
es gentlemen interested in the pesegerity of the colony.
Mr. FLOWER said the gentleman present were deeply in-
terested in the prosperity of the Aseteulien colonies, and
they felt that they might with antiment of respect
prefer a claim ups the goraeamaal ; end the object of the'
present application wee that the question of emigration
I should be treated by the govenumesit es au imperial mew.
Sion. They thought a cemeldershis portion of the (mode
nett be raised in that country, en added to the land
had et the colony. It was suggested that if a million of
meshy was raised by our anticipatios of the colonial land
had they might be able to deal with the disastrous want of
laboor there experienced. He believed the adoptions( the
pits here suggested would ban the effect of greatly mid-
gnaw the burden of the poor rate in England. He had a
eopy of the memorial that had been sent to the right hes.
gentleman, and if it war n he would read it to re-
fresh his memery. [Mr. Flower presented a copy of
the memorial.]
Mr. DE SALIS said they bad waited on Sir J. Pahl=
that day for the purpose of securing a supply of
adequate to the present wants of Australia, and in the
hope that he would view the question as an imperial one.
The position of the Australian flock-owners had naturally
onsillasinuark alarm amongst those interested in the colonies,
sod is this view they were not singular. The &vetches
received from the governors of the two colonies of Victoria
and New South Wales, he had heard, corroborated their
fern, which were also shared by
.the manufacturers of
Yorkshire. He bad enjoyed the privilege of representing
the Australian interest at the late interview accorded by the
right hon. baronet to the great Leeds deputation, and ho had
listened %id% utonishment not unmixed with gratification to
the new statistical facts connectedwith Australia mentioned
by the two intelligent manufacturers who had addressed
Sir John on that °ensign—he alluded especially to what
fell from Mr. Willans: that gentleman stated that four-
fifths of the population of the country were clothed with
Australian wool—that several gentlemen then in the room
owned mills which worked at no other than Australian
wools. Mr. Willans stated that the supply of Spanish
merino wool had decreased from 40,000 to 10,000 bake per
annum—that the yield of Saxon and Hungarian wool bad
also diminished—and, he added, that if Australis failed,
then they really did not know where to turn for wool.
These facts were new to him, and in his opinion they pm
a totally different complexion to the Australian labeler
question. This candid admission of an eminent maw
lecturer showed that England had an interest in Ibis
question of such a nature as that they might fairly e
on Sir John to treat the question as a national one—es we
affecting not Australia ~ a, but the manufacturing info-
rests of this mighty empire. They came to hi n on this
occasion not empty handed—the colonies had now to desk
credit in the British exchequer for emigration purposes
matey of their own amounting to 316,0001. This
they wished should be e:- early early as wascoaidesi
~,iwza in sending on Min, but to it they=
contribute. no Snead of that
lin, whines it was to he desks' ism—wholias lema the
Casolidatod laud, or km bin or gored milso—wes a
linen° beyond their province ; tbsy let that to be de-
tteLbAy the wisdom of the executive. This principle
es he hoped it would be, there were points comm
weelet the supply of nowt wader the present moss,
regyjnza which he was NM ft Asia wadi be wan
pustacal suggen esa An en of all, ft
occurred te km to my that IR abatis/a, hemmer 'stew-
sive, except saes restridiesito vein at kb moment be
whel e
k wee lees they did an end Is ern emt diggers to
th Usk% they wined Is men sed eni to the
ileeinwsen The first step which mann Ie them wee
the peermessi awassity of itseskg that disorganised
state d imielgotileh ansewd ehepiwde to desert their
leeks fa the Mat of the Annan beak with im-
punity. Thy/ had heard, I'M great grannies, that the
attention et gremennt had been turned to this paint, fan
that Moog. west dent to be sent out, but that, in hair
opiates, woad ell that was swaseary ; they wasted polies
awe thea_Ltreeps.and sad their cannon et eddienil in Via
Diemes idi them that teems puilmme the dune
ef pollee's with relustmeme, and whim& eildesey. It had
mewed to several geollenewthenlingsf pollee organised
to this country, aad staid but Yes rural police in
Enka and Ireland, would be well ideslated to preserve
kw and order is the eelewke i midi he hit satisfied the
minim null illedly modes thews an pay them hand-
somely. Os this guides Om mom too was interested.
Es was beamed that ad nein of the licence fees
in Vision mold be Nimbi Or want of police capable
et wanks these /set &suns of inersissst• Besides
this peke. Sem was enlist be vela imesit. The MlL-
pill ammision, make the gown at existing arena-
-1 had, it was sew% newel their mks for the mica-
ild=oneignnts, but They bed site Ames so sufficiently.
Cin see point they had refeseihoplobl altogether—they
liellid not allow parties to hire shegimi in this country,
*hough sash persons were wilinsif permitted this boon,
Ss pay a penes of the peasegow to the emigrant. If
k wee • put otgect
saes gime labour kr the dock-
swam arse:st mos gig einght Se the ask. hem
the wed. le thie aft drat be teksweigsi is
In el The nesS diem riskiness het lees
Is hero the employers of lalart IS send saw Is Erg.
Eng Is En of England, en Is he eert her ism kid
kelp amber of Chino dOmei
MI all easy. 'The pings ef • Chinsissitethenallusamidemit
ISL—he min be hired is km missy at
_oft at a
Dew rate of wages for a term ofpem, and verred to his
omployer in Australia at then_ eft i bet as Ibglish shop-
/ma and mot be hired la keglen ender, sighs lowers. as
isgenkwee qt iii. Lel as met welkin memwielenes No-
dose the NNW reksisg the rule i and the Amanda ileole-
owners would prefer English Lbws be Chinese, although
they paid smanthatmore for it ; 64111* idroduetion of thus
Asiatics into Australis, which bedbugs es much objected to,
and by no pens= more then hr Ind Derby when ho was
=for the Oximlies, wmill se m, la Wu of being en-
Bag la this matter they meet set look alone to
the eemmlekneee-40 legielatare end help doom. The
law of the land, sithemgliit seastind Weft he a twin of
years, made dish ementemeng esgegehe—ll Om no
facilities for the egseettes ; em snit inneuse there were
stain and choweeMbillt Offiennted le, es ram, 11. In
London one itemke sediesdon, woks the and of
the Lord Mayor's Oried, ammuntosi to 305. Ia Ms Miss.
tionable nature of how Mow all must
herßim .
toTr4
be done away with, Illid MUMS. given to
subjects mutually ,ipens of into mairetn d
nature described. lie had the Mae Of Olt set
•ii
which would effectual* these o This ant bed bees
carefully considered, and was approved of bp the deputa-
tion. Ile would now lay it on the table, sal he hoped Sir
John would take charge of it. He would km Idild some
private member of parliament to intrahnia Ile measure,
without trespaseing on Sir John% time, but that be felt
convinced, in order to peas at this late period of the
session, it must be introduced by the right hem baronet
himself.
Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Mr. Fonter, and Mr. H. Moore,
of Melbourne, having made some remarks,

Bir J. PASINGTON expressed his satisfaction at re-
'Giving the valuable assistance and sugfestions of the gen-
denies r:ressut, but he could add very little to what he had
Mated to the deputation that had waited upon him* short
time previously. He could only repeat that the govern-
ment was aware of the extreme importance of the present
crisis to the Australian colonies—a crisis wholly without
precedent, end to which no peat experience could afford
any clue. It was satisfactory, under these circumstances,
to and that the government bad anticipated many of the
points now urged upon them. The colony demanded troops,
and they were about to send them ; the number was of
course a question of degree. He believed there were not at
present more than 60 soldiers at Melbourne, and the go-
vernment intended to send 400, which would make a mate-
rial addition to the military force, and as a proof of his sense
of the emergency, he haddetermined to change the arrange-
ment he had already made, in order that they might arrive
as speedily as possible at their destination. It was • mistake
to suppose that they would look to the troops to perform
the duties of • police force. They would be required to
support the government and maintain order, so that the
functions of the executive could be properly and efficiently
discharged. It was intended that • man of war should be
forthwith sent out and stationed there, and he had directed
an inquiry to be mole into the powers vested in the com-
manding officers of men of war in such eases. With regard
to making this matter an imperial question, he begged to
remind the deputation that their power to do so was a good
deal impaired by the freedom which had been lately given
to the Australian colonies. They were now managing their
own affairs, and raising their own revenue, and he was met
by the difficulty that ho had no right to involve the funds
of the colony for police or other charges without
the consent of the local executive. At the same
limo, the government was sincerely anxious to
do all it could, and he had already given inatruc
tiona to relax the rules with regard to the classes who were
desirous of emigrating. Ilere again lie was told that be must
he cautious in spending the colonial money, as they might
not like to have It spent upon • different class of emigrants.
It was certainly going a little out of their way to do this,
but they were doing the best they could for the colonies,
and believed the colonies would put the best and most fa-
vourable construction on it. With regard to the laws of
living and indenture, that also was a subject which ought
to be arranged by the colonial legislature, by passing local
Rata to adjust settlements between masters and servants.
He admitted that the crisis was an extraordinary one ; and
in a recent despatch from Sir W. Denison, the Uoverner of
Van Diemen's Land, he found a statement that some men,
who were absent only eight days, three of which they han
spent at Mount Alexanuer, returned with sums averaging
from 1601. to 1,0001. each. It was said that they ought to
raise imperial SUM for the purpose of emigration, but the
fact was that money was not wanting; they had colonial
money to the extent of 316,0001.; and as within the last
few days the Governor of South Australia had written to
check emigration, it would set both money and ships free;
and he might say here that there was nothing to prevent
ships coming from other ports being employed in the con-
veyance of emigrants. The emigration commissioners had
lately advertised for three ships, and they hart only got two
tenders, although the freights were now 184 or 191., instead
of 101. per ton. He was fully alive to the emergency of the
case, and he could assure them that the government was
anxious to do all in its power to assist the colony.
After some further brief conversation the deputation
withdrew, alter expressing its acknowledgments to the tight
hon. gentleman for his courtesy and attention.