The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-24 00:00:00

ELECTION NEWS.

EAST KENT.—DECLARATION OF THE POLL.
The declaration took place yesterday, on Barham-
downs, at half-put 12.
The SMIRIFF. after a brief introduction, announced the
numbers polled
For Sir Brook Bridges 2480
Sir E. Hering
Majority for Sir Brook Bridges —l9l
He therefore declared Sir Brook Bridges duly elected.
Sir BROOK BRIDGES, in returning thanks, said—We
hare been engaged in a contest of principle, and of princi-
ple only. It his been the principles of our glorious consti-
tution, on behalf of which I have stood forward, that hare
,rained for me your esslidoece, impost, and valuation, and
brought together se hap as emembloge of gentry,
yeomanry, and puneaby to do bemire wags red to those
principles. (Cheen.) May I have the oath gives me
to enable me to carry out those priosiples furissaly, ho-
nestly, and straight-forwardly, in a meaner eseelesat with
the important position in ~ I sew tai myself placed.
(Cheers.) I now go to pwrim the Wesel lades that de-
volve on me as one of your myrissatiless semi I shall ap-
proach them with the gmeige posible maidety and
in a manner best to emelt poor wishes. (Cheers.) I
only ask of you to puss the oiliitioaal eamddence in
me, to leave me freely to wary get those principles.
(Cheers.) Sir Brook Braga repoMod his illresioa of
thanks, and requested, emir the agshgestet dtito shades
was over, they woubt be se Stignifig se ems to Ask oppo-
nents. rig his owe pert, he legal the frisadshicerniabbbigh up
to this wont hod egistod between Ws and his
goetimis. (Asir) After • Amen men
o the hseettrable biggest wpm& • wee of
sobs to Sheriff, whisk ins anigied by assiamation ;
asil est miasma having asbaowlidjlidtbe ousapilaient,
needs orison wels:Se.ig Or Elsa Bridges, Sir N.
Insallibel. laid emi elem. end Myemesably
hi Into IQ is proasgsdumste,
pretosige of mire% pwodod *s &reels of
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WIND3O2.—The--- immediate prospect of a general
election has pat the inhabitufts of the royal borough on
the qui cites. Mr. Hatelasth whoth 4181.18118 SS Attorney-
General for Ireland is UPI" will est ear himself for re-
election Major-Gessrel Methods* sew be elm =des • Peel-
ite, again eoliths the mopes* et Mr buqpieme. Captain
Bulkeley, who is • resident sad vie of the
directors of the Cheat Western Oesupessy, also
using
offers himself, bet ea whet partienhe principles is
not well emisesteei As • mead esuths, a " (overe-
xert will be seat, tai norm states that Sir
Fifty" =airy is we* likely le be the man. Mr. Darvill,
the mimosa Whiter, las boss lathed to stand, by the
liberals, bet that gtalisema Maass as the ground that he
would be sonqcolhd to retimpaish a lucrative professional
peorties. et NM that period of life whin he is UM able to
made* mg *Mead it. There will, bower, be a fourth
eandidele to the of a wealthy gentleman of free
trade and thimal opinioas, residieg is the immediate
locality.
Porrinnem—The First Lord of the Admiralty,
the Right Hen. Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., Ime blued an ad-
dress to his mastituents, the Anton of Portsmouth, soli-
citing a mamma of their eteldemee at the di ssiution of
whammed. Having made rehreme to brim of • postal
mail asthma character, Sir Freels poses& to admit that
dazing his term of oMce as Firth Loyd, be bee net been able
to give unlimited yeti, fathom tea piths et his eaustltuents,
but he 'Wends that bias the serest attain nation, it
would not have been jest es blame he Ma to have shown
a partiality in favour of Portman* la the distribution of
patronage, over any other pleat His dna duty as a minis-
ter of the crown, be myN was Measeider the demands of the
public smith sad the debrief all alike, without reference
to private esusideratisas, sad lo teen credit to himself for
alt having turned the /they Lid late a eawardas book,
et made promotion sallteervient to elsetteassethr parpora.
For this be admits be les bees abased by these wM sought
Per ammo& sad ether deseripthas or sad advan-
tage be bee, be destaree, bola sad
attached, not bsowiee be Me jobbed, bat be has
roared to do ea H. senidently il to the electors for
• renewal of their meidenee. 13a Mieg erasing a nu.
ammus reratiag 4 the hon. baronet's aggeeters was held
in the borough, whin it was dstenained-io take vigorous
measures le mare his re•oleetion when the dissolution
shall take pleas.
HticaitiOntanitinu.— In anticipation of the ap-
pointment of Mr. Disraeli to dace, as the colleague of the
Earl of Derby, and consequent vaesney in the representa-
tion of Bucks, a meeting of influential liberals was held
yesterday afternoon at Slough. The proceedings were
strictly private, but it was understood that • free-trader
would be put in nomination, not ha the hips or expectation
of ejecting Mr. Disraeli, but as • practical protest against
the policy of tho new ministry.

BOUM EASTERN ItAmivsy.—Traftic receipts for
the week ending Feb. 21, 1862: 10,0211. 18e. 2d. ; ditto
Feb. 22. 1861: 8,6881. 3.. 10d. lunar* is 1862,
1,4531.11.. id.

THE STRIKE.
MUTING OF WORKMEN.
Yesterday aa segregate meeting of workmen in
the mine brambles-- ef tte iron trades (convened by the
sous& of the Aamigasted Society of Engineers). took '
plass et St. Illartit's 1411, Losreere, for the purpose of
tatrimamma •••••••17 te be taken in consequence of
Zta whisk bad mhos hem the late "strike." Mr.
Jams Mono presided, awl tie ball was completely
skimped with people, who were east enthusiastic when
nay opportunity .seemed kr the ereetioa of their rights
wat
TM =IMAN, in epeeist the preesedinp, Mated
Wet. netwitheensdios all the prophesies se to the remdt of
Side being out of eunployeteat, sot owe of them bed been
etarged with any breast of the ram, or with the mouths-
dm of any act which mold be masidered derogatory to
their body. He combided try sitting forth, in similar
teems to those which be bolemplepod on previous occasions,
the urgent claims of the workmen upon their masters, and
called upon Mr. 0. Usher to move the following resolution :
" That this meeting, believing it to be impossible, with
justice to the operatives, to resume work while they arc
called on as the preliminary to doing so to sign a declara-
tion, which would take from them all power of combina-
tion and every vestige of independence, pledge themselves
to remain firm in their refusal to consent to the terms en-
deavoured to be enforced upon them."
Mr. USHER. denounced the conduct of the directors of
certain railway companies, who, under a pretence of dis-
mounts ' any interference with the natural course of
trade, have led upon their workmen in the locomotive
departments not to assist in promoting the cause of men
who were out of employ in consequence of their having
been engaged In a combination against their em-
ployers. ltailway companies had themselves risen by
combination, and therefore they had no right to check the
advancement of their workmen, because they found the
necessity of amalgamating their interests fur one common
good. He trusted that the men who were now out of em-
ploy would not be intimidated by the circulars which hurl
been issued, as it was not likely that the directors would
risk the property under their control by turning off their
skilled workmen, merely because they had subscribed to-
, wards the relief of those who were engaged in this struggle.
` If the directors, however, should persevere in their resolve
he trusted that the public would interfere to prevent the
loss of human life which must arise from the employment
of unskilled labourers. He congratulated the members
of the society upon the firm attitude they had assumed,
and expressed a strong hope that they would continue to
, remain true to each other. .

Mr. W. BROWN seconded the resolution, and said he
was proud to think that his fellow workmen had refused
to sign a declaration which would have the effect of de-
praving them of independence for the future portion of their
lives. If their masters persisted in the course they had
commenced, this society must do all they could to establish
shops for themselves in which they might employ their own
members. _ .

Mr. W. NEWTON supported the resolution, observing
that since they last met much had been done towards
bringing this question to a conclusion, because
the proceedings of the masters had greatly contri-
buted to then (the workmen's) strength and unity. They
were now in possession of their code of rules, and they had
read the declaration, and they contended that that code of
rules and that declaration were calculated to confer great
advantages upon their trade. The most important
question for them to consider :was, what was to be
done : for the future. They could only resume their
employment upon the terms insisted upon at the
Wm they left,—the declaration must be withdrawn, and
mo other restrictions imposed; and they must declare
*Mr unwillingness to work overtime, or to work
by the piece ; and if they were compelled to do
so, lit should be only upon the understanding men-
tioned. One of the masters, it appeared, had abo-
lished the declaration, and his men were working
upon the terms they received from Ist to 10th of January;
and there was an agreement that if they worked overtime
they should be paid double wages. This was a proof that
the masters had felt the necessity of a prom understanding
between themselves and their workmen, and he hoped that
others would soon be induced to follow their example.
There had always been a good general understanding be-
tween masters and workmen in the iron trades, and it was
not until the masters turned the workmen out that any con-
test had arisen. The employers had brought the present
crisis upon themselves, and he felt assured that, if this so-
ciety persevered in their efforts, and the public remained
true to them, they would soon find that labour must ever
be regarded as the predominating feature in all the business
transactions of life. (Loud cheers).
The resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. CONINGHAM said there was one point on which
he felt considerable interest, and to which he had devoted a
great deal of attention—he alluded to the system of co-
operative associations. He believed that the principle in-
volved in throe associations was one of the most important
means that the working classes could adopt to
emancipate themselves from their present dependence on
the great capitalists of this country. It was the object of
the employers and capitalists to keep the working classes in
their present dependent state, and 'he (Mr. Coningham)
desired to point out to them the necessity of making them-
selves self-dependent. By pursuing a course calculated to
enable them to achieve this object they would ultimoilelly
succeed in securing the most beneficial results. In reds
the co-operative associations had been decidedly succomfial,
although every obstacle, political and otherwise, had been
thrown in their way. But notwithstanding the success of
these associations, such had been the effect of the meat
proceedings in the capital that emigration societies had been
formed for the purpose of conveying largo numbers of the
owners to the free shores of America. The beneficial
effect of those associations had, however, been abundantly
proved; and there could be no doubt that they would be
equally successful in this country, if properly carried out.
He considered that in the present crisis the employers had
acted in the most scandalous manner in trying to thrust
down the throats of their workmen a declaration which he was
proud to think they had resisted, and were determined to
resist. If the masters had their own interests, as well as
the interest of the public, at beast, they would lose no time
in withdrawing this declaration. Mr. Coningbam con-
cluded a brief address by calling attention to the fact, that
in Nantes and Rouen, the co-operative system had been
attended with the most satisfactory results, and that in cer-
tain instances, in the latter
.place, where the principle had
been abandoned, the working classes were in a moat mise-
rable condition. (Hear, hear.)
A vote of thanks was then pared to the chairman, and
the meeting separated.

THE KAFIR WAlL—Yesterday were printed, by
ceder of the Hones of Commons, two returns obtained by
flirWllllme Melseweeth, respecting South Africa. It ap-
pears from a examinations of the first return, that in 1860
the somber of Royal Artillery at the Cape of Good Hope
cues 901, and that in 1843 the number was 166. Of officers
of the Royal Engineers, in 1843, then were 7, and of the
Sappers and Miners there were 93 men; whilst in 1850,
eke taken of the Engineers numbered 10, and of the /lap-
pets sad Miners there were 202 men. From the second
return it appears that in 1860 the Tank and file numbered
4,068, whereas the number in 1843 was 2,684. The net
expenditure for military, civil, and naval establishments in
1110-60 was 292,819 f. 4s. 7d., and in 1843.44 the amount
was 346,0761.85. td.
BUCKINHHAM•IIIItE RAILWAT.—The half-yearly 1
ordinary meeting of the shareholders in this company was
held on Saturday, at the Easton station, Easton-square ;
Sir IL Verney, M.P., chairman of the directors, presided.
The secretary, Mr. Wadi* sled the following report :
" The so:pending* of theis,
thesitheasseehhe Railway Com-
paq having been dosed at the swath et the share capital
Maki is the ism . whisk less been executed to and by the
lASI= dal Itherk-Weelsen Railway Company, and the
had., and IllegapWeetwn Company having under-
lain. by deed, in
_defray any further outlay, the fenc-
eless of the brad have in a great measure ceased,
end it becomes lIIIIMININSzy to lay before the proprie-
tors any further risells of expenditure. The direc-
tses have to meth that they have received from the
Laden and North-Western Company, the first half-year's
seat, payable leader the leen which has been duly paid to
the preprithers. sod which Will be brought into account,
be ths p•el, at the next half-yearly meeting tut
win belf—yearly receipts and payments of dividend
at the periods of the meetings following such receipts and
payments. The direelies are happy to state that a short
Psis in farming a jennies with the Oxford, Worcester,'
WithildtMEOM Ins at Oxford, promoted by the Lon-1
dia gad SSA WOWS Railway Company, with the
MIN meat If Sit the posed standing orders ;
gad, kaki Is Os 11110. se dr future the direc-
Yee tryst that a kV aseseien of traffic from
Wises quarters, will be bees& upon the line, when
esaantions westward, now pesdesead, are finally carried
en t." The shimmy fa mewing the adoption of the re-
port, said the Nam was pig ea as well as could be ti-
nnier dills sisamalaasss, and when the projected
saassdeas with the West of Eng-
ginillailljetaliali Win are completed, no one, he
:=ltsle WIN satusistai with that part of the country
AM the IMMO would be greatly increased.
Should this be the use the shareholders in this company
would reap the lionelle They were, therefore, in
the satisfactory peillea of being secured against
= sad parentenil • dividend of 4 per cent.,
sollisi to whatever profits might
herealee arks am the Increase of traffic on their line. In
reply M a prethiethr, the secretary stated that during the
is Maths the meant of shares in wear had been reduced
to /1,,f11. It was sot to the advantage of the company that
these slam sheath be forfeited at present, as there was a
pesimenity that • portion of them would yet be paid up,
swim with the interest at 6 per cent. The directors
would most likely recommend at the next meeting that
thee* still in arrest should be forfeited, and turned into
stock. The report was then adopted. Mr. Lawson was
appointed a director in the place of Mr. R .Creed'; the other
directors were re-elected, and the proceedings then termi-
nated.
INCENDIARISM NEAR WINDSOR.--On Sunday
evening, soon after seven o'clock, a fire broke out in the
farm premises, near the dwelling house of Mr. Winder, in
Ike parish of Bray, about midway between Windsor and
Maidenhead. The speedy arrival of the borough engine
from Windsor, with the engines from the brewery of
Messrs. Revile, Reid, and Co., and from Windsor Castle,
happily confined the flames to two large barns, which,
with the con, and implements, were totally consumed. The
Ile continued to burn through the greater part of the
gild, but the house and adjoining sheds were saved.
There is every reason to believe that the premises were
wilfully tired, but no clue to the discovery of the offenders
bee been obtained. The lees was covered by an insurance
is the Ilan Fire-othet

WHAT WILL THE NEW

(Was tbe Daily New 8.)

Now that we have got what we are told is an
official list of the new cabinet.. I'M ma; without
temerity venture to speculate a little on what they
will do. Usually people are judged by their ante-
cedents, but on this occasion there are few antecedents
to judge by, for of the round dozen noblemen and
gentlemen who are to advise their SoveazioN under
Lord DERBY'S guidance, only three have ever been
in any cabinet previously. Not that we object to
them en that account. The country, we be-
lieve, can very well afford a change from the
" tried men," and will not be sorry to see a little
new blood in the cabinet, instead of the old series
of official hacks, wedded to old official notions,
and indignant at everything that was not con-
sonant with old official forms. At the same
time it would, of course, be quite as well that tho
new blood should be good blood. Is there any pro-
mise in the cabinet, as it is said to be composed?
Let us take the great questions of the day, and
see what the people are likely to get out of the
new ministry.
Upon the question of Reform, what is there to
hope for? Alas! there is nut much to expect
here. There is scarcely a member of the cabinet
who has nut opposed himself to the most popular
measures of constitutional progress, and especially to
the admission of the people to any share in the po-
pular representation. Individually the interests of
the new ministers are decidedly antagonistic to any
improvement of the representation that is based
upon a re-construction. The Duke of NORTH-
UMBERLAND is patron of Launceston ; Mr.
WALPOLE sits in the House of Commons by
sufferance of the Earl of Eestosr, as mem-
ber for the rotten borough of Midhurst;
Lord MALMESBURY sends his brother to parliament
as member for the parishes which constitute Christ-
church. Lord LONSDA LE is lord of Whitehaven.
Sir JonN PAKINOTON scats himself for Droitwich;
and, to crown all, Major Bent:sewn) was Mr. JOHN
ATTwooD's nominee and bottle-holder at that im-
maculate borough, Harwich. If we go out of the
cabinet, and search for purity among the subordi-
nates, who first challenge our attention ? Their
ATTORNEY-GENERAL buys himself a scat at Abing-
don, and the Marquis of CitiNuos represents his
own tenantry at Buckingham. To expect repre-
sentative reform from a government thus composed
would, indeed, be to expect figs from thistles.
The church one might hope to find improved, for,
taking the cabinet as a whole, there is only to be found
in it one thick and thin supporter of high church
principles - of episcopacy. in its integrity and with all
its profits—of the ecclesiastical commission and its
various maladministration. and abuses. But, unhap-
pily, that very member is found in the position of all
' others in which ho has most facility for carrying out
his principles unchecked by popular opinion and the
other members of his party. Upon the Hone SE-
CRETARY it devolves to attend to all questions that
especially concern ecclesiastical privilege, and in the
disposal of the crown livings, and even in the promo-
tion to the episcopal bench, the Hots SECRE-
TARY has much authority. Now, upon church
questions Mr. 110 RATIO WALPOLE'S views are
unfortunately too well known. From the benches of
the House of Commons it would, perhaps, be difficult
to select a more confirmed defender of ecclesiastical
abuse, or a more bigotted and perverse tractarian.
Take the subject of education. Run down the list
of the cabinet, and say if there is a single man of
whom there can be any hope upon that momentous
and most pressing question. The LORD PRESIDENT
of the COUNCIL IS specially charged with the
duty of presiding over what is call the educational
committee. It is due to the -Marquis of
LANSIX/WNE to say that the business of the educa-
tional committee under the late administration was
administered with liberality and judgment that de-
serves much praise. Great strides were made in his
time; strides, far indeed from being equal to the
magnitude and importance of the subject, but, never-
theless, strides which carried the question far in ad-
vance of its position antecedently. What hope is
there that the new PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL will
make the like advance? There is none, certainly,
to be derived from past experience of his official
career.
Law reform! Here is a field comparatively unoc-
cupied, and free up to the present time from party
conflict, on which the cabinet might have arrayed
their forces, and formed a line of battle against cor-
ruption and abuse. But, alas, great though the new
LORD CHANCELLOR may be as a Chancery lawyer he
is a man of years, educated in,—end, as there is
reason to fe-..r,—irrevocably wedded to all the anti-
quated forms and practices which are at the very
root and foundation of the evil. In the HOME
SECRETARY he has for a colleague a Chancery
practitioner, who, whatever may be his own view,
looks up with veneration to the LORD CHANCEL-
LOR'S opinion ; and in the SOLICITOR-GENERAL there
is every reason to expect another colleague will be
found, whose notions of equity are all derived from
Lincoln's-inn, and whose inclination to improve will
be equalled bY.his capacity.
Take financial reform. We have in the new
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER the only man of
liberal mind in the Cabinet, and almost the
only man competent to deal well with any sub-
ject he may grapple with. But whatever his forte
it is certainly not figures. The last member of
the administration from whom a distinct statistical

statement could be expected is Mr. BENJAMIN DIS.
RAELL Figures of rhetoric he does, indeed, indulge in ;
but those arc not the figures in use in counting-houses.
It is not easy to foresee how the soon-to-bo right
honourable gentleman will deal with those great
questions of financial reform which must speedily press
upon him, or how, if he attempts to deal with them,
he will be able to get over the difficulties which the
nature of the subject and his own want of experience
must inevitably suggest.
Connected with the finance of the country is its
trade. The idea of a quarter sessions magistrate,
I well skilled in Burn's Justice and the Game
Acts, being set up to manage the commercial interests
of this great commercial nation! What commercial
advantage is this extraordinary appointment to
secure to ns ? Protection has long talked of the
" home trade" it will create. Are the Oxfordshire
yeomanry to be incited to wear silk stockings, and
the Woodstock Union paupers to give encouragement
to cambric handkerchiefs? In what other way this
gentleman can increase the trading interests of the
country than by introducing our manufactures
among his own peasantry it is difficult to conceive.
What confidence the manufacturers and traders of
England can put in such a President is still harder
to imagine. Take them altogether, only ono verdict
is possible on the new Ministry. It is one that per-
haps might have suited England a generation ago,
but it will never do for 1852.

CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND.—A cor-
respondent directs attention to the expediency of an inquiry
into the management and amount of the superannuation
fund for the civil servants of the government. Out of the
salaries of a large portion of those servants 5 per cent. from
some and 2} per cent. from others, are deducted to support
the fund. Previous to 1829, a government officer could be
pensioned off at four-twelfths of his salary after ten years'
servitude; and, after a service of fifty years, he could be
pensioned off at his full salary. Since that period, the low-
est retiring allowance is three-twelfths of a salary, and the
highest two-thirds. It is believed that the superannuation
fund has increased up to the present time to an immense
amount. It is even asserted that it must be nearly two
millions sterling. If the whole of the Port-office servants
subscribe to this fund, as it appears is contemplated, a con-
siderable increase in the fund will be the result. One of
the members fur Bristol attempted, a few years ago, to
obtain some information respecting the superannuation
fond, but failed. The acts of parbunent relating to it are
the 4th & sth Wm. IV., cap. 24, sec. 10, and the 13 & 14
Viet., cap. 95, sec. 3.
ACCIDENT IRON NArfltA. —A fatal accident
lately happened at Brodiek, in the house of Mr. John Fut-
tartan, boot and shoemaker. Ms workmen during the
winter night* had been using naptha, or wood spirit, in
place of oil, in the lamps. One evening lately one of the
men went to fill a bottle of impala out of a jar, taking with
him Mr. Fullerton's little boy to hold a candle. While he
was filling the bottle, the naptha was allowed to com-
municate with the light, and immediately taking fire,
exploded with a loud noise, threw the boy down stairs
enveloped in flames, and set the house on fire. The boy's
roe du
n df: dr
burning cloth's, impregnated with the naptha, were all in
tthheattwboe
flames, which were estingulshed by snapping him in a
raicdhilwd"wasmssotansetivlen7l;:w:
phulatrnelircent.. MTehdeicpflo
did not long survive.—Edinburgh Witness.

TRIM) AND REIGATE ItaiLwaY.—Negotiations are
understood to be pending between the managing committee
of this company and the official manager, for the payment,
without further litigation, of the outstanding debts of this
concern, amounting to about 1,0001., together with the wets
incurred under the order for winding it up.

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