The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-08 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH

The Count and Countess Walewski left London on
Saturday evening for Paris. The suddenness of their de-
parture gave rise to several rumours; some of them of a
grave and serials impart. attributing this unexpected de-
parture of els• 'ma ambes‘adur to muses more pressing
than mere "rinds sibs."—obserser.—(lt is said M.
Turgut is to come to Lasko as Ambassador from France.]

WR. SMYTHE, M.P.
TO Till 1131701 07 71111 DAILY NEWS.

Sta,—ln one of your articles yesterday you do
me the honour of paying me a compliment to which I am
not entitled. You say that " even Mr. Smythe has left off
indulging in historic fancies, and writes good English
in the columns of a newspaper."
Now inasmuch u I have not written a line (with the ex-
ception of a review of Mrs. Norton's novel) in any news-
paper since April, 1819, I am obviously without any pre-
sent claims upon your favourable criticism.
And lam naturally unions to receive neither blame nor
praise for works other than my own.
I am, Ike.,
crEORGIE SYDNEY SMYTHE.
March 5, 1852.

RUT.tL COLLEGE Or Sunneons.—Tho following
gentlemen were admitted members of the college on the
6th cost.:—Messrs. A. Atkins, Mile-end-road ; J. 11. Crisp,
Bath ; W. P. Kirkrann, Woodbridge, Suffolk • J. M'Cann,
Parliament-street ; C. Goring. Denims ; W. PilkingLon,
Leyland, Lancashire ; C. T. Puke, lion. East India Com-
pany's service ; N. Rbind, Ross, Herefordshire; B. C. Beale,
Bedford-square, Stepney; and & Walmaley, Liverpool.
SUSPECTED NICRDER OP AN ENGINEER.—The
friends of Alfred Jewell, the engineer, who, having signed
the masters' declaration, and returned to his work, wu on
the 11th ult. found dead in the Surrey Canal, have canoed
bills to be issued, stating that having good reason ti believe
that he met his death by unfair means, the reward of 100/.
will he paid by them to any party who will give ouch
evi-
deuce as may lead to the discovery, apprehension, and con-
viction of the parties who were instrumental in causing his
death. All information is to he forwarded to the Inspector
of l'olice, at the Southwark l'olice Station ; or to Nears.
Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Jeukinson, No. 29, Losalasrd-
street.

TERRIDLT. EXPLOSION of FIRE-DASIP.—A very
serious explosion of fire-damp occurred on Friday morning,
at Birchwood Colliery, near Alfreton. At 2 o'clock, it ap•
pear, the holers,' according to their general custom,
went to work at the pit. Between 6 and n they were fol-
lowed by the other workmen ; and there wire then cr men
and boys in the pit. following their aceostomed Remotions.
At ri o'clock a tearful explosion of firedamp occurred,
doing great injury to the works, and endangering the lives
of the whole body of collier., some of whom, it was believed,
will not survive the extensive injuries they have received
from the burning gas. At 9 o'clock four of them only had
been got out of the pit, their clothes and hair being coop
pletely burned off their persons ; they were all suffering
greatly, and were not expected to survive. The most active
exertions were Ming used, whin our informant left, fur the
release of the remainder of the workmen, and we trust the
efforts to administer succour will be sucees.ful. The n. port
of the explosion wax heard a considerable distance (runt
Birchwood, and such was its force, that corr., pieces of coal,
and rubbish were blown out of the pit with great force.—
Derbyshire (Angier.

THE ELECTIONS.
STAMFORD.
RETURN OF MR. HERMES.

On Saturday last the re-election of Mr. Herrin took
placed Stanford. The procerding• wen held on hustings
erected on the Corn-hill, and in front was a large ssaemblage
of the electors and tnechAiiics of the town, who, according to
Stamford custom, gave the " Burghley candidata " u
rather rough reception. The uproar continued during the
whole of the time occupied in reading the precept mid the
Bribery Act, and ones of " Hurrah for Free Trade,"
" The Big Loaf," dc., were abundant.
Mr. norm:mon proposed, and Mr. CHAS. IleiTcoen
seconded, the nomination of Mr. Barrios.

Mr. 11.EllIti ES, on proceeding to address the electors,
met with considerable interruption. IYhen order was
somewhat mitered, he proceeded to say :—The circum-
stances which have called me here are, indeed, of a very
peculiar charaoter.(Reneweel clamour) A sudden change
in the councils of the kingdom is • matter of no ordinary
import to 101 who reflect on its interest and it. fortunes.
That sudden change aloe involves the great question of
public policy on which the country has been .0 long divided.
On that subject of public policy I know I have hitherto held,
and I know I shall continue to hold, an opinion in accord-
ance with the sentiments of the inhabitants of Stamford.
(Cries of " No, no," and " You represent only Lord
Exeter.") In answer to the butt. gentleman who made
that remark, I beg to my, that I have, always considered
myself, since I have been member for Stamford, a. the re
prosentitive of the whole of the people—not tir rely the
elector, but the inhabitants at large. 1 call on you will to
consider whether, in the great change that hes just taken
place, there are not involved topics of the deepest interest
to yourselves. In the first place, the great subject
of durerenee betweus tho late government and
those who have continued atedfastly to oppose
their principles—althnugh it was not the !atter who over-
turned them—war, that they &wren eel, as I think most
unjustly, cruelly, and fatally perhaps, the interest of the
greatest, the largest, and the wealthiest clan in this
country—l mean that or the landed interest. (Cheers and
uproar.) lam the last who would envy the prosperity, or
do anything to affect the stability of the commercial inte-
rests of England. It has been my fortune to hold office
fur very many years, and that fact enables me to prove, by my
conduct. that I inn as liberal in my commercial policy us
many of thou who adopt what is called free trade prin-
ciples. To enlarge the sphere of commerce, to remove all
difficulties which may impede its extension, were the
maxims of those who preceded the late free trade
ministers. That was the policy of the late Mr. Buhl.-
son ; and those who agreed with him, of whom I
was One, did achieve a useful alteration of our laws
in favour of the interests of commerce; but at the same
time, while we were solicitous to afford every possible means
of extension to that important department of our common
industry, the commerce of the country, we felt it our duty
not to lose sight of other interests, and particularly that
which had ewe proved of such great importance to the
prosperity of the country—the landed interest. Of late
years there has been a most severe depreletion in that im-
potent and influential hranch of our great national industry
—a depression which has affected not merely the lend-
owners and the farmer", hut also the labourers, who have
found in lowered wages a diminution of the means of
subsistence, and all those things wlich contribute to their
comfort soul happiness It is on this question that there is
the widest difference between our predecessors and our-
selves, and it is fur you, the electors of Stamford, now to
determine whether you do, or whether you do not, approve
of that course which we have pummel. (A cry of "We
have not the chance.") We are not of that class of polls
ticians who awn one principle to-day and another to-
morrow. You may be sure that those who have fought the
bottle of the landed interest for very many years are not
likely, as some of our predecessors did, suddenly to change
the opinions they entertained, throw off all regard Mr those
they have co-operated with successfully, end seek the sup-
port of souther p .rtion of the country. (Cheers.) On this
subject I will not detain you further, ;because I am well
aware, notwithstanding the occasional disturbances which
have been created, that you understand your interests too
well—(A voice : " Say Lord Exeter's interests ")—nut to
be desirous of supporting those who are anxious to uphold
those iuterests. (Free trade for ever.) Having stated that
the efforts of the late government to ri strain the
attempted Papal Aggression had his cordial concur-
recce, he proceeded as follows :—ln furthering that
system pursued by the late government when in
power, you see aware that, among other things,
I they **ippon.' what was called free trade, lint
which in point of fact may be reduced to the
I simplest proposition, of universal application—the
cheapest market principle. In the application of that
system, the late government proposed, and unfortunately
carried, the repeal of the navigation laws of this kingdom.
Now the navigation laws were intended to protect not
merely the interests of the shipowners, but the interests of
the nation at large, and particularly to 'observe the eftl•
ciency of that great naval power which won of so much im-
portance to the peace and security of this country. Not-
, withstanding all the etfirts that were made by those who
now held the position of administering the affairs of
government, that repeal of the navigation laws was un-
turtmaately carried ; and I am now here to tell you—and I
tell it with great regret—that the effect produced by that
unfortunate illeThire is quite equal to that which our worst
fears anticipated. In consequence of that invasion on one
of the great institutions of the country, there has arises a
diminution in the proportionate weight of British shipping
of this country is comparison wdli the advance in shipping of
some trade. be longing to other countries. Thos. who have
now undertaken the difficult task which, not their efforts, but
the give nuastanees of the country, and the conduct of their op-
ponents has imposed upon them, do not enter upon the
career before them without the strongest sense of the diffi-
culties which surround them, and without the strongest
feeling that they seed all the support of all those who enter-
tain the same feelings which they do ; and not only that,
but the support of those who look with anxiety to the well-
being of this country. (Cheers.) I wish you well to under-
stand, that riot one of those has entered upon the onerous
task imposed upon him without feeling the need of all his
exertions and all his courage to meet the difficulties
and resistance which will be offered, and that it will require
all the confidence of the country, all the assistance which
the constituencies who have now to return members to par-
liameut, cau offer, in order to enable them to encounter the
difficulties they see before them. I entreat you, therefore,
to receive with indulgence the assertions I now make—that
if you do me the honour to return me to parliament, you
will not find me wanting is any efforts to maintain
the contest now before us. In common with those
with whom I am now associated in the adminis-
tration, you will not find me flinch in courage
to face the heavy responsibilities of our position—you will
nut find me deficient in energy and determination to carry
out those principles which I have ever professed, and Which,
on my conscience, I believe to be for the honour, the glory,
and the welfare of this kingdom. (Cheers and uproar.)
There is now ouly one other topic to which, seeing your im-
patience, I am disposed to advert, and that is, the topic
which occasioned the resignation of the late govern-
ment. They were beaten on • question for better
ensuring the safety of this country, called the Militia Bill.
I believe some measure of that description to be, in the pre-
sent aspect of the public affairs of Europe, highly necessary
in this country ; and I have no doubt these who succeeded
the late government will feel it their duty to propose to par-
liament such an amended measure as may terve to maintain
the safety and tranquillity of the country. But when I say
this, I beg to In elderly understood as not being one of those
who entertain any opinion that there will be a rupture of
peace between this and other countries. I believe
that the pinky pursued must be consistent with prudence;
and at the same time I say that if any aggresdve disposition
should be shown on the part of other states, England will be
prepared at once to vindicate her honour slid defend her
interests. Mr. Berries was on the point of concluding,
when a person in the crowd asked him what he had got to
ay about the Reform Bill ? Ile replied that if Lord John
Russell's bill had got to a stage to enable him to do so, he
should have voted against it. He was for all useful reform
that could be shown u such, but not for change for the
mere sake of change. (A voice—" The Ballot.") Ile was
against the ballot. (Another voice--" You would not be
here if we had the ballot.") In conclusion, he said he
should he prepared to give the utmost practical support to
the landed interest of this country.
No other person having presented himself for a hearing,
the mayor declared Mr. Berries to be elected ; and the
prom-imp terminated with three groans for Lord Eacter's
nominee.

BRISTOL—Our correspondent writes :—Tho pro-
ceedings in reference to the coming struggle have in this
city now assented a definite form. The resignation of Mr.
Philip Miles, the protectionist, bad been anticipated, but it
was not made known to the constituency t,ll Saturday morn-
ing. The h in. member was induced to lake this step by the
state of the ra 'inter, which for the last four or five years has
beau carefully worked by the liberals, but almost wholly neg-
lected by the conservativ.i. A careful examination of the
list convinced Mr. Miles and his friends that his re-election
was entirely out of the question, and he very wisely and
very candidly determined upon making his boW. Mr. Lang-
ton's address touches upon the great question in a manner
which is deemed highly satisfactory. Mr. Langton is at
present serving the office of chief magistrate. The im-
preomion i., looking at the state of the register, that Mr. H.
Berkeley and Mr. Langton will be returned unopposed.
Since the foregoing was written there are rumours of a
meeting of the conservative leaders to be held on Monday
(this day), to consider whether anything, and what can be
done It is said that all the local tories appealed to have
retool to lend "the forlorn hope," and that efforts arc to
be made to induce some one who is unacquainted with the
local ferling and the real state of the register to come
forward.

lluaT, LANCASIIIRE.—it is expected that Mr. R.
N. Philip., brother to the late excellent member for Man-
chester, will be a candidata for this borough, in place of
Mr. Walker, who retires. Mr. Philips is a free trader and
liberal, exceedingly popular with the constituency of Bury.
An agent of Lord Goderich is said to have been down at
Bury. Nut only would a protectionist candidate be un-
popular there, but besides this his recent litigation with the
1103rd of Guardians to remove them from the workhouse
has rendered hint unpopular, and a nominee would stand a
bad chance.

hAsT hciMr.uukT.—Up to the present time there
is no conservative candidate fairly in the &Id. A regal-
sition is still being hawked about asking Mr. Ilippisley to
come forward, but it is said to have met with a lem general
acceptance than had been expected. It has leaked uut also
that the famous meeting at Farrington Gurney was got up
by the would-be candidate and his agent, and without pre-
♦tously vomiting the committee of the Farrington Gurney
Agricultural Association, in whose name it was called. Mr.

Hippieley has put oat no addreso, bat a letter from him to
an sisal anand MaMitaird, ha. been printed, in which he
asys, "1 Walt It do elite greatest importance that the die-
esammammot sad Eames eseesionimi chiefly to the agricul-
tural interest from*, unlimited importation of eempars-
tiyely climaxed Wefts labour should be removed, that it is
clearable to impose import clones on all ggaa oesameditire
which tend by their free ,introduction to iMplsee Bridal
industry."
LEEDS.—It will be recollected that at a meeting of
the liberal eleeton, held last Monday,, it was determined to
invite Sir George Goodman, and Mr. James Garth Mar-
shall, the present liberal member, to become candidates at
the neat election, subject to their consent being obtained.
Since then Sir George has consented to stand, but Mr.
Meatball has declined, on the ground of ill health. The
liberals limy consequently been on the look out for another
candidate, and the name at present mentioned with most
favour is that of the Hight Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines,
late President of the l'our Law Board, and one of the re-
presentatives for Hull.
L's'Me ItEnts.—An address to the electors of this
borough has been issued by John Satchill Satchel', Esq.,
of Spiting House, Dowienthire. The hen. gentleman ex-
presses his confidence in Lord thirby, and unhesitatingly
subscribes to his views, as expressed by the noble lord on
acceding to office. Admiral Phipps Hamby, C.B , the
uncle of Lord Derby, has also been announced
Tnutto.—A correspondent says that Mr. Monta-
gue Smith it to be brought forward again in the conserva-
tive interest, and that his brother is zealously working the
constituency in his behalf.
WEsTIIINSTER.—A retrisition is in course of sig-
nature calling on Captain R. Peel, H.N., third son of the
late baronet, to stand fur Westminster un the principles of
his late father.

CONFLICT AND ALLEGED MUTINY ON
BOARD AN EMIGRANT SHIP.

On Saturday, the inhabitants of Liverpool and
Birkenhead were thrown into a state of considerable alarm,
by the report that a conflict was going on en board the
Queen of the West, Captain Mon, emigrant line of packet
ship, then lying in the river. The rigging, .cud every
available place out of the reach of &lege'', was observell to
be ,irosviled by the passengers, whose erica of terror brought
some of the ferry steamers alongside the ship; when it was
secertained that the captain and chief mate were each
armed with a sword, and engaged in actually cutting down
the seamen. As soon as possible the ship was boarded by
officers, when the captain gave twelve of his men lute cus-
tody upon a cherge of mutiny. They were most of them
severely injured; une of them bad his arm nearly mitered
just below the elbow, and ho was immediately taken a..ho•e '
and conveyed to the Liverpool Noithern Hospital. The
others, with the captain and chief mate, were at first
brought to the Liverpool Centrai Police Office; but as the
disturbance had taken place on the Cheshire side of the
river, those who were not so severely wounded as their
companione were transferred to the pul.ce authorities at Bir,
kenhead, where they will undergo examination before the
Cheshire niugietretee on Monday limning.
From the statements of the captain end chief mate it ap-
pears that the Queen of the 11 est, which is one of the
largest packet-shim leasing the port of Liverpool, hauled
out of the Wellington Dock about 11 o'clock in the fore noon,
on her voyage to New York. When anchored in the river,
awaiting the turn of the tide, one set of officers was engaged
in calling the roll of emigrants, and the captain and chief
mate began to muster the crew. Twenty-six answered to
their name•, when one of the crew, Alexander Jack, Stepped
forward and observed to the captain that they were short
handed, and that the proper complement of men for a ship
like that would be 30. The captain alleges that he was im-
mediately struck by sonic of the crew ; but the latter as
positively assert that the captain first struck the seaman re-
leered to. He this as it may, both sides admit that Jack,
hissing been pushed or struck aside, retorted upon the cap-
tain, who was instantly knocked down, and the crew gene-
rally joined in defeilding their messmate, while the chief mate
ran aft, and returned with a revolver pistol, a cutlass, and
a sword. The pistol he snapped at the head of one of the
men, but it mimed tire. The captain took the cutlass, and
both used the weapons is the manner stated at the com-
mencement of this report. flaviii,r eubjug ited the ring-
leaders, the captain had one of the men tied up and gave
bin, a dozen lashes upon his bare back. Captain Mors, im-
mediately on the appearance of the police under Mr. Super-
iutendent Hyde, charged 12 seamen with riot and mutiny,
and they were immediately handcuffed. Some of them hail
received severe injuries, principally by sword euta. The
captain also was badly beaten, and s:►tel that the men hail
struck him with " belaying pins." The names of the men
in custody are:—James Blake, James Fowler, (leurge Fare.
man, Alexander Jack, Henry Downs, William Perry East-
wood, James Thompson, Join Morton, James Turner, John
Drones (of Wats rford), and Thomas mown (a Norwegian).
The Queen of the Wi et has heretofore been commanded by
Capt. Hallett, Mr. Mors being his chief mate, until her last
vu} age, and the men complain strongly of his conduct on
that occasion, as well as of the cctra work devolving on
them from what they allege to be a short einupl,usent of
hands.