The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

LONDON, T HURSDAY, MARCH N.

Tut Times, Morning Herald, and other organs
of the Maar ministry in the press, will have it that
their party has had the advantage in the parlia-
mentary campaign that opened last week. They
maintain that Rho opposition have been obliged to
pause and change their tactics'. This is a stale
device of bulletin-writers. The history of modern
Europe is full of accounts of Te Bennis sung in
metropolitan cathedrals after crushing defeats. The
public is not so easily gulled.
Lord Di Her has received a marked and decisive
cheek: ho has been all but check-mated. Ilia first
declaration respecting the "course open to him," was
that, knowing himself to be in a minority in the
House of Commons. ho would postpone his protec-
tionist measure*, but would go on with the present
house in all other respects exactly as if he had •
majority. When first remonstrated with on the
unconstitutional nature of such a proceeding, ho
haughtily replied that he would not dissolve parlia-
ment before it suited his own convenience, and that
he would not tell when he intended to dissolve.
He further intimated his intention to submit various
important measures for the approbation of the pre-
sent House of Commons. Ono little week's expe-
rience (" nay. not so much") of the temper of parlia-
ment has sufficed to cow the ministerial Bubadil.
On Friday last he hastened to cry peeeari. He will
abstain from pressing any measures that arc not of
urgent and indispensable necessity t ho will dissolve
parliament in the course of the autumn, if not
sooner ; he will have an autumnal session of the new
parliament in order to ascertain its opinion on the
score of protection. Itobadil, when " planet-
stricken " under the influence of cudgel, Ancient
Piste!, when eating his leek after undergoing a (mi-
tigation from Fluellin, were faint types of the abate-
meat of swagger visible in Lord DERBY since he and
his CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER have been made
to run the gauntlet of parliamentary debate. If they
call this a victory, it is sincerely to be hoped they
may have many such.
The DERBY ministry stand pledged to close the
session and dissolve parliament as soon as they have
got through the indispensable business. Care must
be taken not to allow them to evade under any pre-
text the fulfilment of this pledge. The " indispen-
sable business" of the session means the money votes
and the Mutiny Bill—nothing more. But there
are two other things which, if allowed, they
would fain be nibbling at. They wish to carry a
Militia Bill, and they wish to settle what constitu-
encies are to have the seats in the House of Corn-

mons left vacant by the disfranchisement of St.
Albans and Sudbury. Both of these measures belong
to the class which the DERBY ministry have pro-
mised to refrain from meddling with. Any
improvised Militia Bill they can bring for-
ward can only give rise to Tape, scrambling,
interminable debates; the motion is not of
such urgency that six or seven months gained in
point of time can be regarded as of any moment.
As for the disposal of the vacant seats, that is too
palpablyan ingenious mode of conciliating voters to
listened to. The Mutiny Bill, the estimates, the
Appropriation Bill, and then a dissolution. That is
the only programme of sessional business that can
be tolerated.

The Denny ministry and their partisans affect to
be quite delighted at the prospect of an immediate
appeal to the constituencies. But their looks belie
their words. They arc preparing to march out of
parliament with much the same degree of alacrity
that poor Jobson left Justice luminesces parlour
under the safe conduct of Rob Roy. They are
evidently anything rather than at their ease about
the reception that awaits them out of doors. They
catch at any pretext for delaying their exit. They
restsible the bravo, when
He fitted the halter, sad traversed the cart,
Aad often took leave, yet seemed loth to depart.

All this only showe that ministers think they
have something to gun by putting off the evil day
of dissolution, and that therefore it is the interest of
every friend of progress, good government, and
liberal principles, to limey them on as fast as pm-
table. The convenient tab who seek to conceal or
extenuate their defeat, Abet to believe that it was
intended at one time to urge them are perempto-
rily to wind up the beam ef the week% by only
voting the supplies for three anthe ; sad that the
abandaseat of this alleged Intention betrays weak-
, sees mad ruination in die opposition. The story
tarries abenrdity on the bee of it. The late minis-
ters sad their partismas fern ao uniaiportant part of
the sigma appeals% end hew seat they have
been expestd M7iemmaarr to their own abates? But
what the eppesitien have not yet thee& of doing
they may be driven to do, if it sell appear that
ministate are seeking, under Labe pretences, to spin
out the minion, and prosrailisste the act of dissolu-
tion. Mr. Awocr Amami es Malay night, that
if shy lamentable saber ea his side of the house
diss , notwitlwrir lAnp; the opinion of the
salema J. Museum.), to ealetwoor to limit
the nly to three or six nesell% be asuld le per-
Indy -tray to Jae him" AM say =AA shaf-
eanlveentisarriatbseErt of Maim evinc-
ing a of a bastes the meek% mut yet
have the sea of Mae oppaidea to eat the
Gordian last, by eibpdar the sewed= of Mr.
Atrocir. All the " ef the
house can easily be got is three sr four
weeks, and the general elesdatesibt to be essoladed,
at the last, to June.

Ta neirmial et the Warrington Loral Cam-
Winn Me tltie Ostmelselsame et the Industrial Exhi-
bide% 'alibi we pablidsed y, is at once a
enamellist of the rap we had previously
and a prest dad the contributors to the
guarantee hal are sensible of their
and prepared to tot upon them.
ourselves, it the first place, to the
imaleidnal ease of W . That town contri-
buted 1101. towards the • lion guarantee fund.
The Onnbrioners weal devote the whole of that
fund—the Warrington INL Seleied—te mow me-
=twiertaki ng. The lin etestabliting a een mg=
hetitution for -untied seems
obtained. Than is still meet ft& of •
the Omni Pens bet it nem talk way. attempt
to get up ea ninths he that pewee ems vary
late. Irma di met Wren wham the hes is Ink they
may spare thamelves the bauble of hemessring
awn at the mein mos. Towards the time of the
when all the wadi won it raptures with
the Crystal Palace, at all bat animeas prayer he
Ite preservation would hoe boss Mini up; but the
in it—little asditsble thank it be to human con-
7-the Cryan Pain has comparatively
ent af meals memories. Since the Exhibition
Awl. there be. lam Lome NAPOLEON'S coup (Mug
tad Ind Doan% tessuoirm to office—dreams of in-
vades sad trasup7Limil letters about rifle clubs,
dreams of • mete
ritation of protection'
—to talk indthin neat. The only central, metro-
politan applisation (or aeloppileation) of the Exhibi-
tion guarantee fond that is within the range of pro-
bability, is the erection of some stone (or brick) and
mortar monstrosity, to add to the long list of similar
jobs that already disgrace the metropolis. This
would be to waste the money; therefore, say the
Warrington local committee, give us back our con-
tribution to the fund, and we will bind ourselves to
dispose of it in a way at once creditable to ourselves,
useful to the public, and in the spirit of its original
destination.

What the Warrington Local Committee propose
to do with the 1501. they raised towards the Exhi-
bition guarantee fund is this : In 184,4, a public
library and museum—the Ant of its kind In the
kingdom—was established in Warrington under the
Museums Act. This institution has, during the flat'
three years of its existence, been visited by upwards
of 2.5,000 persons. Its annual income is amply suffi-
cient for the preservation and augmentation of books
and specimens, but it is not yet wealthy enough to
have a house of its own to live in. Its collections
are deposited in a building temporarily hired, not