The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

ViESTMINSTER.

On Saturday J. Macqueen, Esq., commenced re-
vising the lints for the parish of St. Clenk.nt Danes, in the
Court of the Lords Justices, in Westminster Hall. Very
few of the persons upon whom objections hod been served
appeared, and their names were eonsiikuently struck out.
In some cases the person employed to serve the notices
upon barristers and others living in chambers bad not been
able to find the name upon the entrance door, and had,
therefore, given the notice paper to the first boy he bad
met with, or bad dropped it upon the stairs. It was sub-
mitted that this was a sufficient service within the terms of
the set, which directed the objection to be nerved at the
place of abode of the voter "as stated on the list." The
list in general stated only the number of the house, and not
the Boor upon which the voter resided, and it was held that
leaving the notice paper at the house was sufficient.

OF BRITISH SHIPPING.

We hare much pleasure (says the Sunderland
News) in printing the following report of the Sub-
committee of the South Shields Shipowners Society, is
reply to the Shiiiowners' Society of Sunderland, on the
abilities of British Shipping, with a view to an application
to pariiament for their removal or mitigation:
0 To the Chairman of the Sunderland Shipowners' Society.
Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your tiger
Jar of the 25th ult., together with a copy of the raped M
the subcommittee, appointed by the committee of Ohs
Shipowners' Society of Sunderland, to inquire into the
burdens pressing soma the shipping interest, with a view to
their removal or mitigation. These documents have bees
laid before a meeting of the committee of this society, end
I am now directed to forward to you, agreeably to your
request, the opinions entertained thereon.
" With the opinions of the sub-committee, expressed on
the various subjects referred tom their report, the opinions
of the committee generally agree.
" With regard to the examination of masters and mates,
the committee consider it es almost the only really valuable
portion of the Mercantile Marine Act. From the experience
they have had in the working of the Local Examining
Board, established in 1835, and still in active and efficient
operatioo, the committee arc enabled cordially to join with
you in anticipating very great advantages to result from the
present examinations under the act. They are, however, of
opinion, that unless Nome discretion be exercised with regard
loth* examination of mates, much detention and lose will
inevitably occur. owing to the great difficulty of obtaining
mates, with certificates of competency, for small vowels at
the outports, especially in cases of emergency. Is mar le
afford seamen greater facilities for acquiring the era.... try
scientific knowledge of their profession, the staples receipts
tithe marine boards in each locality should be appropriated
to the establishment of sailors' homes, with nautical wheels
attached. Were such an application made of the
cash, the deficiency, if any, w-uld be readily supply by
voluntary contributions.
" The committee are of opinion that there ought to has
total abolition or a great reduction of the light dose, said
• thorough remodelling of the entire system. They are
also of opinion that the whole of the laws, regeisibee, sad
ratio of pilotage demand revision. The PISS are, is gassy
instances, excessive, the laws went, and the 1111/114SAINS
altogether unsuited to the 'Mummies ef the Imes. =l4
ballast should immediately he esmogiesd item the
to employ pilots, and a semidembis rillibrome mob let the
mot charged where MOM lOW IN 11111.1114
thee dm duties on obretor mdse. bMs el beak
sad as policies of kermeersh tile,
to be the
latter being meet eidennesldek, see raw* is Wks mere
eremite% -bet as essedenting • lan on paidniee. The
timber dative, they emosim, ought die be be assitted,
sad remove the minim mint ohJeetisenble siseemly of •
duty Wag bogged es the timber imporeedte babe British
shim. while imams-
ee. balk skips, fully apipped, Ns be im-
parted
" The weaker ef eN esenalar system Igoe your sub-
emealttrie *breve, my meatisfactely, sad the payment by
Ito injurious, by SIAM meek an bend adircne to those
whom it is their dayb pretest sad sodit. The emend is
rushed to 'edify le sad elm Omsk las Mph ertidee,
and abs to seek seem seibmitsted, et Os mese
Yee. a &UM tor each certifkste, thus his • blest
Interest in the disobedience and &sorties et sews.
Sines the - discoveries is adders* the t 0... of the
eland at Cam sompelsd te hem inspeased Ind per sir
nem beet this smug dons, tee Lae a emu the ammilbe
presnms, tow pet in *good: by very SWAM mortises*
mum lowebordisaties or desertion.
"The eommittn sa of 'vision that the severtilMeat
hewed to see that other misetriee place British ships spin •
wad equitable Ilsodociytiter bevies granted SO great
bees to esmistt freedom to suf.
Ids le tdareetabisr:7; pea the BAIA em-
pire, and mm
boes etrearay aligns sf greater
714fil•Itabeisl es ibey=ilZersies we leg Mae that
of Eug wry ow to be made to M-
ince the gemenesent MAWR idle lbws the pusellre im-
posts sod emeriselme Lid es DAM um* Is hedge
se otherwbe beesseinne Mopehllocioseeeded whet
IP'ethetiaatirly raise le
On :he other edigeslog=reed es Islitire2Tont-
stitte's report, namely, likes to elhipmernen te ma their
mewls with British and hats seems se their audios ;
the adapeaties of light, to meant eeWsasiplain leis;
the Trisitrlbesse metes $ and Mains Miesdas ems-
esedise mete= Melees deb emblems Aro
wise than Iguana ef smilmolle
esetaised =tie itswever, two ether onlosele
me abided Is la ills mast whisk the ninillse deem e
esmidceshio imprimis is theiddi eh/p em
ewees.be ; f
8. I. The power while mimes mune MI dew &air
maids* ef ousiment, is • hedge pert, Is ester the Mnp.
Os this point thousandths* would remark that the edeple.
of the Stiquitess pried* it involves is unwoethy the rit-
vent:neat of a greet eseatry like Inglead, "thigh eyed to
act otherwise thaa exhibit an ISlMigis of dialessester
British subjects, by enabling seams is boa a
for their Meat. or nem for that of tie senstryrCirem
entailed ss a meld being crippled, by nave* the member
of liar mew, is est the esly evil of doe imam ; it is alma a
fruitful seem of alesiedience sad as of duty on the
part of sames. The detsralaelies le eater the sin is
=held mew the man as • theme when their sr
demands me refused. or *mem seeded ger
Need. Many Matinees hem (maned- wises mask have
hun serifs ties fee months with geed nail le-. the beet
Beap canting beams ebbs sad elm, sad the arrival
eta moref-wer is pet her et ease ibellesesd the karma.
the dumb sod essubst of the mew beseming usrontii-
ebb sat mud perplesheig to the seder.
0 The power, slew to take mum out of asmohomtme-
mob by came edoessf war Ave at hedge Madsen is veer
piste their awe, fe Illsalissily not mass% Lawn fell
Isfiae sompossatisa is eiteurime towilessil be the injury

"a. Salvage claims made by officers and mews in the
British nave. The committee are of opinion Ant the prin.
eipal use of a navy, in tines of peace, is to send pass-
nen, advice, and assistance, to the general sidp =
10 ntfd
00•tfe• the COMMIT ' and they ..nisi! • is
policy and the jade* of Queen's ships, eat of ib•
r... 1 taxation of the eouatry, easambobonsil hr the git•
sera protection of our trade, havim say asios firs
salvage under any eircuntstancirs.' This suffileals Ole NEM
oaten are happy to observe' is ocimpyiog a eseislffinnhis
share of the attention of the public pew. nay
forward with this an extract from the Daily News, OM
tabling a few cane of exorbitant claim', fur your pers.
sal; other instances equally flagrant have tome under'
the notice of the committee, and with others as oppressive
year committee are doubtless familiar. Such cases ate new
atikappily too frequent, and patent to every one at all esmi
versant with maritime insurance. The committee regret le
say so much against an honourable profession, but they have
frequently found Queen'• officers more exorbitant in their
demand', and non difficult to settle with, within* nouns
to courts of law, than regular salvoes.
" The committee cordially (anew with tbe satpeelfle
contained in the report, as ec. the *spoilt:way d eboandas,
et ea early period daring the neat smakim Of ISMUMMemti
parliamenta committee to inquire into the beam es
shipping. Tiny eleanot conceive that Ism Nwkwlfe
verameat eta wee any very valid objeetiondriM the
regmellea; they would, therefore, semis
IMO ts;•=im this object obeli- emen=e
aisindeiliwohe weamittur desire to tipir
whit Wire
W Wlll.lllll sad to-orriteititit suatittee el
the ' • , sad with the le.
Adel et pert% in le Aide the newel
Odle Wine white met mewl seweely es SAM
=let redi Am whisk it is sow
AN brow lasmulkllileggitios=
em, fir, weird
Joauralimouri WNW

DRAMA.
THE MEOWS.
Oa Sabehip night the Princess's Theatre Fa-
eroese Ida great iclat. hue was • fall house, and •
pod eingeay ; there were geed pleas, sad there was peat
soppleen. Desideeini hew =see public aIIMISMININI
feet et pessia% We lie that Mr. C. less be
esal_si • goatee pulls hem& la sabotages es • se-
em
to flegesehea.
Oa Seeen wore those Sew • ideal he
an Mee, ""'
usesOseeiss• '"era"
the sews' et wialtarair Dka
" She Mee Downa." la "Osidena Dish= "
Ran owegesseed with the eneatineei insmies INA he
passe hes empleed • sew slesei6 lathe legesseaelies of
De Chaim Renal " by 11r.lrebee Imp Mr. wigs.'.
wh.Yt tea wee—ertheat Wignak
_sae ate,
enestly, the villessoK vet giMsenab ebereefier the
lboeat father et the Pees but bee Neleiglieed. Mr.
Levy is, ia rupee, ea entreeilie Se Gibbligh-
met ; se& weakly, Ms @spleen to ages etieseelve
rim is Mime that Ms enpablibiss w egaissielea by
HThe
mansgen.
" Palma Deana " b seas iddly Preach led
whether it is so else • treadetisa se le slaw within the
mope of the sew ineurnatiewil es_
_treaty, we are net
aware. Ms. Denieleank b smog dm
meta writs. he pewee d seesenstice, being to.
ferior to wee ta etas imposts sad ea this MN&
lion he bee maim • pis/ fall of peat led des&
Son—quite hoilltbrMtino relknan is
abstract Mem* The "Prima Dona " ki •
Stella (Mies Reek • ), ehe bee been fished est
of the street by Defier Beillein (Mr. Atillissa), • physician
residing to SsMerL fitlrSa has • peat voice (quite a
Coaswlo story), sad, le lanisam the seeder el her bene-
factor and his Mistily, she less wlathe elege tel ebinhe
at La Seals the pedant 'Mies Dena. As- Prima Dawes
she is wooed by many; bat she Is won by Cowie Erie sus
Mansfitelt, a yourg ease in the Austrian service, who
desires to be; hat is fachlads• to de se by his hem/.
• minister. The. me the desenilieses the eras 'ter is
requested to beagles whoa the mania haws vp. In ihe
first act Nutlet bee fed from Mika le hie Swim hem. She
finds that her leseshetor's laugher, Shrove (Miss 1.
brWs Y dybg el • disease, the lbw ef whisk the
ether imaW nesetais ; It is suably dimmed
that this beady is love. Marganot, whoa elegies with
her hair et ma hotel ea the Lake el Cabe, is base
awakened la the eight by sir of he. She betel ham
sheet el Saw, sad she is may lest, whoa ;iim
man (Erie, of loarie) rushes- the bursts,'
risme the yeses tidy. She seas his but that seement ;
but his image (that is the pear) Y Indelibly Impressed an
her Meet; sad, heat seeks of the eight of the le-
loved °beset, she is silage gradually into the
grave. /lathe Is rest* to Mills her sad and unsusposted
story, Coast Eric reeks tag la swarth of his Stella. liar-
pare poreeives the welitlinsma features and faints avow.
Not* believing Marmot la dyke, and anxious to
=she bee isethbed baggy, entreats Eric torolgs a
Ym pawls% eel to slime bedew he Meg_eret which
The aloes hob he the prise
ia dlniasj thee eta the let act
madmadepee with Skis .121614
"La Mote et Mho. lb* bee hese
the refs Milo Ms impure on Idea ; he has
ascaPaid Melrers bee ; used the result is, thee
Marredvegosty moms heel* sad is rejoicing In the
mere ef ken returned. /pie reams es Stella ; and der
sew chair plot and Slab discovers that the
Ire for arra Erie bee he at last really dull,
wed in hes unesilletrese the berself, ream boa
Ira, and .elm liseperet sad Me= hthee
happy. But the outclass Is set
meatless. All this time she hoe persecuted
Ley
cab airle anwr.s.
uel, whabeasharesetiltlirt:V. harVali
her ch..= ills, and who, is the behalf of the hone,
risks his *life. Of mane whoa Eric is lest te bee,
Nitta accepts the hankie, mad the beaker being
enormously wealthy, it is thus the poetical justice
appealed to is to fled. The piss has, of course,
its
absurdities. Bankers don't hasher alter haughty ladies,
particularly when they are actresses; and whither in love
or cot " lioatiles and Co." do not make themselves ridi-
culous. Again, young Swiss ladies do not commonly
die away of lore of young gentlemen they have
but once seen ; and operatic ladies would hardly,
under the circumstance', reject Mamas mil/Maims
in favour of Vienna cadets. Bat there is the
presupposition of a pleasant story; and the situations it
provides for tell wonderfully. Tie dialogs* is full of point
and wit, and the character of Rouble, however couventional,
French, and unnatural, is a weaderfully fine one. Miss
Houk was fidgetty and awkward; but she had nerve
mush to indicate an actress's competency, and though in
what els did might be detected a artful imitation of Mrs.
Rees. she displayed power enough to entitle her to the
prominent patios she bee skied at. She has a fine
stage hes sad Spam, and no doubt will rapidly
prove !mew an seamless to the troupe she has
joined. Mike Robertson, in a part of more importance
than she is May seam in, played with • graceful clever-
nem that beagle the bow down. Mr., easy and
gtaitlenselp_ succeeded as Rouble; and oust; Mr.
Cahouet Ind • ligneous part (Could Brie) to get through,
he look far km silly they the author mast have
eon
ThWi' else Deana," absurd and hke as it is la dealgh
sad meeteustise, is tan well pet together not to be a hit ;
eel—with Mho Rebeeteea's and Mr. Lacy's aid—will
isalitless lave a imp