The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-09 00:00:00

MR. BRIGHT ON THE PROSPECTS OF THE

COUNTRY.
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Amoog the 'peahen at the annul meeting of the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday, at the
Town-hall, Manchester, was Mr. Bright, M.P. Comment-
ing upon a portion of the report, is which it was said that
the whole cotton industry of this country might be estimated
at 64,000,0001., the hon. mem►er observed that this was
just the amount of our ordinary taxes; and as one-half of
the 64,000,0001. was for the laboer,it followed that it required
the whole labour of double the number employed in the
cotton industry to provide every year the ordinary taxa-

don. But this year—owing to extra taxation—three times
the whole of that labour would be required. He wu one of
these who took a gloomy view of our position and prospects,
'Ho estimated the extra expenditure for the food of the
kingdom, owing to the rest►iction on imports, at 30,000,0001.,
and the extra expenditure of the government at 20,000,0001.,
making a total of 50,000,8001. withdraws this year from
capital, the fund out of which labour is supplied. More-
over the prevailiog uncertainties bad led probably to a
withdrawal by capitalists of fends equal to that amount,
and the tato loans he Franco, in Austria, sad la Prussia, by
withdrawing money from profitable investments and modes
of employment, most act more upon England than any
other ormatu. The consequences already were that the
number of customers had diminished, profits bad been
brought down to Almost sethiog, and he believed that many
spinners sad manufacturers would at this monad be acting
far more rationally by wetting only three days instead
of abr. He doubted also if there was a single anion in the
kingdom in which the issues. of poor-rates had not bees
very strongly marked duties the past yeer. Ae to the trade
caused by government contracts,—it was like " keeping a
dog alive by feeding hint with hie own tail," so far as the
whole sad= was concerned. " My solemn belief," mid Mr.
Bright, " is, that if 8,000,000 quartets of eera (the whaled
experts from Russia in 1863) are to be, by the effects of our
foreign policy, kept out of the errantry, before two years
are over, you will shoot you own fellow-citisens in your
own streets."

THE PAWS UNITED/3AL

-Yesterday,

at a meeting of the Court of Common Council, a eoutona.
satins wee rand from the Committee of Privy Council
Malec that, to suite the doe representation of the art ef
sculpture in connexion with the artists ef the United Kin-
dest, the latter bad been »quitted to mom them works
which they considered their beet. Meet of them works, the
sommmication stated, were a mune to be found anon
the private collections of this country, and their possessors
looluding the Quetta, Prism Albert, the Marquis of Lane-
dowse, Ac.), had a:premed their willimmee to entrust
them to her Majesty's ceremonial for exhibition in Paris,
the coveromenrandenaktoc all charges of transport, end
being impossible for their care and safe rotors. Applies-
tics was made for the " Morning Star," by B. R. Belly,
8.A., is the possessioe of the corporation, for trammission
to Paris. A mores ameding to the must wee carried
unaeimmely amid cheering.
LEITERS TOR SALONICA, BY Fiinccu MEDrrEE.
YUNNAN PILCILIT.-01INIZAL Par 0/71111, Fan , 1856.
The French government having. established a branch mail
packet from the Piraeus to Saloum (Turkey in Europe), to
mil on the arrival at the Pumas of the snail packet'
appointed to leave Kamilla', on Monday, the 6th
and tbenceforwud os every alternat• Monday,
letters and newspapers for Samara may be forwarded b
that route, if specially addressed " by French peas; rill
ltansillee." The postage upon letters for Salon's,' so address-
seed will be—Piet emeed.og os. in weight, L. ; exceeding
I oz. and not sc.:mediae I ox , 2a.; ell:veiling les and not ex-
ceeding t oz., Ss.; exceeding os. and not exceeding 1 os.,
• its.; 'acceding 1 os. and not exceeding 11 os., Os. ; sad so
oa, issereasteg is. for every quertfrr of an ounce. News-
papers will he liable to a postage of 2d. useb. The
both upon letters and newspapers for &looks, natitaigne-
, tended to be *eat be French packet, rik Marseilles, mull*
paid in advance —Rowland Hill, Secretary.
A letter friss St. Petersburg of the 28th slt. is
WI 0,109114 Oneatis, says:—. The 284.11/t hes /MOW
:pawing hie reviews at seers at outlines. TM hoe
, 11as sall the 6th mad out bouillons of pa ell lafasur 80.
serve. The Barnes esirear4 liiseatilitelies at . them ar-
o peareses. Public masked belle are all the holism here, bat
the sables Rive bet few grasafereso like *swiss% is lets
P, sir you"