The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-27 00:00:00

of fuming prime and prespeste, sad after emaiderable obese
of free made and its supporters, to., mid, how wits the
reweave to be raised, or how were the farmers to be re-
lieved/ We bad one sebum fairly and howdy brought
famed ; be meant Cobden's. We had another set forward is
the Peal paper of that party, and supposed to speak its senti-
ments Of the two bedgete he had uo hesitation in saying,
gim W Cebdes's • Cobden proposed to reduce the excise
duties as malt, maps
she., to the extent of 6,000,0001.,
and sum to bees& both the farmers and the public. Now
fee Peel's bedieet. He first proposed to take off 1,650,0001.
foe wiatiew tithe. He belbrvM that the clam who were
now selihrteg most was the small farmers, and., 2001. a
year, and them men paid no window duties. The next item
of redeation was assessed taxes. Wpm assessed taxes did
the WNW* pay ? They were allooed a hone. None of
themadd keep more than one, and a great many none at
all. Next maw " bricks." This he should say was a
commodity quite es much wanted in the manufacturers'
'blarneys and mills as on leaded (state. " Stage and hack-
ney meshes." How this would benefit the fu-
med he was at a lees to know. Next came
" French. wines." Farmers had a great deal to do with
these certainly. (Leaghter.) It was then proposed to pot
on one per cent. on freehold property in lien of probate end
legacy duty. That would not benefit the land mush. The
met proposition was the most impudent thing ever proposed
—that all income should be taxed down to 601. a year.
Small farmers were precisely the class who now did pay in-
come tax. And this was to be a relief. To call on them to

pay who had nothing to pay with was an absurdity. There
was another item of reduction included in the total of

6.570,0001. It amounted to 1,100,0001., and its repeal was
to benefit the mutation:nem It woo for Jailor-

mice. Why, the farmers were already exempt
fens it. So that this was adding insult to injury.
Had agitation ceased ? Quite the reverse. A new agitation
had sprung up, which appeared to be quite as likely, unless
instantly checked, to be as successitil as the former.—Sir.
Bigq adduced some statistical statements to show the great
increase of pauperism in Horsham and Uckfield unions in
Sussex, and pointed out as one source of the farmer's
distress, that they were now paying v and would, for
six years, continue to pay their tithe commutation
on an average, including the high press of 1847.—
Mr. J. H. Turner said this new agitation, if unchecked,
world he believed be sun woeful. That whic6 resulted in the
repeal of the corn laws had a much lemi auspicious inaugura-
tion.—The Doke of Richmond said, Cobden and Blight come
forward and ask the laymen to join them. Join them in
what ? By agitation to prevail on *he government, ethic.
is reprised to be made of rather squeezable materials, to go
back to the estimates of the year 1835, by disbanding a por-
tion of the army and navy, and by abstaining from public
works. Bat when these men are disbanded, who
maintains them ? Not the manulacturen, but the
landed interest. They come back and fall on the poor-
rates, a small portion only of wnicn fall* on the manufac-
turers. lam now arguing this only in a financial point of
view ; I will now take higher gratod. Hove we no more
colonies now than in 183-5 ? (Hear.) Are we at peace in
India ? Have we not had insurrection at the Cape of Good
Hope and Ceylon 1 And do you think that in the present de-
pressed state of the West Indian colonies it would be sale to
bring bock our soldiers and tailors Irtm these colonies? It
you dis band your army and navy so as to make it
too low, you ars consenting to the murder of those
soldiers and sailors whom you will send to these
colonies. The British soldier and sailor will do their
duty; but you cannot expect 500 soldiers and 600 sailors to
beat the population of large and extensive continents. L suk
at Australia! See how that has increased since 1835! New
Zealand you have taken (end Heaven knows why you have
taken it under ',macho/se), for I always thought it a useless
place far anything. If you keep possession of this place, you
=tot hays soldiers and sailors to do their duty. Thin, Mr.
Bright, because he kippers to be a Quaker, says, " You
should not go to war. War is ridiculous. Have a peace so-
ciety, and leave everything to their arbitration." Really,
gentlemen, this humbug is too gross for dm-
cussion. If he thinks he can promote peace with
out an army, navy, or police, 1 recommend him to
go over to Ireland and try to seep one village quiet. It is
perfectly ridiculous. I do not mean to say that if nothing
can be done to relieve the farmers in their present appalling
situation, there will not be many who will join in the agita
tion with Mr. Cobden, because we well know that a drown-
ing man will catch at • straw • but I have too good an opi-
nion of the loyalty, of the good sense, and of the capacity of
the great hotly of the farmers of Eugland to believe that they
Mill give Mr. Cobden any support in a body, because I be-
lieve they will never follow a man whom they believe to
have been their enemy; and that though they will forgive
him as Christians they will sever forget that all the
distress that has come upon us is owing to Mr.
Cobden and to that other individual, Sir R. Peel.
Of the two I declare I knu« not which is the
worst. (Hear.) I shall have great pleasure in as far
as is in my power, advocating the interests of agriculture in
parliament I will not tail ear.y in the next week to see
Lord John Russell, and to explain to him all the circum-
stances which I have heard here to-day of the great distress
of this county.—A memorial to Lord J. Russell was deter-
mined upon. Amongst other points urged in this document,
it was stated that
The malt um is admitted by all parties, even by our greater oppo.
nests, to be • grog injustice done us; but to this we have hitherto
patiently submitted, partly owing to its importance in the national
revenue, and partly In consideration of other compensatory circum-
stances. But henceforward we see ourselves about to be deprived of
every oterpensation, while the barley and bop growers, in particular,
are madly approganng to insolvency, the growth of hope being at-
tended notos toasty with a very heavy outlay in addiuon to the duty,
and barley being at present 21115011, unsaiea,le In this maritime coun-
try, by the im at a much heavier quality from France and
olderforeign countries.
LANCASHIRE.
ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH JUNCTION RAILWAY.
—Two moth arches of the South Junction Italway, Man-
chester, fell in on Wednesday morning, but as it was at an
early hour, and before the men got to work, there was no
loss of life in consequence. The inquest upon the three men
killed on Saturday by the fall of port of one of them arches
terminated on Thursday night, when the jury found a ver-
dict of " Accidentally killed ;" expressing an opinion that
the accident was induced by injury sustained by the brick-
work through the excessive fall of rain upon the arches since
they had been erected.
1711,MITTIM

THE WEATHER has been su bousterona in the Chan-
nel,
that the Atalanta steamer, which left Southampton on
Wednesday night with the supplementary French mad, was
unable to get farther than the Nab ; and, after making wee-
nl ineffectual attempts to cross the Channel, was obliged to
return to Southampton yesterday morning. Sir W. Symonds,
in passing through Southampton yesterday, reported that
the Express steamer, which left Southampton also with the
Channel Islands mails on Wednesday night, was off Yar-
mouth on Thursday. There cannot possibly be, therefore,
any mall received from the Channel Islands to-day.

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DEVONSHIRE.
FINANCIAL REFORM. The Plymouth Journal
says "The second meeting of gentlemen friendly to the
financial reform movement was held on Tuesday evening
last, at the Exchange, for the purpose of confirming a reso.
lotion pawed at the preliminary meeting for the establish-
ment of an association t 3 co-operate with those existing in
other parts of the kingdom. Mr. Brown, of the firm of
Dabb, Rundle, and Brown, was called upon to take the
chair. and after some discossinn in) to the mode of effecting
sa object, which was heartily coincided in by all present, it
was unanimously determined to 10(.1, an association."

ST. lAMEB'B.—OPERA COMIC/Mg.—The performances
of last evening commenced with a one act piece, entitled
" Lea Deux Voleurs." It is called a comic rpera, but is
scarcely entitled to this denomination, being little more than
a vaudeville. In subject it is a trilling farce, and the two
or three songs and duets introduced into it are of the slight-
est description. It is one of those things which, at this
theatre, are made use of to till up the hour before the
meet fashionable part of the audience make their ap-
. The opera of last night was " L'Asuliassa-
='" one of the best and most popular of Auber'e
productions, and well known in London from Madame
Anna Thalweg attractive performance of the prin•
cipal character. Its representation, however, in its original
form, and by this excellent French company, is calculated to
give the public an idea of its ensemble which they never
could obtain before. Scribe has been happy in his hbretto.
The character of Henriette, the young prima donna, is ori-
ginal and interesting; and Mademoiselle Chinon limed it,
in its various phases, with great spirit, dignity, 1
and feeling. As a singer, too, she exhibited
greater powers than she had yet done in this
country. The music of the part is of the most difficult
kind. It was originally written for Madame Cinti Demo-
man, and calculated to display all her extraordinary powers
of execution. It was, therefore, an arduous task for Mdlle.
Cherton, and the part, we believe was new to her. But
she triumphantly overcame every' difficulty. The soma at
the end of the third act, in which the young mesas gives a
loose to the exulting fancies et her ambitious dream,
leg her her feelings is a series of the most brilliant roulades and
brining, was a piece of vocalisation worthy of Oriel or Past-
aza ; and the miming Imes, which, pretending to be ignorant of
music, she resolves from the prim and stately countess wes
• =Mime of humour and beauty, as quaint and piquant as
Jemmy Lind's similar scene in the " del Reggimento."
The character of Benedict, the young ' lover was performed
by M. &enemy, who appeared for the first time. His voles
is a pretty good tenor, and he sang correctly, but with little
effect. He acted toe part with intelligence and pro-
priety. M. Baguet was most amusing in the Italian
manager ; Iddlle. Guichard rattled through the '
of Charlotte with infinite vivacity ; and
part
tadame llaneini's acting, in the character of the ridiculous
old aunt, was worthy of Mrs. Glover. Nothing could exceed
the spirit and precision of the concerted pieces, and the in-
strumental accompaniments were delicious. The whole per-
formance was most warmly applauded. Mdlle. Charon was
called for at the end of the first set, and again, along with the
other performers, at the end of the opera.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
CAYDRIDOZ, Lila. 26.—8. A. EIAiIiNATION, 1849.—The
following lists of gentlemen entitlMt to mathematical honours, and to
ordinary dorms, bare been Ibis day hoed. The honour hit, es
mail, made its annoyance this morning. that d the "anti who
ban nosed tot the ordissry degree In tin evening :
larrmia ac, MATKINATICAL 80310V/14
Woh.
Es Pell, Job. Ds Whale, "loieurs. Ds Darbasr;gionte
Phew, Calm Edwards, Job. CUM
Porter, Pet. Bart." blest
Siabh Job.
Csingics, Wrens'. Lilly, lob. Ferguson, Ten.
Edwarde.W.F., Us. Dotson, Job. Nudism, Trio.
Jellify, I Job. Patter, Queens'.
Thum, Trbs.
Drew, Job.
lime, Trio.
prirripseut corpus. Cornwell, Erma.
Lloyd, tre.
Davis, Pet. Scare% (Wens'.
Preston, Trio.
Wray, Trill. Robinson, Mb. Clarke, Joh.
lbws, Joh. Witham, Joh. Wiglerworth, Trig.
1 Wretch, Job. OssenDaid, arb.