The Express.
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LONDON: G THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 27, 1849.

Tameandileali of bribery-1,600,0001. would buy the seats
of tam Mellidir of OD Roue et Cowie% whisk would mats
peee of So NM. *say, cited property el the purple of the
Uniter llagilese—whieli mars or isle maim- toluostreelo
of Win losem med asuatisa. The ineMosat egrieal-
hang tap ieVerd, whom omatitsesey amebas 214.
and when pepidation is 3,844, wanes two members, whilst
the Ma massfasamiag towu of r, with • cooed-
'mom of luso, and a of 280,387, Mums bat
two meashere.,-216 broo•
mba sad orentles. whoa. Werra*
aomtleemeeles lumber 161.486. ?Mara 329 members. whit!
is • assiorityuf this Home of Commons; whilst Finabary,Lam-
beth, Liverpool, Menkiboae, Tower Hamlets, Watmiarter,
Middlesex, limth Laaceshire, and the West Riding of
Teebehim, whose aggregate emmituemies number 169.365,
return het debtors vesnibers ; se that less then 100,0001
elestes.aeiag a melon/of the 161,4861 nay smuts
a ma el the House of Commas to make
laws ag the lives, liberties, and property of 28,000,000
of people of the United Kingdom'. The result, it ii stated,
km =anise: House of Commons, in which are the fello et- 1
to :--tir pimentos ; 88 army arid navy allows;
ilia eons, somin-law, sad brothers of peas; 76 palms a
livin •77 banister; ;38 railway directors; sad 22 Zest
and Wiet India proprietors, out of the 666 members coostl•
Codas the entire mamba of the house. This hilts hapertam
test by which to smortain the trae character of the reform
act, aid set the haviag given mesaben to mese largo towns
who am swamped meaty to one by them of little
- which may truly be domminated " roma."
Maud boroughs consigned to Schedule A
Joght into mistimes with the old " an.
Wo;seed " ermetitueneles, it would US aide* to
Oseertil* whether they would mhos • majerity et the ROW
Of Gamow by se small • number of eiectove—esrtaia it is,
they were not men oorrapt. The number of electors above
stated is taken Irma the register of 1846, which I moved for,
and is the last complete return obtained.
This delusive burlesque, called • reprmentatioa of the
people, cannot be regarded b 7 Englishmen without shims,
and, Won the desolating mils it inflicts up* the toiling
sallow, without painful sorrow by those who have hews to
feel for the wilful sufferings of their fellow-countrymen. Can
we look on this pictare end sail ourselves freemen ? Does it
not but toe plainly tell the industrious classes that they &eel
bat the " hewers of wood end drawers el water " of their
oligarchical rulers?
Mr. Williams concludes with explaining the con-
stitution and objects of the National Parliamentary
and Financial Reform Association, and with anearnest
appeal far the essistanos of the people.

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DEATH OF THE ARCHDEACON OP NORFOLL—
The death of the Venerable Philip Jennings, DD. Arch-
deacon of Norfolk, bee caused deep regret amongst the
clergy of the diocese of Norwich. Tote Archdeacon was pre-
sented to his office in 1847 by the late bishop (Dr. Stanley),
with whoa he had been long oa terms of intimate friendship.
For many yule previous to that time Dr. Jennings had been
...vastest minister of Sc. James's Chapel, Westmoreland-
street, St. Idaryleboausturet, arid a few weeks since, on
the death of th4l3 Dn. Theism White, M.A., the
minister, the archdeacon was presented to the incumbeney by
the crown. The arcluleaccory which he. become vacant by
the death of Dr. Joining', b held with the rectory of Costal,
near Wymondhans, and is worth 2401. per annum. It is
in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich. The incumbency of
St. James's chapel, which is oleo rendered shunt, is worth
3501. per annum. and is in the gift of the quest. It hasten
geserslly stated in Norwich that the vacant archdrecoory
of Norfolk will be conferred by the bishop (Dr. Hinds) on
the Rev. Robert Eden M.A., his lordship's chaplain, at
=t incumbent sinister of St. Mary's Church, Lambeth,
REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA. We ass
happy to state that the movement to obtain • rednetbe
ed
the duty oa tea is assuming a promising aspen, eel mg be
expected to gather a large Ts( &sure of poweend lewd
before the opening of the owning pailiamentary nuke. At I
a iwieting of its promoters on Thursday, is the East India
esti OblasAmesiations Rooms, Liverpool, a committee was'
*Mei Ind smairans were adopted to communleate with the
various commercial associations of Manchester, Leeds, Hull,
Glasgow, ito, and obtain their influential cooperation in
the caase.—Liverpoot Albion.
THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.—THE REWAUDS.--
The Secretary of Stine has allowed the following rewards to I
the parties utpleted is the detection atd conviction of Mr.,
and M. Massing, the perpetrators of the murder of Mr. II
Patrick O'Connor :—lntriester Field, 151 •
; Suseants Lear 1
ley, Witcher, and Thornton, 101. es& ; Shaw, Kendal, and
81. each ,• Andrews, 614 Constables Barnes, 101.,
Barton, M., and Locker,
61.
SUICIDE ON THE YORE AND SCARBOROUGH RAIL.
WAT AT Mwrron.—la this ease, reported in oar paper etl
yeararday, the coronet's inquest have returned a sordid of
Temporary insanity."
OUR FRIENDS THE MOBQUITOB.—There appears
to exist at the Foreign.office a disposition to embroil this
soentry with the American government in behalf of the
King of the Mesquites. Surely England might as well leave
to fight his own battles a potentate who could raise a swarm
of seek sabieds about the ears of any Froth
SWINDLING IN ITALY.—A comespoßdent at lorence
writes:—At Reglishman of genteel exterior and
and speaking French fluently, lately made his appeerasee in
Florence under the assumed aristocratic sass of Canal&
H took up his residues at the Grande Bretagne Hotel. ap.
peee red abroad in shandies'. carriage, attended by a serum%
sad nada a few purchases at seas of the shops, for wide
he paid. His first act was to hire an expensive suite of apart-
ments is town, of which he immediately took pommies-
An establishment of servants was some found, and liberal
orders given for wines, viands, and other ausesories for
housekeeping. It is said that a house Is not • home without
a wife; so it appears thousht Mr. Bury Cavendish ; he soot
found a lady ready and willing in the person of a Mies Lamb,
(a penes whom, it appears, he first met with at Basle,
being on her way to join a family at Florence ae governess--
this is her account), whom he took to Leghorn, and the
marriage ceremony was performed at the British consul's by
the Rev. Mr. Gibbon, whose fees were paid, but the bill at
the Saint Marco was left for a future opportunity. Whilst
at Leghorn, it appears, he requested the British consul to
pay particular attention to his stater, Lady Georgina Caven-
dish (whom he expected to arrive in his yacht, which would
bring his baggage, and a retinae of English servants), for
whom he had dready hired one of the beadoossest and mast
expensive villas near Florence. Fortunately, during his
absence upon the Dunlap expedition • bill for 3001.,
which he had given upon Messrs. Talon's, of Rome
(sayiog he had a credit from Messrs. Coutts for 8001.
on that hone), was returned unpaid, with an intima-
tion that they knew nothing of him ; but, of course, there
was some mistake, for with the most glaring effiontery he
declared most solemnly that he bad kept an account at
Coutts'a for 22 years, and that another bill for 2001., which
he had drawn upon that house would certainly be paid,
thus quieting for the moment the suspicions that were natu-
rally created about him. On the morning when Coutte's
answer was expected to arrive, one hoar before the delivery
of the liras, he walked out of the hotel (to which snag
quarters be had returned) leaving his new-made wife to set-
tle the bill, and taking wi h him, in the most heartless man
ter, the only 51. she had in the world, and which she had ,
only received from her friends two days before. The hotel
keeper allowed the wife to stop in his house for • considerable
time, upon her assurance that what she had should be paid for ;
but one morning, after she had received • ruaittancetrom her
friends, she was oberved to leave the hotel, looking rather
larger than usual, and it was soon known that she bad
dressed herself in her beet, and gone oft in the same way has
hustend did, leaving her bill to be added to his. There can
be no doubt that the intention of the party was to get a con-
siderable sum from some one of henbankers. He had with
him a printed document purpg to be of the Bank of
England for 2,0001, payable to Hen. Cavendish, or boom,
which he exhibited as a kind, of bait. His plan was, how-
ever, frustrated by the prompt measures that wen taken by
a party from whom he got a small sum ; so that, although
one of the banks suffered in a mill degree, his great plan
was frustrated. The soi dime. Cavendish is about 5 feet
4 inches high, with moustaches and eyebrows light red ;f his
hair more inclined to be white,' but tipped with a burnt red
colour."—Goligterns

44,203

MONEY MARKET.

WIDWINDLY Evarrnro,
'lhe stock market at the commencement of
with au
to-day presented every appearance of firmness
with au upward tendency; but as the dealings were
principally of a speculative character, the buoyant
tone of the market did not continue, and the advent*
which took place was not altogether maintained to the
close.
Consols opened at 96 to 4, from which they ad-
vanced to 961 fora short tune only, and then de-
clined to I, and so the
Blast price, closing for the
16th January at 96/ to I ividend. The Three
per Cent. Reduced marked 96 and done The New
Three-and-a-Quarter pzr Cents. were variously
from 971 to t, the first and lilt transaction being
marked 971.
lubequer Bills were again in request, at a fur-
ther advance : they were negotiated at 565., S9s., ud
60.; ditto, 6001. and Small, at Ns. and 695. pre-
mium. Long Annnitiee ware dealt in at Eli and 9-16.
Bank Stook, at 2094. India Bonds, at 90s. and 88e.
premium.
The business in the foreign house was of a very
limited character, and was chiefly confined to Mexi-
can, which touched 291. The transactions reported
are—Brezilian Bonds at 88/. Mexican (ex. January
scope), first at 281, and then sumensively at 29, t, I,
teand lg.
,Piesrritli
fForour per fenst:,,inliati9triavto 641
Cut. Actives at 19 both for money and amount;

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the Three per Cents. at al sad I. Venezuela
Deferred at 81. Five per Cont. Preach Rentes at
91f. 2.50.; exchange, 25E 500. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 56 and 1.
According to adviceo of the 19:h from Breslau, the
result of the colonial wool sales in London had tended
to give considerable impulse to the market. and durieg
the week upwards of 2,000 centner of wool had been
disposed of at an advance of 3 to 5 dollars over
October rates. A good deal was going forward on
sr
had 'an
II codnaelgurdeed roe lore to te for the
nextoel
bested flocks, at the advance which had taken place. ob,
Sales had been effected of fine Polish at 62 tol2
dollars; fine Silesian single clip and lamb at 80 to 90 Iss,
dollars; middle floe combing and cloth wool at 48 to to
65 dollars; fin* locks were especially in demand at "
55 to 60 dollars. Roseau and English dealers were so
among the principal purchasers.
Advice, to the 3rd inst. have been received from ns
the Havannah by way of New York. The entire fed
shipments of sugar at the two ports for the month of "
November amounted to 48,000 chests, which had ss
materially reduced the stcck is first bands. The to
market was very steady, and prices firm. Coffee eon- 1;
timed starer and some parcels had been taken at 11 s‘
dollars. Exchange on London 11 to 111 per cent. is
premium. it
The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders se
have received letters from Mexico, of which the fol- ss
lowing are copies: ts
(From bleaws.Manaieg and Mackintoah.) 11
at
Mezieo Nov. 16 1849. te

Sir,—Referring to the annexed duplicate of our last re- SI
sped' of the 13th ult., we new beg to acknowledge receipt S.
of your 'esteemed favour of the Ist ult., and eso of your let- 54
ter addressed to Mr. Robertson (which, in compFaloce with tO,
your irstructions we opened), the contents of which are
attentively noted. We have nothing new to communicate. es
Saws Mr. Robertson's departure, that gentleman's arrange- ati
Una has remained pending the decision of Comoros; and SS
beigfas to refer you to him for all information relative
IS
thereto, We remain, lie.,
(Signed))MANNINO AND MACIINTOBX. tai
G. R. Robinson,, el. en.
(From Messrs. Manning, Mocha' and Co.) 16
Vera Crux, Nov. 17,1849. H
Sir„—We beg your reference to the enclosed copies of our Ni
last reaper's, the contents of which we °ochres. ll'
Tao odisolden' proportion of duties uncollected is this It,
day as follows : so 1
DOLS. LOS
Amount pending Oct. 16 161,743 23 4°
SO
Approximate of duties for October 88,340 0 is
160
250,083 23 Se
Lees amount collected
2022
Pending this day 215,219 17 ro
U
We have, in addition to the sum of 34,884 duels. 6 cents., Iss
received of our collector 11,701 dole. 47 cents. for the bend- GO
holden' proportion of the October collections at this custom. 161
house, making • total of 46,666 dole. 63 centi., which we too
84
have, GS customary, shipped by the present opportunity to Ire
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. We
yo
remain, dm., I G I IS
(Sired) "'" ' MANNING, Mocuox, AND CO. 20
O. R. Robinson, Esq., M.P. 31
(From Mesas. Stewart. Jolly, and Co.) le
b 0
Tampico, Nov. 12, 1849. so
Sir.—We have the honour to enclose en invoice and bill ss
of lading for 18,423 dole. 60c., shipped per packet Dee, con- 124
signed to the governor of the Bank of Ragland, and to be 50
held at the joint disposal of yon and Don Fraccieco Facto, 42.
agent for the Mexican republic, for account of the bond- ;
holders. We also enclose a list of 20 per cent. accepted 3s
duty bills, which we hue received from the Cuetorn.tiouse I2i
for collection, amounting to 44,660 dole. 3c., sad which we tit
will skip regularly as they biome doe : that is, we will Bht-
ship by each packet the amounteollected during the previous ,4,.
month, the labsur and time lost in collecting and changing '
the small money (in which all axe paid) into hard dollars so
being too much to enable us to ship all that falls due up to Se
the time of the ehipment being loader—We have the honour lii
to he (Signed) SINWAIIT, L. Jota.r, and Co.
St.
G. R Robinson, Esq.
Sb

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoca. tt;
In the English stock market this morning no 'aria- 40
tion of importance has occurred. Consols opened as 60
they left off yesterday, at 961 to for the 18th Ja rs
-
unary, ex div., from which quotations they have nut Ise
varied, beyond the turn of the market, up to the pre- 133
sent time. 124
Transactions have taken place in the Three per cent. 10
Reduced, at 981 and 4.; the Three-aad-a-Qaarter
per Cents., at 971, and 1. Exchequer Bills have ts 4
obtained a farther advance, having been negotiated t 55
at 60a., 81s., and 595. prem.
The foreign market is extremely inactive, but prices „„set-
nominally unchanged. Mexican are steady, at 291 to 17,1
1. The actual dealings consist of: Mexican, et.
(ex January coupon), at 291 and 2 . Peruvian, at re
641. Spanish These per Cent.. at 38: and 1; the at.
Passive debt, at 4. Venezuela Deferred, at 81. , mw
F.NOLLSII FUNDS.
Sink OWL SW? 34 par Ct. Om Am5..961
CL set YU ISi per CIL
ICzalbequer r* -

VA. So. t. Ole.

_ gala,
II per Ct. Oaa. Awn.,
VOILLION -PUN DP.
6 per Ct. Dantean 1 per CL Orem& 11a.. 16 1
4f
q per Cent, per Ct. Delp. Oreeade Deferred Pd., If
6 per OL Mee., 1616,116
6 per Cl. haeilfan lide.„ 169 6 pet 01. IPeruelle Ns., el
Ditto New, 86 1 Portuguese Coax. 36 7
11 per CL Banos Ayres, 46 7 6 per Ct. Item DID.. 109 11
Ditto CbLLlaa 130., 97 101 'quo Pperdr.l Oda, 114 111
Ditto Columb. 3 per Ct. tipealsh We., 9619
Celan/don Bouvier lids.. 314 ephoieh Ilsterreg Dde..—
S per Cl. Dae Da., 76 4 Ditto Pardee 'MLA 4
14 per Ct. Dutch lida, 66 f per Ct. VeDellUtlia ItS 10
4 per CL Data, terra. 61! 6 lieweswele Deterred 116..16

MINCING-LANE.—THIS DAY. to
There is a full attendance in the subscriptlon-room,
although a holiday, and ',peculators are an the alert, parti- LI
mildly for Rice and Tea; the latter article lid Demme a i;
favourite object of investment the last few day., and common so
sound congou is diffi,ult of purchase under 11.101., which SS
is Id. advance on the pried quoted Nitride days since. 12
an Cosroa wean improvedimprovedappearance. :4
Coeiran.—No general business done.
Sttaaa.—This article has been without any material flue- 141, 1
tuatioa during the Jar, and the general character of the le
market has been unenteresting. At the opening of the year si
prices were low, but en amendment quickly took place, and 60
subsequently the variations seldom exceeded Is. per owt. W
We give at foot the Catena averages at the commencement *
of ea mouth. These averages are still the best official so
criterion; but as they do not include "foreign," which is let
largely oorauteed, they are smudgy imptrfect by that bli
omission, and it would be well if the authorities would in- 1.1!.
chide that next year. e highest agwegate price of the "s.
year was 27e. 311. in July; the lowest, Ms. Sid. in January. ''
The home consumption has been equal to the year s
1848. Although the offieisl returns show a decrease, which le
arises from their having been in the warehouses at the ---1
clod of 1648, of ab3ut 12,000 toes of foreign, on which duty
had been paid, and which was declared in the customs' .„
books "delivered," but have actually been delivered this "c
year, and of course not noticed by the customs, the stocks *
on hand of all descriptions of Sugar except Mayannaa and is
Porto Rico are much smeller than at this period last year, end 10
would warrant the anticipation of higher prices, but the SO
weight of Ilavaansh hangs heavily on the market, and the n
prospect of fair amity crepe et foreign to arrive next year, ;
with toe alteration in the navigation laws, forbid its to be so
sanguine of any large advance at present, although it must 20
not be forgotten that speculators are watching the article. So
WM'S .weed.
British plantatka. Mauritius. Feat India. Average. jo'n
Jam 9 23 11 ... 21 111 ... 25 6 ... 21 so
I
Fatt.6 24 6 ... 22 lie ... 25 1 ... 21 10 So
March a 24 6 ... 24 11 ... U ... 25 14 ID
gs so o ... so 71 ... 21 „. 2.6 10 :02
1 IS i ... le ... 26 1 ... 26 Si
5 -.. 26 ... 25 7 ... 27 4 ... 26 6 61
Slay II
Aag.7 26 3 ... 95 31 ... IS al ... 26 14
Sept.
Oet. 2
Sk ... 2 21
Dea.4 . 23 d ... 24, 21 ... 29 es ... 275 lOl

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAT.
There is but little doing to-day, owing to the Christens,
holidays. Petersburg Y. C. on the sp,.l is quoted Me. 3d. to
611. ; Deeember delivery, 38e. ; January ro March, 38s. ; Oot.
to Deo., 1860, 391. 6d.

SMITHFIELD HAY-MAHKET.HIS DAY.
Mesas. Cooper and Davie report trade at the following
prices: Prime Meadow Hay, 665. to 704. ; inferior do., 606.
to 601. ; Roden, 60s. to 60s. ; Clover, 60e. to poi. ; Straw,
211. to 24.. •