The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

Mit Orpre'so.

MAILS.
The overland mails fm Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands,
Egypt, Aition, Celion, Inaba, (long-Kong. and China, via nouthamp
ton, will be made up on the monolog/ of the 20th May.
The overland clued mails, no Marseille*, to the Mediterranean,
Egypt, Aden, leyloa, India, I long-hung, ate., will be made up on the
evening of the 2ith May.
The malls for Britudi North America, and the United Staten
will he mese up en the evening .4 the 251 h Muy.
1-he mail. (or Vigo, Oporto, I.lste.n, Metriru, Cadle, and Gibraltar
will he made up on the morning of the 27th May.
The lowa. for New South Wale*, Van Dienisui'e Land, and New
Zealand will he made up on the evening of the lint M
The /nails for the Wret Coast of Africa and Madeira will be made
tp oa Or evening of the 01l st May.
The West India Mall', including Bermuda, Nemo, liavanna,
llonoluraa, New Orleans, Vera Ciia, Tampon', and Preto Rico, and
excluding Mom for Meagre, Joomel, Coothooren.o, Canto, Martha,
Chaffree, Panama, Went Coast of South Arllfillr4, and St. Juan-de-
Nicaragua, sill be made up on the mooning 44 the 2nd June.
The mail, aor the lira/ le, tke Itiver Kate, Monte Vi4l4V, Permian.
hue/4 ttodua, Madeira, and llueuue Ayres, sill be made up on Um
evening of die 3rd June.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
The number of STAMPS issued by tho authorities of the
Stamp-office, during 1847, to the
DAILY NEWS was 3,447,009
This, we believe, is within eight per cent of the number
issued to the Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle, and
Morning Post, ALL CUT TJOETIIIIII.
In addition to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS,
Morning Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edition,
TEE EXPRESS 778,714
Which was more, we believe, than were issued other to
:he Globe or Standard, Evening Papers.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 19.
Aminhv all the speculations and anticipations of
the future in which the minds of most men must at
the present time indulge, there is at least one result"
one contingency, which cannot be hoped for or
counted on. And this is, that the great and general
overthrow of thrones and aristocratic institufions
throughout Europe can so little affect us as to leave
England stationary, and in the same place and condi-
tion in which the commencement of the memorable
1848 found it.
It is true of all great changes in Europe, of all
revolutions, and especially of such as are now passing
before our eyes, that they must affect England, and
must either fling it back in the development and en-
joyment of freedom, or must advance it. The French
revolution of 1789 threw this country back at least
half a century. In many respects it was in 1814 much
in arrcar of 1790, more infeodated t,) aristocracy, bi-
gotry,to arbitrary and prodigal rule. We have since 1815
made up the lost ground, and 1830 gave us a notable
shove onward. But the great question is now, what
1848 is to do for us? To leave us as we are, is, we
repeat, impossible.
Every day occurrences, indeed, show it to be so ;
every day discloses the same alarm as that which
prevailed in Be E'S time, pervading the higher
classes and uniting their dissentient parties : the
spirit, or, at least, the retrograde and panic-stricken
politics of !WILKE burst from all those
organs of the press which are under the influence and
in the interest of these classes. A series of laws of
fear and of repression occupy the time of parliament,
and pass by overwhelming majorities, whilst of mea-
sures of popular concession not a word is heard in
their precincts. A tacit league has been struck in
parliament between all that is aristocratic and retro-
grade. And a spirit is gradually more and more per-
vading the dominant portion of society and parlia-
iiie;lt,tt":l.!"..7, tf; piece this country crc!r!.; where
it was in 1795, leagued with all the absolutist courts,
powers, and ideas of old Europe against the demo-
creic interests upheld by France.
The most fearful dangers, or alternatives of danger,
threaten the country from such a straggle. One
danger is, our becoming the aristocracy-ridden coun-
try that England was in 1800 ; at what a cost, the
figures of the national debt, and of the taxes neces-
eery to meet it, show. But the greatest danger
lies in the very contrary extreme, in the poorer
end industrious classes, who can no longer be gulled
as of old with hobgoblin stori• a about France and
BONAPARTE, taking example from the successful
struggle of kindred classes abroad, and coming more
and more to fraternise with the popular movements
and ideas of the continent, whilst the upper classes
are fraternising a ith and aiding the continental
movements of powers in an opposite direction. If
1792 brought ou a continental war, 18-18 may .sad to