The Express.
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profession of the party signing' . More than
once during the Reform Bill and Anti-Corn Law
agitations we have known this precaution adopted in
procuring signatures to petitions, and always with
the best effect. It affords a guarantee that the signertures are tsmd fide. It inspires confidence in that
very numerous class who are always most firm in
their good resolutions, when they fled themselvaes intten-
a congenial crowd, and it commands respectful
tion in parliament. We observe in several of the
metropolitan parishes (in St. Giles's and St.
George 9, Bloomsbury, for example) petitions
in the course of signature by parties who en-
rolled. themselves as special constables on the late
occasion, for household suffrage, vote by ballot,
triennial parliaments, and enclosure of the crown
lande, with a view tole ase or sell them as farms,
averaging from 150 to 200 acres. These petitions
have judiciously been set on foot without noise or
parade ; have been left for signature with sensible
and respectable householders all who sign them
challenge inquiry into the validity of the signatures,
by appending their professions and places of resi-
dence to their names.
Another thing in which the leading spirits
being
among
the Birmingham reformers are worthy of
imitated is, the zeal and assiduity with which they
are publishing reasoned expositions of their prin-
ciples. It is only. by candid and frequent discussions
that a uniformity of canumerous population of
• reasoning men. The problem row to be
solved by the people of England, is the propounding
of a scheme of constitutional reform, acceptable to a
sufficient majority of the population to render the
call for it irresistible on the part of government and
the legislature. Such a plan is not to be devised or
recommended by unargumentative cries for this or
that measure of reform, but by hard-headed reasoning
—by showing why the reform is required, and what
are the reasons for believing scat it will
.produce
the effects attributed to it.

Is there any one institution of the day which can
remain uninfluenced by the democratic principle ?
DE TOCQUEVILLE, in the preface to his boo on
" Democracy in America," states, that his wor
r k " w
igious
as
written under the impression of a sort of el
terror, produced in the soul of the author by the con-
templation of that irresistible revolution marching on-
wards for so many ages across so many obstacles, and 1
advancing even now in the midst of the ruins it has
made." If a survey of the histo cf the past had
produced this impression, events ry
which have hap-
pened since that time can have done nothing to
weake it. The experience of the last few
weeks alone must have invested the pro-
gress of democracy with the attributes of
irresistibility and certainty which belong to a divine
law. Precisely in the very places where the dikes
and dams intended to keep out Vie threatening
element were the most cunningly devised, and the
most strongly built, has the overwhelming force of
the torrent displayed Waif in its greatest power. Into
almost every instttution is the popular element forc-
ing its way. In one alone do we find a determined
opposition. The officers of the church maintain in its
most extreme form the old principle of absolute irre-
sponsibility. There would be some chance of their
ultimate voluntary recognition of the new powe if
the supporters of the old despottisthis
is m were
not the found incase.
one
section only of the church ; bu
High and low church authorities unite in this, the
assertion of an unquestionable absolutism. One
bishop refuses to ordain a candidate unlees he can
give a satisfactory account of his conversion : another
objects to the word " conversion" when applied to
a baptized christian, and will listen to no one
who does not answer, according to a prescribed form,
a number of searching questions on the doctrine of
baptismal regeneration ; a third abandons the matter
of doctrine altogether, but applies a geographical test
of orthodoxy. he will have no divinity that comes
from the other side of the Irish channel. But how-
ever these prelates may differ amongst thelves as
to the nature of the test to be applied to mse
didates
can
for orders, there is not one of them who has any mi
who
s-
givings as to his right to impose such a test, or
would dream of denying the claim of a brother pre-
late to exercise &similar right. The theory of church
government thus exhibited has for its leading article,
that the highest authorities of the establishment are
left to their own discretion, and are in the possession
of a pure despotism. The Queen's rove trelire has
thus the force of the Sultan's firman ; it elevates
a man from the position of a slave to that
of an autocrat. But while the QUEEN has the advan-
tage over the Sultan, in thus being able to confer the
right to exercise a power, in comparison of which
her own is a mere nothing, she is inferior to her bro-
ther-potentate in that she cannot undo or even oorreet
her work. A simple priest elevated to the high posi-
tion of a powerful prelate is immovable; once there
he is always there ; whereas the removal of a trouble-
some Pacha by degradation or the bow-string, is one
of the ordinary operations of the Sublime Porte.
This anomalous fact of the complete despotism
exercised in a most important institution in a coun-
try which has yielded more than any other to the
certain but slow pressure of democracy, is remarka-
ble. In the freest country in the world, the QUEEN,
or rather the QUEEN'S ministry, has the power to
elect to twenty-seven offices as they fall vacant,
the tenants of which, after their election, are post-
tively free from all control in the exercise of their
authority. Even public opinion, which is, with re-
spect to all other departments of the state, of such
avail in checking the arbitrary use of despotic power, is
scarcely of any efficacy here. It a few cases of
oppression come to light, it must still be remembered
that they bear an infinitesimally small proportion to
those which are concealed. The consequences to a
clergyman of incurring the censure of • bishop ar tied
so
utterly without a remedy that oppression is subm
to in silence. The SHORES, and the (a' is
and
the TUORPS are the exceptions. Amongst these
twenty-seven d.gnitaries there may be ty-secen
standards of orthodoxy. Each of the twenty-seven
prelates who share amongst them the government of
the Euglish church may adopt a different test of
eligibility in the selection of those to whom he
delegates subordinate authority. Each may require
a different exposition of doctrine from his clergy, and
each may insist upon his own fi,reitihe of doctrine and
form of worship being the pattern by which the laity
in his diocese shall be guided. There may be thus,
at one time, twenty-seven infallibilities in the English
church. Dangerous as protestants have always consi-
dered the dogma of Papal infallibility, the danger
likely to arise from the introduction of' twenty. eeven
popes is infinitely greater. If the church of England
is to mean anything beyond the corps of its chief offi-
cers, and the regulations by which
vast the
or y are guided ;
if it is—as it ought to be—
clergy and laity, animated by a spiritual principle
where are we to find evidence of this in the disjointed
mechanism which claims the name ? Is the church
of England io the diocese of Exeter the same as in
the diocese of Chester? Is it not a notorious fact that
the avowal of a certain set of doetrims, or interpreta-
tions of doctrines, which is necessary to enable
a loan to obtain ordination in one diocese
will form a valid ground cf exclusion from
ordination in another? Can any
one at all
acquainted with the subject deny. that the self-same
exercis and answers to examination questions which
have enabled a candidate to obtain ordination front the
Bishop of PETEREOROUGH would ensure his rejection
by the Bishop of LONDON? And yetof neitherany of these 1
prelates is eubject to the operationlaw which
can curb him in the exercise of his auth
looking onnsilyon of
to
the maintenance of its power, and the exte
its own principles, it exercises with • jealous and
arbitrary care its prerogative of choosing the bishops
of the church? Great, undoubtedly, is the anomaly of
• lay authority. electing and appointing the offis
of a spiritual institution; but the government may
surely plead as an excuse for the arbitrary exercise of
• their right, the fact that there is no guarantee but the
well.known dispoi.tion of the bishop elect, for his not
introducing a system ot teaching adverse to the very
principles by which the government of the country is
guided. Admitting, for instance, that the nse f
of
the church was expressed against the appointsement o
Dr. HAMPDEN, and that the anomaly ot lay nomina-
tion to an episcopal appointment was thereby made
more than ever apoarent, might not Lord ham
have fairly asked the objectors "Why am Ito be
the only person ceps wed for not listening to what is
called the voice of the church Why is a min;ster
to be warned of a democratic D
element in the church,
Ilk the existence of which iS now affirmed 'or the first
time, in order to form an engine of opposition against
him? In what particular diocese does the true voice
of the church speak ?
on What knowledge e ill enable
ma to discover a harmy amongst this multitudinous

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of sounds? Does a bishop ever listen to the
vs:ca. liled voice of the church? Nay, is this voice ever
raised? It is undoubtedly true that Dr. liAlIPMEtea
opinions are very different from those of Dr. Pnwex,
or Dr. BLONTILLD, or Dr. SUMNER, but is this differ-
ence greater in degree or in kind than that of the three
last-named divines amongst themselves ? •
We really do not know what answer Gould be
made to a plea of this kind. Had the church the
slightest tinge of democracy in her constitution, there
would have been some reason in the argument against
the indecency of neglecting to listen to its repre-
sentations. If there were any recognised means of
getting a true exposition of the feeling of the church,
we do not think that any ministers would act so un-
justly or so foolishly as
theyespiee the voice; in the
absence of such means y surely cannot be judged
very guilty in neglecting to listen to that which the
bishops themselves treat with supreme contempt. In
every matter which interferes
ed with their own
to trea prit
-
vileges, the bishops when publicly appeal
the rot populi as vox et praterea ttihil ; how then
can they expect to be allowed to employ it to d
serve
their own turn, when that is to be accomplishe
elevating it to the rank of the vox Del?

IT will be remembered that we pointed out a few
months since some probable effects of the stoppage of
railway works, which were not taken into account
have by
those who, with the notes and Examiner,
bad a forcible restraint put upon them by the le-
gislature. We expressed at the same
times an
time oould ofpinion
that the actual pressure of the w
itself be likely, without any aid from the state, to
bring down the expenditure on melt works, to a
point quite as low as would be found at all conveni-
ent to the country. It may now be seen how far oar
views have been justified by the events of the last
two or three months, and by the preeent con-
dition of the classes formerly employed iII
railway works, or deriving more indirectly some
benefit from their activity. A check has been given
by the necessities of the times quite as severe, we aft
prehend, as the loudest advocates of a stoppage could
have ventured, bad they been empowered the , to applyconse-
.
And the country is feeling pretty sensibly
quences of a state of things which has cast thousands
of able-bodied and williog labourers
ltd of employ in
every quarte ; has deprived the retai ealers of the
custom their expenditure supplies, while throwing
upon them the charge of maintaining these men as
paupers ;nod has paralysed many other branches of
industry on a larger scale, to which tamp rogress of
railway works gave a healthy ex-
aliment.
This condition of affairs has naturally enoughhnow
cited a good deal of anxiety amongst those
witness its effects in various parts of the kingdom—and
the feeling is beginning to prevail as strongly in
the community of men of business at large as within
the railway interest itself. The former have been
made aware. in various ways, of the consequences
which we foresaw must arise from any extensive stop-
page of an expenditure, all of which wa
ne in ens
way or another, employed in supporting the popula-
tion and giving life to the industry of these islands;
and in several quarters the desire has been shown to
see this source of well-being re-opened where the
distress of the times has already cloeed it, or kept flow-
ing where this now threatens to arrest it. This, it is I
now pretty evident, while matters remain as they amoters, re,
cannot be accomplished by the railway pro if
left to their own unaided exertions. There
to fear, is no
longer the least reason to hope from them, or
according to the different views entertained of their
enterprises, any continuance of the activity or
tithe of e
outlay of former years. They are trying in all dir
to curtail, in place of extending, their liabilitiing
es. A
dread of calls is, naturally enough, the prevail
of
emotion just now; and the paramount object
nearly all concerned is to avoid whatever may in-
crease the frequency of demands, which those who
are not in a condition to meet cannot now evade
rui bn-
y
selling their property, except on terms utterly
ous. It is clear that if anything can be done to in-
crew* the activity of railway works, with a view
the advantage of the labourers and trades to
country, that were never more in want of such an
--.oement, is not from the companies that this

Accounts from Presbarg of April 15, say that the
Archduke Stephen left suddenly. at midnight on the
13tk for Vienna, whence fie will immediately prooecom-
ed
to Bruns, where serious disturbadisturbanceshave
menced. The Hungarian ministers left in
us.a
steamer for Pesth, under a salute of gn
The Hungarian Minister of War,
L.
co Ides-
saros, who is stationed at Verona aslonel
of Hussars, will probably be permitted to remain
there in consequence of the exigencies of circum-
stances, and the prime minister, L. Bathyany, mean-
while takes charge of the War department. A violent
opposition is, however, made at Pesth against the em-
ployment of the Hungartan military beyond the
Hungarian frontiers, and the Pesth Committee of
Security has requested the ministry to recall the Hun-
garian military from Italy and Gallicia. At a large
popular assembly at Peeth, deputies from Poland and
Italy were received with enthusiasm, and torchlight
Ilprocessions were afterwards given in the town. About
1400 Poles living in Pesth have return d home with
il
'considerable succours, for the purpose of taking part
in the reconquest of Poland.
The excitement against the employment of the
I Hungarian military in Italy, has reached a great
height at Pesth. There was a report on the night of
the 10th, that a portion of the garrison of Pesth
would leave secretly, in consequence of which the
National Guards assembled in their different quarters
in order to oppose their departure with their weapons
in their hands. The immediate and timely appear-
ance of the minister who
.promised to make instant
inquiries respecting the origin of the report, succeeded
in allaying the excitement in some degree. On thel
12th, one of the National Guards circulated Italian
proclamations among the Italian soldiers of the garri-
son. An officer who observed this had them arrested,l
and the doors of the barracks closed, but immense
crowds immediately assembled, and threatened to
storm the barracks ; not only was the national guard
net at liberty, but the officer who had arrested him
was called upon to answer for his conduct.
The Pesti Ilirlass very impressively demands thel
giving up of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and
the concentration of the Austrian troops on the
Russian frontiers.
A letter from Cracow, of April 16, says :
this morning the deputation returned from Viwh icenna.
Great joy was caused by the intelligence h
it brouqht that the Emperor is not disinclined
to permit the reorganisation of Gallicia, undercircum-
stances which are not unfavourable to the Poles. Our
national guard is already completely organised. We
number about 6,000 armed burghers, among whom
are 1,600 Jews. Our commander is Count Mosinski,
a very popular and liberal man. Ile is assisted by
three aides-de-camp, one of whom is a Jew. We
have an immense stock of weapons, although it is not
a fortnight since we had the prospect of being
mable to
arm the national guard. Several companies
of Austrian military have left, and Polish,
or rather Gallician, military have arrived.
The emigrants from France and Belgium who
have no families in Posen meet with a ready welcomedu
here, even if they are parties of the grand hy,
and as the chief part of them are capital soldiers, they
are of great service to our national guard. The
best understanding prevails here among the Poles
and the Germane, although Baron Von Krieg is still
the imperial commissioner here.
BADEN.—Our Cologne correspondent writes on
the 23rd —We have not any very circumstantial ac-
counts here of the movements of the German republi-
cans in the south of Germany, According to the
Cartartthe Gazette, Hecker's partisans were at Schopf-
heim on the evening of the 19th. The inhabitants of Lor-
rach, where the insurgents were expected to arrive, fol-
lowed the example of Freiburg, and resolved to declare
neither for nor against the republicans. At a public
meeting of the citizens a proposition to declare
against the expedition was not supported, but it
coins
unanimously resolved in the united political
mittees that it was not advisable to introduce any
changes in the state by force of arms. A notification
to that effect was made to Hecker by a dep
from the clubs. The Baden advanced troopsutation were
posted on the 19th above Bingen, where they could
reconnoitre the entire line of road from Schopfheim.
It was doubted whether Hecker would arrive at
Lorrach on the evening of the 19th. Several persons
have been arrested at Donaueschingen on the charge
of high treason ; amongst others, the burgomaster,
Herr Hans. A battalion of Nassau infantry arrived
at Mannheim on the 20th. Forty-eight persons im-
plicated in the recent riots in that town have been

HANOVER.—We have dates front the capital to
April 20. By the energetic exertions of the
minister peace and order have been restored at Hil-
desheim. In the afternoon of the 19th, 27 of the
ringleaders arrived at Hanover by the railway, under
a military escort, and a committee of investigation
had already been appointed. General von Rehberg,
who had the command at Hildesheim, had tendered
his resignation. He bad received orders immedi-
ately to resort to arms if the imposed conditions were
not complied with, and although the command was
stringent the veteran general fell into an unlooked-
for dilemma, which caused him to delay the
carrying out of his orders. The
delay govtilernmehe
nt
plenipotentiary requested him to l
should return with a deputation from Hanover
which should effect the release of Weinhageo, from
which step the return of peace was confidently looked
for. The general gave his word of honour, but the
government plenipotentiary did not return, aid the '
general, who was bound by his word not to resort to
severe measures, sent an officer to Hanover by an
extra train for the purpose of receiving orders. 'flue
answer was his dismissal. The general, who was
greatly beloved , was universally pitied.
The city and government had been placed in •
great dilemma by the inconsiderate assertions of M.
Siemens, the dety, to the committee of Frankfort,
that Hanover p puossessed enough weapons to arm all
the volunteers. We are now (says a letter from Rano-
ver of the 20th) actually swarming with volunteers,l
whose reiterated cry is arms, arms! Where the pro-
mised stock lies concealed no one knows exc pt M.
Siemens. The available weapons in the royal arsenal I,
are barely sufficient for the national burghers guards,
and the country districts have been called upon by
a proclamation to arm themselves as well as they can.
The day atter to-morrow a company of pioneers,
under Capt. Danmert, will leave this for Rendsburg.
Major Wissell, of the artillery, is charged to throw
up fortifications at the mouth of the hlce and the
Weser, and will start for those places forthwith.
FRANKFORT.—The Diet has been occupied with
the acquii.ition of some war-steamers. Bavaria and
linden support the project, but other states hesitate
to allot an illimited credit for such a purpose. hesitate
had arriv.d from Bremen with propo-
sals and offers on this point.
,st, to

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

The intelligence from Hamburg is to the 22nd, and
news had been received there from Copenhagen to the
19th, stating that an embargo had been laid on all
Prussian vessels. The intelligence was furnishehad
d
by the Hamburg Assurance Company, which
received the following notifications from their agent
at Copenhagen :
April 19.—1 hasten to inform you that, agreeably to •
communication from the ministry, all Prussian
be detained in the harbour ; and that the royal ships have
been ordered to bring up all Prussian Teases as prizes. The
neutrality of Hamburg and Lubeck will be respected only
in as far as they de not take any hostile measures against
Denmark.
The Julia, which arrived at Hull yesterday from
Copenhagen, which it left on the 20th, reports th at
, the Danes were stopping all Prussian ships in the \
\
Sound, but that those a Hanover were allowed to
pane. Several Prussian vessels have been already
captured, and thirty provision ships in the harbour of
iCopenhagen had been seized and detained by the
Danish government.
Late on the evening of the 21st, the last train from
Rendsbarg brought the information to Hamburg of
another engagement having taken • place between a
rtion of the alliedpo army and the vanguard of the
\Danish army. The Germaus engaged were princi-
pally volunteers, and their opponents were two regi-
ments of Danish cuirassiers, one of dragoons, and a
small battery. The result of the battle was said
to be favourable to the Germans; but they expe-
lrimmed a very severe loss, for ten or twelve waggon-
loads of wounded were brought into Hendsburg in
the course of the afternoon. '1 he scene of the engage-
ment was a large wood in the neighbourhood of the
village of Altenhof, which lies only a few miles from
Hendsburg.
i General Wrangel, the new
offcommander-in-chie the
of
1 the Prussian tzoops, end it is reported also

federal army, passed through Altona on the 20th, Op.
companied by one of the Prussian princes.
Troops marched through Hamburg and Altona fee
Holstein, and there could not be less than 30,000 Men
assembled there, consisting of the 10th corps of the
diet; this, however, included 10,000 Prussians, who
form no part of the army of the diet, but sent by the
King's free will to co-operate ; sad this would account
for the measures taken by Denmark to seize at sea
her vessel!. The Danes will not enter Holstein, bat
strongly entrench themselves round Flensburg ea
down to Tondern, and wait quietly to be attacked.
A letter from Rendsburg, of April 20, says:—The
elections for the National Assembly are proceeding
with great order and quietness, notwithstanding the
commotions of waof the he names of the most re.
spected membersdiet are at the top of the list
of candidates. These are Gulick, Claussen, Nickels,
Eemarch, P. Lnders, and we have also heard the
names of Hansen, Hamekens, Klenze, and Professors
Ravit and Caristiansen.
The island of Fehmarn, which so courageously
withstood the piracy of Danish men-of-war, has been
furnished with a protection of military. At &kern.
fiorde, the Danish fortifications have been strengthened
and the works are going on with great alacrity. The
bridge is broken down and beset with cannons; every
day's delay is a sacrifice of life ; inasmuch as it affords
the Danes time and opportunity
.to strengthen their
position. Yesterday the peace inspected the entire
position of our army. Prussian troops continue to
arrive as well as volunteer corps.
We hear from Kiel, under date April 20, the re.
port of the blowing np of Friedricheort is so far eor.
rect, that in consequence of a careless approach to a
galvanic battery, which communicated with a train
of gunpowder, about 100 lbs. of gunpowder exploded.
Much damage was done, but happily no Lfe was loot.
A small division of Danish cavalry (about 23 ;nen)
arrived at Husum on the 19th, and requested to see
the officer. On being told that he had quitud the
place, they inquired whether the inhabitants required
a garrison. This was refused, and as the Danes were
about to retire the people fired at them, sad one mat
was wounded. Barricades were instantly commenced
to prevent any further aggressions on the pert of the
Danish troops ; during the presence of the Danes the
tocsin was sounded.
The Prussian troops in and near Rendsburg had
received orders to be in readiness to much forward
on the 21st.

CONSTANIINOPLE, APRIL 7.
The alarming news of revolutions and massacres, of
kings dethroned,and empires tumbling to ruin,bronght
here from Europe by every courier, has at length begun
to trouble the repose of the dreamy and quiet-loving
Turks. Considerable and moat unusual agitation is
observable amongst the people, Mussulman as well u
rayah. The politics of Ea ope, until now unthought
of and uncared for, have become the subject of conver-
sation in every coffee-house and bath throughout the
capital. Nothing is so contagious es popular move-
ments ; nothing so calculated to rouse the spirit even
of the most indolent and lethargic of people, as the
thought that, united, they possess a power
ter
than that they had been taught to
mightiest and most terrible. The Turkish govern-
ment has observed these symptoms, and deemed it
prudent to take measures to prevent their spreading,
Orders have been given to the editors of the Turkish
papers of the capital not to insert the news of revolt
and revolution constantly arriving from Europe ; and
the mollabs are turning the public mind into
another channel, by, telling their Socks that
Frankietan is accursed, and that the hand of God
is heavy upon the Giaours. The news from the princi-
palities is more venous. The inhabitants of Wallachia,
Moldavia, and beryla are nearer to the scene of revo-
lution,and have already felt the shock in the moral elec-
d
tricity which is spreading far and wide, giving life an
vigour, but at times also causing ruin and desolation.
As tor,
the Hosporlars, Austria can no longer aid them,
and Russian support has become problematic. In the
weakness of thiir terror the Hospodars have appealed
to the Porte. Orders have been given to form a large
Turkish camp at Nissa, in Servia, a position almost
upon the boundaries between that province and
Wallachia, and a numerous division of troops is also
rapidly concentrating in the southeastern part of
Bulgaria, within a short distance of Galatz. It is
doubtful whether these military demonstrations are
prudent. The inhabitants of the principalities are
totally different from those of the other puts of
Ottoman empire. They have of late years made
immense advances in civilisation and refinement;
they are in constant communication with the neigh-
bouring European states, whose manners and ideas
they have been gradually assuming. With the
exception of Servia, the government of their princes
is a dwarfed edition of the despotism which exists in
Russia, and whilst they naturally dislike the rule
under which they live, they preserve in full
s. vigour their
hatred for their old oppressors, the Turketween,
therefore, the police restrictions and theirprinees on the
one hand, and the threatening attitude of aTat rkishme dis-
force
upon the other, it is natural to suppose tha sa
play of discontent will bo the result. It is to he
feared also that the comparatively friendly attach-
ment of the Servians to the Porte will undergo
astrous change, in consequence of the presence of s
Turkish army within their territory. Couriers are
constant motion between the Porte and the principal'
ties, and anxiety is daily increasing lest they become
the scene of some popular outbreak. •
Pera during the last few days resembles a town in
a state of siege. Parties of troops protect the streets
night and day. Anyone appearing out at nightfall
without a lantern is taken by the patrol before a coal,
and if his answers do not please that functionary he
is sent to prison. It is at the request of some of the
foreign ambassadors that these police measures have
been adopted by the Porte. Great numbers of
Italians, Frenchmen, and Germans,are in the habitel
meeting nightly at a coffeehouse in the main street of
Peru for some object connect ed with the revolutresentatives
ionary
movements in Europe. Some of the rep
of the foreign powers had been already insulted, and
others threatened by the persona who composed thew
meetings, and hence the cause of these police
measures which give such an alarming appearance
ta Pere.
A feud has broken out between the Maltese Ind
lonians, and in the encounters which they have had
during the last two or three days several lives have
been lost on either side.

ibe Court.
The Princess Sophia is indisposed at her residents
at Kensington.
Mr. Pownall and Mr. Wilke had an interview sill
Sir George Grey y.-st•rd ay, at the Rome ottice, and prensta
an address from the Middlesex magistrates.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterdanig
his residence at Richmond. at the
Desoatehes were received yesterday Wise.
office from the governors of the West India colonist.
Hare The Earl of Hawood had an interview yeetwill
with Sir George Grey. Dlr. Arthur Reins had alga as
isw"
view yesterday with the right hon. baronet.

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LARD MAYOR'S EASTER DlNNER.—Testet*/ I.
Lord Mayer and Lady Mayoress gave the grand how
&inter to a numerous and distinguished p irty. The eiblo
were furnished with every delicacy 01 the stas.n. Asuart
the campaily were the Marquis of the Spark
Minisur, the Brazilian Minister and his lady, Baron Platt
the Bishop of Chichester, the Dean of Durham, Boil
Cathcart Justice,' M.P., Mr. Rich, M.P., fwd
, Mr. Coltman, the Deputy Chainass of the
But India Company, Mr. Idastennan, M.F. Mr. Tafo.4
M.P., Sheriff Cubit', M.P., and Sherd Hill. After dieser
the " loving cup " went round, and the usual. 101•1''''"
were then duly honoured
s, Lord Maya, in Pr't
"Her Majesty's Ministers," said he was conviseed tb,"
wu the anxious desire of the government to rot"
peaceful relations with all the countries of Bum Pr;
The Marquis of Clanricarde said that ministers lad 110,
contend with difficulties of no ordinary cla, to meow;
they relied on the support of all classes ot her Msjcstf ' "24
jects. Irrespective of the differences of opinion which s
always arise in a great country like this, be felt that th!, ft•
Tanana had a right to look for the general suppolo'
community at large, so long as they
the
their CO
faithfully. Re proposed the health of the Lord year
so ably fulfilled the duties of his high official dodos,
Lord Mayor briefly acknowledge l the toast, and Ni
would always be him anxious endeavour to fulfil the demo
his station satisfactorily. The Lord Mayor next ,_.
" The Bishop of Chichester, with thanks to hit.l,lM.
annual sermon in behalt of the hospiud."--Tli, D:,7'
Chichester, in acknowledging the toast, esfoews' "--
sense of the services rendered by the educational ohm_.,'ol
this country. The right rev. prelate spoke at grm!..
but owing to the distance at which the reporters will. .2
from the speakers they were enable to of eau, nrii
port of his speech.—Some furrier toasts tollorre4.
proceedings then terminated. .„
lenniF.:::::eonotßAl
ieTnhlteOLdOtortiNLolpLcoitalwTiAaßto;
btf,itNierShlio,_Er4;EtirthltS....--Aoof Theot,mL.T.4,
order to colonise tbe debateable land test the L turf;
frontier, and in furtherance thereof a detachnent„l_44.7,
56 women, and week.hildren, leave the rite I°'
during the ensuin