The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1851.

tires, professing the most ardent admiration for the
polities of that journal, and desiring to become sub-
scribers. One of these representatives, M. Wein,
says, that when a year since he had an
interview with the Count de Chambord, one
word suffictd to inform the Count of his line of policy..
lie told the Count that he followed the banner of
the Opinion Publique. If he were to visit the
Count de Chambord again, ho should have nothing
more to say. The schism therefore between what
may be called the republican-legitimists and the
Bonapart-legitimists is wider than ever.
The committee of permanence held their first
meeting to-day; M. de Melon (Ille-et-Vilaine) was
appointed secretary. M. Detain is to preside when
in Paris, and in his absence one of the vice-presidents
of the Assembly. The next meeting is to be held on
Thursday, the 21st of August, and the succeeding
meetings on every other Thursday throughout the
recess, unless extraordinary circumstances should!
render more frequent meetings necessary.
The canal from the .Marne to the Rhine is to be
opened between Nancy and Toul on the let of Oe
tobcr.
To-day the Assembly met for the last time befog
the vacation; not more than 300 members were pre-'
sent when the chair was taken. This number gra- '
dually diminished. After transacting some matter
of course, business of the most uninteresting kind,
M. Lacrosse observed that there were not members
enough present to make a house, and that the pro-
rogation had been voted. The Assembly then dis-
persed in silence at half-past three.
PARIS, SUNDAY ET7NINO.
The 3/0/titeue contains a letter of thanks from the
English ambassador to o'.e Minister for Foreign
Affairs on the part of Lord Granville and the Royal
Commission of the Exhibition, jury, &e., for the
cordial reception given them by the government and
the municipality of Paris.
Mr. Gladstone's letters and Lord Palmerston's
speech have made a great sensation. To impugn the
veracity of Mr. Gladstone's evidence is felt to he a
task so hopeless that it is hardly attempted. The
' apologists of King Ferdinand are therefore driven to
improve the occasion by heaping abuse upon Lord
Palmerston. The wrath of the Assc»d•Me. requires
time to embody itself in adequate words. It pro-
mimes in another article to treat his lordship's lan-
newith all the severity that it deserves, averring
e meantime that Sir de Lacy Evans's question,
evidently concerted, was,aurned to account by Lord
Palmerston to propound doctrines the most subver-
sive of the independence of foreign governments and
nations, and the most perfidiously calculated to keep
up and encourage the revolutionary spirit upon the
continent. The Vourfitutionnel admits that Mr.
Gladstone acted under a praiseworthy impulse by
disengaging conservative principles from the -respon-
sibility of such nets as he denounces, hut laments
that the facts stated by him will be made use of by 1
demagogues as a confirmation of their own inventions. I
It then admires the adroitness with which Lord
Palmerston contrived to pursue his favourite policy,
under the shelter of a name so respected as that of
Lord Aberdeen, and is very indignant at the un-
seemly terms in which he spoke of the Neapolitan
government. The republican journals are loud in
their praises of Lord Palmerston. It would be inhu-
man to think that the French government can approve
the cruelty and injustice which Mr. Gladstone has
brought to light, and M. Baroche was no doubt
sincere when he said the other day that he would
recommend the King of Naples to use greater
moderation. Rut the tone in which M. Baroehe
imputed exaggeration to Mr. Gladstone's statements, I
and the evident disposition of the ministerial journals
to gloss over and explain away the enormities of.
Neapolitan tyranny are sad evidence of the dire
political necessity which compels the French govern-
ment to curry favour with ultramontane despotism.
At Lyons, on Wednesday evening, some women,
relatives of the prisoners now on trial before the
court-martial, were overheard by the proeureur-
general and a captain of gendarmes making some
remarks on the proceedings at the door of the Palais
de Justice. An altercation ensued, which resulted in
the arrest of three or four women. A meeting of
the counsel for the prisoners took place afterwards,
at M. Michel de Itourges's hotel, and it was agreed
that, in order to avoid any occasion of irritation, no
mention of this arrest should be made in open court.
The counsel then had a private interview with Col.
Couston, the president of the court-martial, and re-
presentill to him that neither the demeanour I.f the
prisoners, nor the mode in which the defence would
be conducted, would be calculated to produce any
agitation out of doors; but that the extreme severity
of the measures which had been taken were likely to
produce a contrary impression, which in itself was
dangerous to a certain extent. 'nuc colonel pro-
mised to report these observations to General Ca-'el-
lane. The women were released the next day, and
the demonstration of military force around M..Mielitl
de Bourges's hotel was less conspicuous than it had
been.

ITALY.
ROMAN STATES.
ROSIF JuLY 31,

The paternal government of his Holiness con-
tinues to remind the Romans from time to time of
its beneficent existence, by varying the tenor of its
official announcements, not " from grave to gay, from

lively to severe;" but from imprisonmentsand con-
demnations to forced loans and extra taxes, and
rice rerso. I mentioned in my last letter the contri-
butions required from the nation to make up for the
deficit in Signor Galli's budget, a document which,
for the correctness of its details and the integrity of
its calculations, would hardly stand the searching
inquiry of Mr. Hume. Fortunately, however, for
the Roman Minister of Finances, it is not the cus-
tom of his government to allow tax payers to remon-
strate against the weight or examine the ',thwart of
their annual burthens, and, faulty as the budget may
be, it must certainly be accepted as an improvement
upon that system of hallowed mystery which
has hitherto veiled the apostolic cyphers of
the Pope's treasurers, functionaries who never
deigned to give any account of their
administration of the public money, and whose ac-
knowledged right it was to step at once from the
office of treasurer to the dignity of cardinal. In the
very inexact statement which Signor Galli has
driiwn up, one cannot help feeling surprised at the
omission of some of the most important items of in-
come and expenditure; such, for instance, as the
expenses of the Austrian troops, which cannot
amount to less than 80,000 dollars a month, on one

hand, and the suns of ;:00,000 dollars, which Signor
null has to pay the government fur the purchase of
the ...Ippounaggio property, on the other. Renee it
is evident that, much as the annul publication of
estimates may be hailed as the day star of an im-
proved system of financial administration in the ,
Papal dominions, still, until the right of looking
into these estimates is granted to the people, or their
delegates, there is nu real progress made, and the
state budget will be always drawn up according to
the political tendencies, or interested motives, of men
in power.
I must not omit to mention one very remarkable
change in public feeling at Rome, with respect to
the French army. Those who, on its first entry into
the city, applauded it for bringing back the Pope by
the force of its victorious bayonets, now take no
pains to hide their aversion whilst, on the con-
trary, the mass of the people, who received the
French soldiers with the greatest disgust in the first
instance, now begin to perceive that a prolonged
French occupation can only have a result favourable
to liberal opinions, nor would they hesitate to give
the French army some proof of their convictions, if
the political oppression under which they groan did
I. not hinder them from making any sort of demon-
' stration. The Itomans of the lower orders are
beginning to have a confused idea of the difference
which exists between the actions of the French go-
vernment and the wishes of the French nation, and
are losing their dislike to Frenchmen, as individuals,
although they arc fully aware that the French go-
vernment is sold to the priests. The police autho.
rities are just now excessively enraged at three of
their myrmiions. three choice sbirri, having been
arrested by the French, and sent to the Castle of St.
Angelo. Their offence was that of having demanded
to go out of the city at art hour when the gates are
shut, without any written order from the Roman
police, and then, although allowed to go out accom-
panied by a French soldier, their having run away
from him as soon as they got well beyond the
, walls. The soldier has been placed under
arrest for not having fired upon them as
soon as they attempted to leave his escort, and

the Airri themselves arc to be tried by court martial,
and some people affirm will be sent to the Toulon
' galleys. Some such lesson is necessary for these
worthies, who seem to have considered themselves
men of great importance ever since they commanded
the French patrols.
The dismissal of government and municipal em-
p!uyels still continues in Rome and in the provinces.
A case which has recently excited the indignation of
every well-thinking person is that of Signor Blasi, of
Civita Vecchia, a man as well known by his indi-
vidual merit as by the moderation of his political
opinions, and who has been deprived of three
different employments which ho held, because,
forsooth. ho is said to have formerly written
a copy of verses in which the King of
Naples was not spoken of with due respect.
Such, at any rate, is the apparent cause; but well-
informed
people name another motive. M. de Coe-
cellos, the French envoy, consulted Signor Blasi as
to whether the Papal government was really as ab-
surd as was reported, and whether so many reforms
were required as was pretended. Signor Blasi could
not deny the great necessity there was for reform,
and, on M. de Coreelles pressing him so to do, he
drew up a memorial setting forth the principal
griefs of the state. When M. de Coreelles
went to Gaeta, he mentioned these proposed
reforms to his Holiness, and laboured to have them
granted; but Cardinal Antonelli assured him that
such requests could only come from demagogues, and
that good citizens wished for nothing of the kind, on
which M. do Coreelles drew forth the memorial
written by Signor Blasi, and told the cardinal that it
was not the work of a demagogue. This proved
quite sufficient to have Signor Blasi placed on the
black list, and he is now deprived of his three cm-

ployments.
Another shameful dismissal is that of the assessor
of police at Bologna, a functionary who, although
declared innocent- by the Council of Censure, has
been deprived of office by special order of the Pope,
or at least in his name, for Laving testified his ap-
probation when the Roman troops left Bologna to
undertake a campaign against the Austrians. But
a truce to such doleful accounts—a list of all the
present Papal persecutions would fill your columns.

GERMANY.

THE PROPOSED POLICE FOR TILE GERMAN

EMPIRE.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, AtG. 7.

Many persons, among them foreign statesmen and
diplomatists, were led to apprehend by the exten-
sive alterations which Austria proposed to have made
in the constitution of the confederation that that
body would cease to possess the mere defensive
functions for which it was organised, and would
assume the position of a power in the European
polity capable of assuming the aggressive. It can-
not be denied that the puerile weakness of I'russia
and the general political aspect of Germany in
sonic degree justified such apprehensions. But the
course of time and the progress of reaction hare re-
produced the same state of parties, the mine
conflicting interests, the same desire to main-
tain thee• independence on the part of the
minor, to weaken their equals and crush their in-
feriors on the part of the larger states which existed
previous to the momentous year lfilfi. This is fully
established by a fac which has just come to my
knowledge. In the sitting of the Engere Rath
on the I;th of July, the representatives of Austria
and Prussia jointly appealed to the Diet, inquiring,
by a motion fur the introduction of a federal
police, whether the Diet felt itself ccmpetent to main-
tain peace and order in the confederation, and to
secure the legitimate forms of ;iiverninent. Such an
appeal naturally required consideration, and time was
allowed for the representatives to appeal to their go-
vernments for instructions. I have just learned that
the major part of the ministers to the Diet have re-
ceived their instructions within the last few days,
and that by far the greater number of the govern-
ments of Germany have instructed their representa-
tives to reply affirmatively to the appeal of Austria
and Prussia. In making this appeal two great
powers of Germany contemplated, if it was replied to
as they desired, reproposing in an altered shape some
of the propositions discussed in Dresden. It will
be recollected that the most important of
these propositions wvtc ealetthsted to add most
formidably to the power of the Diet and to place
that power in the hands of that state which for the
time being maintained the ascendant. These and all
the rest must now fall to thp ground, and the labours
of the three committees or the Diet, to whom the
Dresden propositions have been referred, will have
lit-en in vain. If the majority of the confederates
declare that the Diet is sufficiently powerful to quell
disorder and to crush insurrection when and where-
ever they may show themselves, the motives for
(fleeting alterations in its organisation lose all

weight.
The federal commissioners have left the electorate
of Hessen for good, and their commissions have been
returned to the Diet. The German papers have led
the public astray on this point by stating that they
had merely changed the seat of their labours, trans-
ferring it from Cassel to Frankfort. The Elector of
Hessen-Cassel and his adviser Hassenpflug are once
again sole masters of the unhappy land over which
they rule. The inhabitants are wasted in mind and
ruined in pocket by a military occupation which has
Lasted eight or nine months. Those who were able
have emigrated; those who remain must submit to
whatever the government may choose to exact.
Deplorable accounts continue to anive of the vast
damages done by the recent inundations in Baden,
Bavaria, and Wurtembcrg. From Bruchsal to Em-
mendingen, in the first of these states, the lower
lands aro still under water, to the irretrievable
damage of the crops which were just ripening. The
Rhine is rising too, endangering in every place its
artificial embankments. Much damage has been
done to the fortifications of Rastatt, the lower ease-
mates of which arc under water. In Baden liaden
the waters rose to within very few feet of the
large hall. A newly built Swiss cottage, inhabited
by an English family, was carried away so rapidly
that the inhabitants had barely time to save their
lives. The Grand Duke, who was travelling at the
time, has returned to Carlsruhe to assist by his pre-
sence the efforts making to relieve the distressed fami-
lies, who arc suffering from want in consequence of
the inundations. A subscription list has been opened
on which among the foremost stand the names of the
Prince and Princess of Prussia with a donation of
six hundred florins. The Maine is rising again
but slightly however.
Accounts from Basle aro of the same melancholy
character. Lake Lucerne has overflowed its banks
close to Lucerne, nod the Aar and Lutschener have
done the same iu Interlaken. At Unterseen the Aar
carried away a bridge whereby several lives were
lost, the number of which is not yet known.

THE WEST LYDIA COMPANY'S STEAMER TAY
left Southampton on Saturday with the Brazilian mails.
Amongst the mails, which was the largest ever known,
were government despatches for the British minister at
Lisbon. Amongst the cargo of the Tay was nearly 50,0001.
in specie, principally for Rio. She took out also nearly 50
pa...senates. Although there arc still restrictions at the
Brazilian ports on the goods traffic by these steamers, the
success of the Brazilian line of mail steamers has exceeded
all expectations. The profit on the specie, diamonds,
French merchandise, and passengers conveyed by them
must be very great. The intermediate traffic is enormous,
particularly as to passengers, by the homeward packets be-
twten Rio and Lisbon. In consequence of this success, the
improvement of the affairs of the West India Company ge-
nerally, and the settlement of the packet-station question,
the company are about to erect a suite of splendid offices
near the Southampton docks, similar to those erected there
by the Peninsular and Oriental Company. The offices of
the latter form one of the handsomest and most extensive
buildings in the town, and in it was accommodated the
Ncpaulese ambassador, with all his suite, during that
prince's stay in Southampton.
I DEPARTURE OF TILE MAIL STEAM SHIP CANADA.—
! On Saturday forenoon, at 11 o'clock, the British and
9 North American royal mail steam ship Canada, Captain
Harrison, left the Mersey for Halifax and Boston, with
very heavy mails for the United States, Canada, New-
! foundland, &e. She had also on board a full and valuable
cargo, and 130 passengers.
THE CAPE MAIL—The Hellespont, Capt. Watts,
with the mail from the Cape of Good Hope, is several days
over due at Plymouth. The adverse winds which have
prevailed for some time past would no doubt have delayed
her arrival. The next outward mail leaves Plymouth on
the 15th inst.

TILE DEPUTY-SECRETARY AT WAR.—Mr. L. Suli-
Tan, who, for upwards of forty years, has been in the War-
office, chiefly as Deputy-Secretary at War, was last week
made a member of her Majesty'. Prig Council.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.
The British Royal Mail steamer Asia, Capt. Jud-
kine, arrived in the Mersey yesterday at 1 p.m. from
New York, with 150 passengers and 128,3001. specie
on freight. The Asia left New York at noon on the
30th ult., and has therefore been 11 days on the voy-
age, which is longer than the average passages of
this ship, and has been caused by the prevalence of
strong head winds during tho greater part of the

voyage:
The intelligence of chief importance in a political
point of view by this arrival is from liavannah, and
relates to the late insurrection there, the accounts of
which are, however, very contradictory. The ad-
vices from Havannah are to the 22nd ult., and contain,
according to the New Turk Tribune.
Full and important details in regard to the recent out-
break at Puerto Principe. The pronunciantento for Cuban
independence was made on the 4th of July, signed by tho
principal leaders of the revolt, Aguero Aguero, Aguero
Estrada, and Artiaga Pins, as provisional repreFentatives
of the people of Cuba. After enumerating the prin-
cipal grievances which the island has suffered from
Spanish rule, this instrument declares that Cuba is,
and by the laws of nature ought to be, independent of
Spain, and owes submission only to the authority of those
who, while awaiting the action of the people, are pro-
visionally intrusted with the command of each locality and
of the military forces. The first real battle of the patriots
took place after the issuing of the pronunciamento. A party
of government troops, which had been sent out to make
prisoners of the revolutionists, fell in with a guerilla force
under Aguero Aguero on the 4th of July at the foot of the
Cascorro mountains. On the previous day a skirmish
uecurred, iu which the patriot leader Sanchez was taken
prisoner, and a few arms captured by the Spanish troops.
lit the engagement on the 4th the Cubans numbered 200
men and the Spaniards 300 men, consisting of 100 lancers
and 200 infantry. After a vigorous contest the Spanish
, troops retreated, having lost 21 killed, including the captain,
and in wounded. 'the loss on the Cuban side was
slight, only two or three men having been wounded
I and none killed. Twelve of the Spanish soldiers
deserted their colours and joined the patriot.. The

effect of this battle was to inspir-e the people with fresh con
tidence, and they soon increased the number of insurrection-
iota to over 1,000. They were divided into five guerrila
partied of 200 men each, which were stationed in the strong-
holds about Cascorro and Puerto Principe, where they were
drilled in military exercises and received strong revessions
to their numbers. After the engagement of the 4th, the
Spanish troops fell Lick oar Principe, some seventeen leagues
from Caacorro. The announcement of the victory of the
insurgents produced great excitement among the people of
Principe. Nothing but the great number of soldiers in the
garrison, over 4,000, prevented a general massacre of the
troops. The general did not dare to scud out a tnree in
noafh afo
ra popular
reinforcement rising,
Wild
of wo!paotfernhtetilirti.e.l,..Ci,:ue,bnaignnes...,:rtgterirtiitfiv.a.irmeanti
me,were
gaining
g
strength and confidence. There are rumours of several
other engagements, in which the government troops were
defeated; but thus far wu have not sufficiently direct ac-
counts to furnish materials Inr an opinion.
The New York Tribune adds:
The letters of our Ilavannah correspondent corroborate tho
views we have expressed in regard to the character of
the new Cuban revolution. It now appears that the eastern
half of the island, with the exception of a few points, has
declared for the revolution, and that the insurgents are so
well sheltered by the mountains that the government troops
will find it difficult, if nut impossible, to dislodge them. Tho
arrival of Gen. Limerick (or Lemery) at Ilavannah, and the
departure of the government steamers for the eastern coast,
leave no doubt that the government is less sure of the in-
significance of the movement than it first represented.
The 11-epo York Herald, on the other hand, says :
It is impossible for us to form an opinion whether the
Cuban authorities% or the insurrectionists have had the best
of it in this reported outbreak. That, on the 4th of July,
a portioa of the inhabitants of Cuba took up arms against
the Spanish authorities, and declared fur independence,
there is no doubt; but, according to the reports
which have reached us, there is plenty of room for specula-
tion as to whether the rising was so general as is reported it
was—embracing the eastern half of the island—or whether
it was not put down by the Cuban authorities, us reported.
While we give due credit to the people of Cuba for any
effort that they may have made to throw off the Spanish
yoke, we are digllOStill to believe that the reports which have
reached the United States have been very much exaggerated.
Whether this was done purposely or not,we cannot at present
say ; but the contradictions of the reports concerning the mag-
nitude of the outbreak and the extent of the disatLetion,
have been so numerous that we are disposed to place great
reliance on the information which we received from there
yesterday, through a private source, and which we deem ,
reliable. This information is to the effect that the uprising,
of which we have heard so much within a few days, was of
no account, that it was promptly put down, and that those
who took part in it sued fur pardon, which was granted,
and that this was the substance of the whole affair. If
this is the case, all we can say is, that the advisers of those
Cubans who wish to rid themselves of the Spanish yoke
have conducted themselves very indiscreetly. The issuing
of false bulletins never helped any cause, as the history of
the world will show. We are, however, not sure that this s
is tt e state of things in ulia. The: Creoles of that
island have fur a long Limo past desired an =chore-
tim of their condition, or, if that could not be ob-
tained, independence. The
npronioneiumento, or declaration
of independence, which was issued on the fourth of July,
proves that separation from Spain was seriously contem-
plated by some, at least, of the inhabitants. A. far as the
United States is concerned, the question is—is this revolu-
tion in earnest, or is it not ? We confess our inability to
decide one way or the other. We have received informa-
tion that the patriots have not only struck for independ-
ence, but that they were in a fair way of gaining it; while,
by the very same arrival, we learn that there has been no-
thing but an ~iiieute in that island—that a few ardent
Creoles hoisted the flag of independence on the fourth of
July, and were promptly, put down for so doing. It is not
our province to reconcile the conflicting statements that
have been received from Cuba by a few late arrivals. We
will say thus much, however, that, according to all appear-
ances, the reports of the success of the insurgents have been
much overrated, and that no serious or general outbreak
has taken place in that island.
We have conversed with an American merchant of the
first respectability, who left Ilavannah on the afternoon of
the 22nd inst., and who has come on from Charleston. lle
states that the extra of the Fanal, of Puerto Principe, dated
the 17th of July, had been received at Ilavannah on the
22nd, by which it appears that two small parties of insur-
gents had taken up arms ; that they were promptly defeated,
and sued for a pardon, which was granted by the governor
of Puerto Principe; that on the 17th of July the most per-
fect tranquillity prevailed at that place • that no desertion
of Spanish troops had occurred ; and that, in a word, all
the reports published in the papers of the United States
have been fabricated to deceive the public by the partisans
and abettors of the revolutionists in Cuba and in the United
States ; that no excitement or apprehension whatever ex-
isted at Harm:malt, and that the a hole affair did nut amount
to more than a riot. This is on the authority of a gentleman
last from that island.
The llavannah correspondent of the Herald gives,
however, a confirmation of the insurrection, describes
the tactics pursued by the rebels, and states that the
rebellion was general all over the island, and that
desertion prevailed to a considerable extent among
the Spanish troops. It is also stated that a body of
300 soldiers, under the command of General Conti,
had been captured by the insurgents. Amongst these
different statements it is difficult to decide upon tho
true one.

General Lopez still remained at New Orleans.
Jenny Lind was at Niagara Falls, where she in-
tends to stay for a fortnight. It was said that she will
give three or four concerts and leave for Europe ria
'ew York, about the 16th of August. A party of
six Ojibway Indians called upon Jenny Lind at
Rochester. She requested them to sing some of
their war songs. They complied, when she paid
them back with the Echo and Bird songs.
By our last dates from Texas we learn that there
was great excitement at Rio Grande, in consequence
of the Mexicans refusing to surrender a fugitive
slave. An armed company of Texans had threatened
to capture Presidio. It is said that 2,000 slaves have
made their escape into Mexico. The valley of
the Rio Grande was still suffering from the ra-
vages of the Indians. They range over the
whole country without restraint, carrying devas-
tation and bloodshed in their train. in addition to
this, armed bands of Mexicans are roaming over the
defenceless territory between the Nueccs and the Rio
Grande, plundering the forests of the horses and
cattle, which find pasture there in large numbers,
and committing other acts of violence. Brownsville
is greatly infested with robbers, and burglaries and
thefts are of nightly occurrence.

Intelligence had been received at New York from
Hayti, which must be taken with some allowance,
that a battle was fought between the llaytians and
Dominicans on the 13th ult., in which about 900 of
the emperor's troops were killed. It is stated that a
large quantity of arms fell into the hands of the vic-
tors, besides 240 prisoners. The defeated army took
shelter in the fortified town of San Juan, while the
Dominicans returned in excellent order to the
southern bank of the Yuma River.
The news from Mexico states the demand of the
British minister, Mr. Doyle, for the immediate satis-
faction of the claims of British creditors, had been
promptly taken up for consideration in the Mexican
Congress, with the intent, no doubt, of conciliating
the forbearance of Mr. Doyle as far as possible. The
French and Spanish ministers have stated that the
example of the British must be followed by their
governments. The Danish brig Prosper, with the
Prussian minister on board, has been wrecked at

Vera Cruz, but all the passengers were saved, ,--rha
report of a rising in the state of Chiapas is con.
firmed. The object of the revolution was to
claim the dictatorship of Santa Anna. The leader
of the movement had been defeated by General
Maldonado, the governor of the state, but some
of his troops still held out. The state of Oajaca
was in a condition of anarchy and confusion. A
' revolution is said to have broken out in Tabasco.
The object is supposed to be connected with the
movements in Chiapas. The note of Mr. Webster,
in reply to the announcement of the repeal of
Camps grant, had been received in Mexico,
but there aro different statements concerning the
import.

[For markets see last page.]

CANADA.

TORONTO, Jun Va.
There has been a little excitement gut up iu this
city during the week on the subject of the clergy reserves,
Two meetings were held on one evening, one by the anti's,
the other by the pro's. At each of these meetings resolu-
tions of a diverse nature were carried. At one the voice
was very strongly in favour of the secularisation of the re-
serves, and applying them to the purposes of education ; at
the other, loud protests were made ataiust any interference
with the present settlement.
A little disturbance took place after the meetings, but
nothing of any consequence; and I should notdeein it worth
while to notice it, if it were not for the constant practice
made by many English journals, to take their reponse( Ca-
nadian news from the New York papers, which are always
filled with gross and ridiculous exaggerations to our pre-
judice.
There is a strong feeling tbroughont the whole of Upper
Canada on this clergy reserve question; which, it is to be
feared, will be increased with the repeal of th.. imperial
act of luta. The ease is a had one; and there will b.; ex-
citement in whatever way it is decided.
The House of Assembly went into committee of supply
on Wednesday evening, and a considerable number of
items were passed. Some amendments were propond, but
none were adopted. The principal of those 'imposed con-
sisted of the substitution of 500/. instead of 1,0011/. fur each
of the salaries of the two Speakers. There was an item
postponed to vote Mr. John Arthur Roebuck 1,500 f. for
services as agent to the late House of Assembly of Lower
Canada. There will be considerable opposition to this
item, but it will be carried.
The total estimated expenditure for the current rear is
657,312/. 14s. Gil. The total estimated funds, 7.31,62:V. Of
this expenditure the sum of ]g6, 580/. 15+. 2d. is .0 be ap.
plied to public works. The navigation of the St. Lawrence
and the gulf will he improved by the erection of light-
. houses, piers, &c. These improvements will no doubt be
carried out ; and their effect will be to render tip,
navitra-
tiou of the St. Lawrence much more secure, and reduce the
rates of insurance.