The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-21 00:00:00

this be effected ? Our mariners enjoy an excellent reputa-
tion, and readily find employment. Our captains are skilful,
and our builders are nowhere surnamed. Why, then,
should the government reins:: to respond to the wise
liberality of the English notions. The materials of con-
' strueti ~,,, indeed, are dear in France, but this is only be-
cause we make them so ; they would be as cheap as in
England, if we would but relieve them from the burden.
some and exorbitant duties to which they arc now
subjected.
The other question on which the commission is to col-
lect information, namely, why is our marine In a state of
decline, and what are the means of recovering it, is one of
those on which we should have thought no one had any-
thing to learn. How is it possible that a mercantile marine
should be much occupied in the commerce of a state whose
taritt' absolutely excludes
chandise, and, mureover, burdens with duties the primary
and most indispensable imposts. We have received from an
epoch of war, and still watch over with the kindest
solicitude a legislature which treats the most
advantageous international exchanges as if they
were • curse, and then we are astonished
at finding that we have not a great commerce of exchanges
by sea. We systematically exclude foreign coals from the
countries where they would come to us by sea, not always
in favour of our own mines, but even sometimes for the
sake of encouraging the sale of the IMO= commodity.
Cast sad wrought iron, which would give employment to II
many ships, we shut out as if they were infected objects. IR
We pay fur these whims by the reprisals of foreign 8,1-,
tariffs on our wines. When we pretend to give ;
• favourable acceptance to this or that article of sy
merchandise—guano, fur example, of which England
consumes annually 1011,000 tons; that is to say, the cargo 13
of a whole fleet, we put conditions upon the acceptance,
which convert it into an exclusion, and then we awake
some morning and inquire, by what mysterious cause is our
mercantile marine decaying instead of flourishing ? There is
no mystery at all about the matter ; our marine decays from XS
the same causes which, throughout Francs., retard the deve•
lopmi ut of riches, the accumulation of capital, and the 21
supply of previsions at a cheap rate. It languishes rs
because our commercial legislation remains contrary to the se
spirit of modern civilisation, which rejects obstruction Its
and government interference, which honours and recom 1111
-
mend* liberty, and which bids each to seek fortune WT
by excelling his neighbour. Our marine decays because, as 12
far as commercial legislation is concerned, while we pretend 71
to personify progress we are the retarders of civilisation. ga
Other people are lowering import Auties and effacing pruhi- lei.
bitions; we, with l'ortugul fur our sole companion, have re- so- ;
maimed immovable, and, since the revolution of February, 1: I
have only touched our tariff to aggravate its oppressions. 20
Oue could have wished that the composition of the tom- ,
mittec hail given hopes of a conclusion more favourable to till
lila rat reform. M. Schneider has certainly appointed a 10 •
number of honourable men to this work, but the majority tt.:
arc favourable to prohibitory doctrines. The ultra-motet:- ,
tionist system is represented by some of its must prominent se
ineinbers. But we will not despair. Liberal opinions, too, are 10
n.presented by very eminent men. It will be curious to at. •
hear the protectionists theorising and explaining themselves, IA
and especially to hear by what process they speet to make 42
the mercantile navy of France a worthy competitor of that al
of England. 21/

silohe heft the wet
OD Wale the Woo le M ro DO MOM ; not trees the Lip
le lamed Or Ow alr ere in keeper ester. The edreaterr are °b-
elow Ilse tot oat may be doom be obi** end line roirblvm
otos the ea.& ea.- Ite.t upped. The Importance al oven me hot,
torloy the gun. tre .net nowt be ornested. It L. a bell torn
bot, that twat a.itaa• ere one I the orattieteatat e.lteee
Abel inlay be t... 14 errs% carte W 1.114.101' tap* St erratl2 reduced
pnera—JAlllth hAItEnW, Oraleilre tratoottger, 14, hoe
b.o..treet, Morer.teeter ertebilebed I bJe. The .love ere war-
ranted b, rpm ening* atUalattaall. OMR "mama ankle
neth
.4.14041 s
J. bere. woe gad rt:reas.-11e sopplied.—J. b. Oohs.
OMNI VI tnincri . I toting OAS.

THE HUMAN HAIR —The woprect &ate d
mamma af ROWLAND,' tIACAMIAIt OIL, either Ia premem-
Mat the bait In tin maenad mrealth end brutal. me feehtelmff It labell
tinivervally known and apprimared, and in mottled hl testi-
-111.0,1i4111"15414 nun emu. in thineelte% aert no Mantel by the Melted
sulharrier, It ha. witained the peltreatitt of royalty, Rot
call ••• resettle I. , DUN l mitt. hot Moe of the whole of Europe.
exiiro.ir• pi.e.ty de:teary, it la admirabl .d..
tan trite of rewire.. run ea the wet reader age, sady is mea rt.
t intle
red to Or aura. ry of my:6l4 and by the famila. of tee anbiii.y and
arietacrx r. rem., a.. Gil n a 74.. or I rally hottlea !equal to four
mud.; at Ws. .net double that .111 e, Ia On the wrapper of melt
battle of the patinae are the. wards, in t.n nee e—•• Ku* land.* Ma.
tamer int."- s.idW LAN tr roNs, Maws-rade'',
am ay 43 eh..noata and MUM. D.

Potti(, YOU SUMFER from INI)IGEST1()N 7
Thrn craft this.—JlMN KAY E, Esq., of luthn 11.11, mac
lersf.r44, and St. John`rovermil-put, lawdon, its. le year, pr..
pirr.l a 11Wlirth. now know, and wed throuvh.ut the king.lani so
K 4AF.'s Wiilinll ii.LL's PILL., which hi die inlet p -aerial anti
etltew Imo remedy in all eases of indigestion which bar ewer berm
dwwweired. Nun Ilail. y, Jet, tier ntwto et, Ohltbldsmoil, Salford,
ruffredseverely Fara indivestion itir twelve months, end though
tower treatment at two vertical m. n, he rent iced .o benefit. Ile
pogo. il one boa .4 %aye's Warrsiclia 1111 s, I.y lakinn which a coca-
eve rum was tinseled. Jinni. Smith, el St. tirrigeiry, Nor. kb, .4ifs
red Inv many years Pons en tent palm in tbe body, and ilireared
liver. Ile has tap-roared tb • most beneficial results from • °anti-
naed ~.... of kayo 4. Wor.ibill's Pills. Joseph Murray, In linilyistrwo,
Topkir Wow-town writing t r une of Mr. kaie's meets, says: l'l
suffered for ...ter .1 ye r. Isom a .erne Wham disorder, attend.' with
km ni a p;etite, ..ail Knit il•prewlion of 'incite, non to stich a degree
that I was unable to utters], to an, kind ..1 borlnew. In :his state I wa•
tweisminensksl to try river pills, AIMS Law been truly aiitoci-bed at their
out. Wien atlects; for by their use I was in a short love restored
to •Yttl a 1.411. of Ile .I,b and strength as I hail not raj", erl fur many
year., and Tiest, thank• I.llola pill", My lit-“lth IA coniaietely fe-ent,
Wished.. None air venoms, iniiess Mr. h.iye'i. wiatioi-arnis ..n4 a
far snot •of hit *it:name are prink.' on the dew lions be Ur
wrapped rOl.lOll each but, and bin name engraved on the givernment
Omens.

IRELAIsin.

Dumas, Aran. 19.
Yesterday, being Good Friday, was observed as a all
strict holiday in the courts and public offices, as well ge
as by the public generally, and us usual it has been
followed by a dearth of intelligence. The agitators, ;LI
however, have not been idle, and vigorous effOrts am 20
being made to get ue a season of popular excitement I:
rxiviuus tothetinuldisposulofthe Ecclesiastical Titles so ,
Bill. A nweting, which it is 'imposed shall repre- 111-
scut the aggregate opinion of the Roman catholics of ;;
Ireland, will be held in Dublin, and every exertion IN'
will be employed to give it effect.
The Iliblet has the following paragraph :—" Com- 10
pi, ,
munications have been received in Ireland from a „„,
very exalted quarter in ]tome, congratulating the IT.
Irish (Tim:op:icy on the glorious stand made by them 14
fur the liberty and independence of the church, and r,,
(with express referents: to the catholic university) on st.
their (suppliance with everything recommended to r,
them by the Holy See." 2s
Mr. Fitzgibbon, one of the most prominent and
active members of the Irish Tenant League, has BC- ro3
ceded from that tottering body.
to
The agriculturists are orating themselves of the tl
exceedingly fine spring weather with which they 231
have been favoured for some days post. The Leinster 2s ;
Express thus reports the progress of operations in lit
the central districts: so
A very considerable progress has been made in the spring
sowing. The planting of the potato crop is nearly win- 20
Gael scud is selling in this district from bet to Ind.
rsrt quantitytia:i.ui-igra •atewr quantity tugr"iye
invituitlpsto*lttaltg!
cultivated. The supply of last season has fallen tar short of
the demand, and those who have either turnips or mange!
wurzel on hand are realising high prices. The wheat crop
in general presents a very promising appearance.
The Tyrigorly Herald notices the following in- ITi
teresting indication of improvement:
A large quantity of valuable furniture, the property of is
two English gentlemen, John Campbell Bicker, Esq., and
Charks Birth, Esq., was landed from the Connaught
Ranger at our quay on 'Monday last. These gentlemen b.
have taken land in this neighbourhood, and have brought u
over their families to reside here. Their purpose is to im- 121
prove their properties, and by their cultivation to afford
general employment to the labouring claszes. Iji

U.l BAltlirS HEVALENTA AIIABICA 14)01).
• Volt. Near: ItAltoon, (3antiratlon, !tenantable. Attbma,
Ylatteen,), stvanut, kieltrove at the Shomeeb. wed \Omani,'
Ulf D.J.*, dyable agony of yoblelt Mel mowed me to ouch al &ere*, that
Ins-unable to mole it itlt,ut mash.* hare la en entirely removed
by DU If Altk%'S extedent nano —Morin Jolly Worth,n. Übe.
near Wm." htailar hot anal. of ear, trom ute Giant Don. th.
IJ,-t1 steer: de Ilene% the Ven, vino Alexander stuart,
al Itant; Mittor.Coner.d Thome. kino, Kan.:et:l.; U. dila. Hunt. kvaln
barroterattaew, Kiri& tan lea*, I.l.mbrlilett. a eon- .4 60 ear.' para.
Ir.'s: and So,. (*other cureo of liver, bilnao, mew." an-a 01011116tilin
COlo;ll.Crint, WOW, Drama. ion, diatevonet. pal onahan, ay. Sold in
eanientre *Oh hill Meinotloott, weighine lib., at Im. t 04.; 21h., at
On. lid.. 31n., at 11..; 12114, at 210. ; gainer rrhrr d ituality, lnlb., at
33a.; 211., at 11a. The loth. and 111 b. cosi:C.lo are t, tater& d free of
enrage on rrern• •I • plvDottlre order, by DU ISARItY d
No's bond-rivet, lawns woo at lin as 431 "dread; 4, 42teatandel
GO, Graceehtechotr.vit Enlocliogile Within; and 1.., king
liataotreet, OD,

NAVIGATION LAWS OF FILtNCE.

',Finn% the lawn& dr. lot
On the eve of his resignation of the ministry of corn-
nlCl4.l•, M. Schmidt:l instituted a commission to inquire
what were the most suitable changes to intrusluce into the
legislation which regulate* the maritime commerce of
France, considering the important alterations which
have been made by neighbouring rations, by which
France is deeply affected, and further to inquire
into the causes which impedu the prosperity of
our mereantile marine. The commission was Pn'.-
Remelt by the bill paved by the English legislature, ilatC:d
June *.llith, 1819. It is known that by this act England
almlished the fatuous navigation law of Cromwell, so long
regardeil to the pallailium of the British power. Thanks
to that act, there remains no lugger in Ell-ilnild any shred
of thut 'whey which for ages liar been h 11111 l tired by the
practice of all European governments in the management
of rolosiliss and emnincres: ; liberty has succeeded to nsarie-
tiou, and privilege has given plum to equality of rights fug;
all. As far as navigation in conternial, not only
the ports of England, but those of her innumerable unit
opulent colonies, are 011.1.11 to even foreign vessel, from
whencesoever it may have come, and to all the merchandise
which it may hear. on the sante terms that are imposed on
the national Hag. Only the rousting trade is reserved, and
it is by nu means settled that this, too, shall not be thrown
op. ii. Fnmeh illii., for example, may necive 41 (night in
Asia, Africa, or America, and on their arrival iu England
be treated caartly as the national vessels. It may
even perform transits, which used to be interdicted, be-
tween tin-at Britain anal its colonic,. The ridiculous and
burdensome matrictoms which forbade the direct admission
of an Asiatic. Aincrican, or African product from its
entnalia at Itonleaus or Havre to Liverpool or London,
have wholly disappeared. The wish now is to have freight, 2ND BATT.ILION G !LENA DI Elt OcAnus.—This bat- 23
like intrCiliiiniiNe, on Dm easiest ti rms. The British inns- talon, now at Winchester, is to arrive in London the end of so
lature, convinced that clearness is the political and soviet this month, and to be quartered at the Penitentiary, Mills
interest, has resolved that its inantime carriers shall fret , bank, during the Exhibition. AA we have already stated,
the spur of foreign competition. The English shipbuilders lit is nut intended to increase the Infantry force in town he-
consequently are now subjected to the rivalry of the ships : yead this additional battalion of Guards..
of the Uso United St, rtes. which sail rapidly, and those of 110 - lsr AND prat Dat.tta xaN (;t.t a tas.—These rest-
land and Snr‘rnV.. hien curry at aolow a price. Thelegislature struts vethauged quarters on the 17th instant, the Ist Dm-
haii virtually told the shipowner that if he desires the pre- goon Guards haring arrived at Newbriolge from Dublin,
fa rence of the English public he must deserve it by carrying and the 7th Dragoon Guards at Dublin from Newbridge.
at prises se low as tilni*l. of his foreign rivals. To obtain i 13011.Eit ENPLOSIONS.—Another boiler explosion
this preference by legislation is to burden the consumer by has taken 'dace. At Kirkahly on Friday last, a plate gave
a tax imposed for the private profit of the shipowner, andwar, most likely in the top of the fire-box, of a colliery
on what principle could such a tax be to ? Modern boiler, and the unfortunate attendant was literally boiled to
civilisation alma, not with those special favioun: it suitor-
death in the water which rushed out upon him, and filled
dinates no homer the public to private interest. But an the ash-pit in which he was. Must we wait until some
order to place the British shipowner on equal terms with his bishop or nobleman is killed lay an explosion, before the
neighbour, the duties on all materials entering into the eons government will institute some supervision over these useful,
"nun'n of ".""'l'h"T'' h"'"'uPPeee"..l; the sea carrier may but—if inefficient or neglected—most dangerous machines ?
buy his conveyance of whommievir he will: in fart, he is at- The local paper gives no particulars of the boiler, and the
lowest. on the one hand. to enjoy the same liberty and secret inviatigations of our public prosecutors leave the
equality to which, oaf the other, he le called to submit. Of public entirely in the dark as to the ascertained cause of
the whole protectionist eilitia., the ancient navigation laws the explosion, or the culpability of those concerned. In
proved that potion which it was mast difficult to demolish. England, lately, the owner as well as tenter of an exploded
The rennet"( legislation on rains. ", dear to the British boiler have hewn committed for trial on a charge of
aristocracy. was abolished in 1848. The navigation laws manslaughter ; but we fear that the absence of all publicity
held their ground B.r four years longer. It took all the in such eases, in this country, often prevents the discovery
pressure of public opinion, strongly pnmounced, to over- of the whole truth, and leads to the escape of the guilty
come the uhstinate resistance of the English_ shipowners, °mt. a. We shall hear of more explosions before long;
supported
by all add national prejudice. But see how France but it' will not he until some harrowing catastrophe takes
and every other nuntime state is called upon to
declare place, calculated to arouse the indignation of the whole me
itself concerning this law of 1819. Until then parliament lion, that ~...4
r..i.i measures will be ~doptred.__Norm
had not placed 'any cooditiim relative to the policy of other Beiin mad!
'tales to the application of the commercial laws emotes- I
lively pmeed since 1812, by which it had overturned its A TillEi Ilurtrrok. —An engineer of Bletehingler
prut, live system, The new legislation accepted recent. has di venal a very ingenious niethual fur the detection of
burglars when entering, or attempting to enter, the house.
tnerchandise without seceding duty, or nearly so, and with-
It consists of a bell attached to the top of the house, and
out demanding any reciprueity. the parliament considered
uppuru. tug communicating with it, and it is so constructed
that the English public waiuld find its advantage in buying
it eon_ that every door, window, and e "chamber in the house can be
all it required iu the cheapest market ;
tented itself with this first advantage without connected with it in sacs a manner that any person &t-
-earing for a second which would have consisted in tempting to enter would Cause anaincessant ringing for up-
obtaining in return the admission of its own gnods 7.lea:S: Lhaait,ttad:iter..l7l:,..sufficiently strong to be heard at a eons
The advantages' of this contrivance will
by foreign states. Thus, since 1848, our cotton and woollen "::"
..„, s
appear obvious when it is siderad that in the absence of
Puthbduty whahavtCvbc'er',ne'dnd'Atiht,t's sad iinnetoofi.o:‘uwrlAlins'it.wstocithir ant ludtliienl;ti- pe alarm. the men concerned in the late burglaries at
eity_ of the provisions which we
.produce, to any extent. In Igiaule; and ecktleld were enabled to perpetrate meat mis-
-1840 negotiations were entered into between France andchief •h • 1 N E
with IMellnl y.—. +user zpress.
FIRE AT
England, with a view to establish a treaty of commerce less / ED3IONTON.—SurIy` yesterday (Sunday)
netrictive on either side. home CClnitn(7ll6 of duty were morning a fire • broke out at the Angel Inn, at Edmonton.
made on both aides. The customs laws voted in England From inquiries mule on the premises, it appears that the
heginnine in 1842, gave us twenty times more than we Policeman, on passing the building shortly after 3 o'clock,
asked in 1840, and we have not even granted the little which discovered a blear in the assembly-room, which spresal with
we then professed to be ready to grant. The English have such rapidity as to canoe in three hours the entire destrus-
not yet made their complaint. They have, doubtless, coma. tion of that noble building. The building is insured in the
decd that our eyes would soon he open to our true interests. Soo. and the contents in the Pbenix. The cause of the fire
But in the law of 1849, which abolished the privilege of the' l unknown.
National Marine an exception has been made, and an ens INCREASE IN THE RENT OF SCOTCH GRASS
elusive clause contingent upon the denial of reciprocity has PA/111.—Ninewella grass parks were let this year at a rise
been introduced. Can we complain of this? What can of two per cent. ; Whitehall at a rise of four per cent., and
we demand from the English that we do not grant our- Aylon at a rise of fourteen per cent. The Dunae Castle
selves ?It has been stipulated by an express article that the go- and Oxendesn parks were let on 'Thursday, the 27th ult.,
vernnsent shall be invested with the power of ezcluding from when the rise was twenty per cent. on the Ozendean-park,
the benefit of the law any state which shall not reciprocate and on the Danes Castle and Ozendeas parks together the
the advantage it neeives. And if there is any brush of rise was ten per cent. The Himmteghanse parks were let
industry in which this reserve could have plausible ground, on Monday, the 31st ult., when also *ere was a small rise.
it timely is this. Is not reciprocity after all the foundaticsof Ladykirit parks were also let on the 3rd inst. at an advance
good relations ?At this moment our ship-owners park- of 4f per cent. above the rents of last year.—Kelso Mail.—
girlies in die immentiecommercial movement or,..agland, end There have been a good many of these parks let within the
they are profiting by it : but they may find themselves at last few da ; sad, although the rise in price has not been
agy moment shut out. Such is the risk which it behoves us we nada:stand that in most instance* there
to avert. By .what other expedient than reciprocity gen has bead a sieelLedvesco.—Pered ChneliterionaL

LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET.
MONDAY Alummisc.,
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