The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1848.

increase of the Pi

of the amiable speaker. Strange that he should have
overlooked the mischief that might still be done with
the five times 11,500 relations of the 11,500 whom he
disfranchised. And Lord JOHN RUSSELL might now,
with very little alteration of Lord ROCKINGHAM'S lan-
guage of 1782, draw an appalling picture of the cor-
ruption which, under his own superintendence, is
going on in the constituencies, by distribution of places
in the customs, excise, and various other departments,
among the relations of electors.
It would be worth while for some member of par-
liament who approves of the views here expressed, to
move for a return of the places in the gift of the
Treasury, Post-office, and other public offices. The
public at present have no means of knowing the full
extent of the patronage at the command of the
government, and used by them for the corruption of
voters. The House of Commons is about to be called
upon to direct the ATTORN EY-G EN ERA L to prosecute
Mr. Arrwooti for his endeavours to ci este an influ-
ence in various boroughs ; and we trust that members
will be found ready to protest against this attempt to
persecute an individual for what, in a slightly differ-

it without con-

desCendir;gl;ii.quireWfiether the public service re-
quired it ; and by his disparagement of the
clerks, who only work office hours while his
lordship's personal retainers were sometimes kept
working till two o'clock in the morning. Take
the number of hours throughout the year worked
by either party : who doubts that the balance
would preponderate on the aide of the humble
clerks? Extra hours for a brush are much leas trying
than the unceasing pertinacious day-after-day labour
of the humble employe ; and the former is under-
taken with a view to jump into some snug sinecure,
of which the humble drudges who perform the :atter
have no chance. Lord ELLENBonouGn is one of a

that these his royal premiess may, without inordinate huts,
but quickly, be carded wat and faithfully obeerved. Together
with the important task of realising those principles, his
Majesty will leave it tattle Stotts to proper?, whatever the
usual course of business requires for the maintenance of the
security, order, and welfare of the country ; and he will
willingly attend to all the wishes which may be expressed by
the States respeting the common weal, as the shortness of the '
time and the pressure of circumstance' (der drang der VW-
ennak) render it invertible for this government to prepare
independent propositions of that nature. Thus has his Ma-
jesty, our most gracious King and lord, opened for the States
a pathway IQ glorious and beneficial labours • and it is for
you now, gentlemen, to tread that path, and keep firmly to
it. Through this noble and royal mission the States hare in
their own hands the entire future prospects of the country.
That mission implies a responsibility if it be uselessly em-
ployed. Thanks to his Majesty's wisdom we can look on
the present important time without that pain which in so
many other lands embitters both joy and hope. The coun-
try polaessea unexhausted sources of power and happiness ;
its people are rich is upright earnestness of character, in the
lo.e of fatherland, and in fidelity. Nought can be wanting
to us, if only the spirit of union, which again, fur the first
time since centuries, powerfully pervades all the members of
our great German fatherland, prevail also in the narrow
circle of our awn country. It is upon this spirit of union
that his Majesty relies. It is in this spirit of union, which
stops at no sacrifice, even of ono's own views and opinions; that
his Majesty has already presented a brilliant example to his
states. May the latter follow such eminent leadership (w
erhabener Fuhruno). God save the King ! In the name
and with the full ruthorisation of his Majesty I now declare
the General Assembly of the States opened.
On the conclusion, the royal commissioner retired,
escorted to the door by the Earl Marshal and the
Secretary-General. The members of the two chain-
' bets then proceeded to the election of their president.
Tribunes were reserved for the public (another happy
innovation), who appeared in considerable numbers.
The King's speech has given no slight satisfaction,
although it is feared that the non•announcement of
some special laws for the relief of the peasantry from
their onerous burdens will net tend to remove the
discontent of that numerous class. The city is all but
perfectly tranquil. The civic guards still patrol it
night and day.
According to the Ifildesheim Gazette numerous
rioters and several incendiaries were arrested on the '
evening of the 24th. A solemn service was performed
at the former town on Sunday last, in commemora-
tion of the heroes who fell in the latest struggles for
liberty—that is to say, in Berlin,
Prince Czartoryeki, and a number of Polish gentle-
!there're:es are less likely to be damaged by Lord men, have arrived in this city en route for Berlin and
ELLENBOROUGies onslaught upon them for the in- Poland.
crease of officers and expenditure in public offices in PRUSSIA.—The journals from Berlin of the 29th
1847 than by their own attempts at explanation. have reached us. Tho statement put forth by the
Lord ELLENItOROUGII'S was too palpably a mere op- Preuseische Stoats Zeitung, a few days back, that Herr
position speech—a plausible statement to cast odium Camphausen had been appointed Privy Councillor, is
on his rivals for what he neither wished nor saw his contradicted.
way to reform—to do much harm ; but the un- Herr Wedell, head president of the pro-ince of
preparedness of ministers (with the exception of the Silesia, has resigned. and has been replaced by Count
Marquis of ('lateefeeene) to explain the state of , York Von Wartenburg. The second edition of the
affairs in their own offices, or defend or extenuate 'reser Zetung (Bremen), of this day, dram, that
their increased expenditure, cannot fail to have a bad 15,000 men have lett Berlin for the neighbourhood of
effect on the public, so far as they are concerned. Sleswig-Holstein. A free corps of l'russian students
'fhe real state of affairs is simply as follows: In has also been formed, for the purpose of aiding the
1847 the staff of the aggregatedepartmente of govern- Sleswig-Holsteiners in their attempt to maintain
ment has been augmented by 1,282 persons; on the their national independence. Prince Lichnowski,
other hand the services of 32 officials have been dM- who went, a short time ago, on a mission to Vienna,
penned with; leaving a balance of increase on the has returned to Berlin. The result has not yet trate
year of 1,250. Of this number 1,109 are new servants spired. It is said that the object of his mission war
of the Poet-office, and 62 of the customs-1,171 in all. to induce the Emperor of Austria to forward a num-
Now without positively asserting that this increase her of troops to the Polish frontiers. The head of the
was indispensably called for in either department, it Berlin police, Herr Mathis, has been dismissed.
possibly may have been needed. The accommodation An immense public meeting of the working classes
afforded by the Post-office has been greatly increased; was held in Berlin on last Sunday evening, for the
and it appears that the revenue yielded by that de- purpose of taking steps for the organisation of labour.
partment also continues steadily to increase. In our All the orators belonged to the class of operatives, and
estimation the amount of revenue derived from the several spoke very warmly against the Diet. The
Post-office is a very secondary consideration to the chief object of the meeting appears to have been I°4l
amount of accommodation it affords to the eight of, and a resolution was carried for drawing upl
country. We are not therefore prepared to condemn an address to the King, urging him not to allow the
this part of the year's increase : it appears to have present Diet to assemble, but to publish a new law of
been no more than necessary, though, of course, this elections, with the view of convening an assembly
leaves individual appointments open to challenge. snore truly representing the wishes and sentiments of
The total increase in the annual expenditure, occa- Christiansbum, March 21,i8411"
the people. The meeting, which was held in the
"
sior.ed by the augmentation of the civil government The Baron Shed Plemen and Herr Menne have been open air, did not break up till past 9 p.m. No dis-
staff in 1847 is 133,923 L 1
; to counterbalance this in added to the new ministry. turbances ensued. One of the demands was, that
part, there is a decrease of 24,076/. ; leaving a balance Since receiving the above, we are in possession of the cabinet should contain a member specially repre-
of increase on the year of 109,849/. Of this increase, dates to March 25, received by the Electric Tele. stinting the working classes.
49,077/. belongs to the customs, and 38,9871. to the graph Company's express. The despatch is as Smoking in the streets of Berlin is now no longer
post-office ; a total of 88,064/. Waiving any decided follows : forbidden.
expression of opinion for the present on these two e The whole armed force is in motion. Twelve On the 29th the funeral ceremony in remembrance
cases—inasmuch as there is reason to believe that hundred men garrison the Sleswig fortress. All the of the sufferers in the affair at Berlinitiebok ittilaiDL at
they may, in whole or in part, be satisfactorily ac- ships am armed for war. Business is not even Cologne, with great pomp,
bells
the celebrate
counted for, there remains an increase of 21,785/. on thought of. The prices of state paper and funds arc where, at the sound of the 11s ofall the'latch
hm,
CIITC Oh
the year scattered over various departments, for merely nominal. Our King was on the point of thousands of the people of Cologne congregwed. The
which (with the exception of the Royal Military abdicating, but hat, now devoted himself to the ceremony, says the C'oloyne Gazette, was most im-
, Asylum) not a shadow of an excuse presents itself. popular movement, whilst the people are clamorous posing, and the sound a the choir of human voices
In the Treasury there was no increase in the nuns- for concessions of every kind. Four thousand men through the vast cathedral was very impressive.
her of persons employed ; there was no addition by
have this day arrived from the country, and have been In consequence of the disturbances which have
death or retirement to retired allowances : yet there quartered upon the inhabitants." taken place in several parts of the province of Slice*
was an increase of 1,3031. under the head of salaries
the Minister of the Interior has issued a rescript,
alone, which a saving of 233/. in expenses reduces to stating that those persons who, by menaces or by
1,070/. This requires explanation. In the Privy GERMANY. violence, have forced the lauded proprietors to re-
Council office, notwithstanding a reduction of 3831. nounce certain dues, shall be amenable to the laws,
by the falling in of retired allowances, there is OPENING OF THE STATES OF HANOVER. a
and the forced acts of renunciation shall be consi-
an increase on the whole, partly under thelegal valid. llalso h
deed neithernor e ex arts per-
head of salaries, partly under the head of sons not to suffer themselves to be led astray.
respondent, dated Hanover, the 28th, gives an at-
I expenses. This rectums explanation. In the From Poeen under date March 26, we learn that
couat of the opening of the chambers of that king- ,
Board of Trade no increase is noted, awl credit , the German Natio ' ' nal Committee has issued the that
by commission on that day. It is very evident
is taken for a decrease of 2,092/. under the heads of lowing reclamation :
that the King yields with a bad grace; the people,
salaries and expenses. This reduction has, we be- To our Polish fellow-Citizens in the Grand Duchy of Posen.
however, seem satisfied, though no special reforms _
lieve, been owing to the appointment of the railway —Fellow-citizens,—Patriotism is the most precious possession
are as yet proposed: of a nation ; hence all who are animated by this feeling—
board, which costs some 17,000/. per annum, and " This has been an important day for Hanover. every German nation of Europe—have the liveliest sympathy
of which no notice is taken in the official return. From an early hear this morning, the streets were in the restoration of your political freedom.. Do
Numerous
eheow-
This does not admit of explanation. In the filled with people in holiday attire, and with civic ever,iaittevempt
utorireestibwethirech
,hew harvest
itharmieed risPuep.eriNeritmy , ;oueu
office of the Home Department there was a guards, who, although they did not present a very eases
a threatenedi
and endangered the personal safety of your
saving of 3751., under the head of salaries—a military, had
' a very respectable, appearance. Their German fellow-citizens. Ponder it well, and remember by
diminution which we have no doubt will be found number was about 3,000; all had muskets, and all such deeds of dishonourable violence, which are a stain upon
more than balanced when the accounts of the Poor wore conspicuously the German cocarde. The student your nation, you weaken the sympathy which prevails
Law Board come to be overhauled. On the other corps looked more soldier-like than the others, rar in Germany and in Europa at large •
your cause
~
hand, the retired allowances are increased to thethat you place obstacles in the way of the noblest men
although the former were, for the most part, very of
amount of 607/., and the expenses of 110/. In the your nation, who are endeavouring, with every feeling of
young men, many, indeed, not more than 16 years of honour and moderation, to pave the way for the restoration
Foreign-office the services of one official have „oe. They shouldered their guns, and marched in of your independence. Abstain, therefore, from every breach
been dispensed with ; and, notwithstanding, sa- -a-
good order, and appeared to be very popular amongst of the public peace, which can only prove deeturriementaliati
lanes have been increased 67/. and expenses their fellow-citizens. The great topic of conversation lour
focar
tug,
fan..„%ceormaib:eieneerli doeuterircaingthose Id
1,160/. The turmoils throughout the world—Lisbon, We 'address these
was the opening of the Diet, or General Assembly of g
Berne, and other centres of disquiet in 1847—may ac- words especially to those oolong you who are men of a re-
the States, and the all but universal impression tinting mind, and to you who are men of peace, and fear the
count for this. But the question still remains, what seemed to be, that the royal speech would an- altar and the pulpit. Teach your follow citizens by word
has this country gained by the increased employment nounee grateful tidings. The ceremony of the day and by. deed how they must combinee tehie,..iir
.. sentimentst.. of
of copying clerks, to which our meddling in other wars commenced with a solemn service in the prahuie
)(time
rm..:
ni thethN .National
.d.uatt ..omf ilriuttdree n c ,
Committee.—Preen, Jar' ecnh26, 1845.
peoples affairs gave rim'? In the Colonial•office there fine old church in the Neustadt. Civic guards
was no addition to the officials, but the salaries were The great excitement of mind which' prevailed here
of honour were posted all round the church.
increased by 222/., the retired allowances by 4,323e,has decreased considerably. The consideration and
The diplomatic corps and the members of the .
and the expenses by 3151. The large increase in the gooa sense of the officialSatithorities have returned •to
legislature sate in reserved seats in the choir.
retired allowances is pregnant with suspicion, and this is added their adhesion to those societies which
Amongst the personages assembled, was the English
this suspicion is certainly not allayed by the attempthave beta voluntarily formed for the maintenance of
ambassador, with some gentlemen attached to the em-to account for the total increase in the expenses Stray. The the laws and public 'order, and for the protection of
y. religious solemnity having concluded,
of this department by laying the blame on the ' personal safety and the security of property, and
about noon all the deputies assembled in the so-called •
'Post-office. From this cursory review it appears Landschaft Hans (where the legislature meet), whose unanimous will tainl succeed
co-operation cer y
that while in the offices of six of the principal depart- in warding off any breach of the peace, and convince
and took the oath of allegiance to the King and the •
ments of state there was an addition of only one person he inhabitants of the city that the impending stag-
constitution, in presence of the Hereditary Earl
te their effective numerical strength in 1847, there wasnof business can be arrested only by the -
nation
ltlarshal. At two o'clock, the royal cemmissary,
a certain increase in expenditure of 8,664 e, seemingly fated course of public affairs. Independently of this,
Count Bennegsen, proceeded to the house, and on his
balanced in part by an illusory diminution of 3,0871. the government has assigned a large sum for the con-
arrival was conducted by the Earl Marshal and the
We say illusory, for against the pretended diminution druction of a causeway to Oronisk, which was to be
Secretary General to his place in front of the throne
of 2,092/. in the cost of the Board of Trade is to be
all the members rising and remaining standing until
' commenced on the 27th. It may, therefore, reivon-
set off the 17,000/. expended on the new Railway- he made a sign for them to be seated. The royal ably be expected that a great number of workmen
board ;and the 37.5/. of saving in the Home-office can commissioner, seated in a chair of state, then read the who are out of employ will gladly avail themselves
of this means of gaining their daily bread—remem-
only be considered as a set-off against the salary of following
.speech :
the chief commissioner of the poor law. "His majesty the king, our moat gracious sovereign, being from ne.n,,
baring that work, whatever it be, so far
i e a disgrace-, is moat honourable. The
Further than these cases we do n A intend to pursue prevented from appearing, thisieZy.keinhteheeeumidste f
bl you,mission osf merchants -also, in full reliance that order will be
the subject subject at present ; for, in truth, we do not know been
pleasedthetoprevent assembly nannywoti the States,eaand of making ' cured, have again opened their warehouses. They
much more about it than ministers themselves do. opening
tt following communication to you in his royal name :—At i co that Poles and Germans are anxiously acting in
The difficulty of obtaining precise information as to
a time when astonishing changes in neighbouring countries I concert for the security of the city ; and that, cense-
the necessity . or expediency of any increase have altered all the relaCons even of this land—when, to,.
I quently, there can be no apprehension of robbery and
or reduction in the number of civil servants, gether with the entire form of gnvernimenteofhGeirm.eanye ,
or the reasonableness of charges made forplunder.
the wholLb.astihseofdaenuorrertel.tc..orfr-claibrsas.berioghgboturling question
entry,
On the 25th the 2nd Regiment of Hussars, the
their services, is owing to an abuse to —and 7
a mber of the Germanic Confederation, may, at every mo- Black H ussars, with the death's head, arrived at
which we have more than once directed attention,
ment, call fur military assistance, his mejeety has received no Posen from Silesia, and took up their quarters is the
and to which we fear we shall haze frequently to re- slight satirfacti-.n from the fact that already, in the ordinary,
cur before redress is obtained. Almost all the course of business, the legitimate reprosentatives of G.. neighbouring villages.
1,282 additional servants, and the 32 put upon
country r
half- land have assembled round his royal. throne His blajegy. &vcral political prisoners, amen,' whom is Dr.
pay, have been engaged and dismissed, without pre-d that the lotherto existing institutions of tee Matecki, a man universally esteem'e'd, had arrived
art: neot of a s disfactory nature, either for the royal within the last few days from Berliu. They had all
vious inquiry being made or authority given by par-
house or the land at large, has not hesitated to accord volun- been received with the same honours as those who
liament. Their salaries, perquisites, and retired al- tardy and without reserve whatever appeared necessary for
-s preceded them.
lowances have been all settled without parliamentary creating a new and more powerful national eitsetence.„ Os,
On the 27th there was to be a grand requiem, in
warrant, and the money paid them :s in part derived Majesty is only desirozctltiiineeev:lry
y persoPnise as *ed with honour of those who fell at Berlin. The intelligence
from funds unauthorised by parliament, or deducted the
e state)taustneliiwas the law points out, should beltemps- from the provinces is more satisfactory. It is true
from the proceeds of taxation, by the departments
I toasty adhered to, in the conviction that any apparent Elven- I that some excesses, each as plundering, personal in-
themselves, before paying the net revenue unto the
tage which may Bruinught for in any other way can only
ate, 6.:c., have takes place in some of the villages,
Exchequer. The 133,925/. of increase and the 24,0761. lead to general With these segeim..ealithuitsi..M.j y
ef
thes but in nearly every place the combined efforts of the
of diminution in the yearly cost of our state offices ere has already taken,, me.nesnuresen, whereby
( which the security or Germany well-disposed speedily restored order.
almost entirely part and parcel of the unaccounted-for GernisanieCoenf ;
ds aamuay be devf loped in greater stability i AUSTRIA. —We have no later news from Vienna ;
seven millions of national income which never find el y pe
(in the form set forth in the act of confederation), and rcav but we learn from the provinces that the events of
their way into the exchequer, and over which paella-
be even brought to completion through the represent- I Lombardy had already been made known there; of
meat exercises no control. assembly.
ation of the German people in a confederate .
This is the useful practical lesson to be drawn Not lees has
.1. j y pleased to order that the in- their effect on the public nothing is said.
his 'lsneasend constitution of his roval kingdom The Triener Zeitung publishes an " answer of the
from the •unexplained increase in the cost of gej_- rtitlidatrisenttt.l.teratto
din such a manner as to elevate the mind German nation to the King of l'russia," in w:tich it
vemment offices in 1847. The system under whi h
and increase the welfare of the people, through liberty of the reproaches the King for appealing to the Prussian
the numerical strength of departments and their ex-
press, through the right to assemble in public, through the .
i people and the German nation "amidst the thunder
penditure may be increased or diminished without independence of the civic and coma:tinsel authorities,
e through.
Sa of the artillery and the death groans of murdered
the previous scrutiny or warrant of parliament the publicity of thtir pr:egoinff i
om tfi
taxation, &c., &c ], citizens;" it taunts the King with his former want of
must be reformed. But for this good service we must i e [respecting
b vthireounh rsttieeuxcet4e original power of the tribuneS., good faith, and otests that, as Germany is not ,
look to a very different class of men than such . ^h
he
simplification of the system of state economy, threatened by :my desnger whatever, the King had no
mere • a skirmishers, however able and effi- through 94
and through the responsibility. of all his royal servants business to anticipate the decision of the German par-
cient in that line, as Lords ELLENBOROLGR and
Through such measures his I"'ltytt"uptil theeafte
taw tli cus-
and liament by taking the lead of Germany. The King
STANLEY. The weight and worth of the formers tomon ewoooreion of
ithensptrepue
"may be inferred by his quarrelling with the maintain older will be
opinion lt is his Majesty's will is told that Germany will bear with him ILO long as

ent form, is the systematic work of one government
after another.
We began by suggesting that party should be made
to give up all these pickings of patronage to the cause
of national education. Such is a proposition which
has been made more than once by Mr. EWART, with
that degree of success which generally attends any
independent member who opposes himself to the com-
bined interest of the party that is, and the party that
hopes to be, in power. Mr. EWART has now a fa-
vourable time for again pressing his proposition on
the minister. The present opportunity, well used,
may obtain from Lord JOHN Rt SSET.I. a self-deny-
ing ordinance as to patronage, which, he may be
assured, will add greatly to his popularity, and which,
if it comes not from him, will be among the first
biddinga for popular favour of the astute political
rival who has so long thriven on the timidity of Whig
statesmen. The distribution of the small patronage
of the government might be rendered serviceable to
education, either by making the various places direct
rewards of proficiency in schools in all parts of the
country, or by enacting a system of examination for
places, which would be a premium on schools.

class —Of occasional preachers of retrenchment who
would economise at the expense of the humble and
laborious, to spare money for the proteges of the poli-
tically influential. Of this class of reformers the country
is heartily sick. Lord ELLESBOROUGH may damage
his rivals, but he cannot recommend himself by such
tactics. Besides, his alarm on the score of increasing
expenditure is too palpably an imitation of the run-
away knock of idle boys. Who so blind as not to see
that LordtirsNLEY's recommendation to Lord ELLEN-

BOROUGH to withdraw his motion for the present was
preconcerted? They had galled their political rivals
—thrown some dirt upon them; to have gone fur-
ther might have compelled themselves to set to work
in earnest to accomplish a reform. This party skir-
mishing is out of date ; the country hos had too
much of it.