The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-21 00:00:00

IRELAND,

[ON IN SOUTH ESSEX. I

The following is the address of Sir Edward N. DUBLIN Jens 20.
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TO TIIE !LECTOR} OF SOUTH vsszv. is to be given to such of the passengers of the North
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" Gentlemen,—The proceedings of the high tory pang' in
South Essex during the past and the present year ave
been such as to make it necessary that I should address a Protred that a similar compliment should be
America as will have leisure to wait for it, and it is
few words to you. , paid to em in Dublin. The City of Dublin Com-
"ln the spring of last year, a memorial, asking me to re- pony have directed that a steam tender should be in
sign, was set on foot by some of that party ; not because I
had relinquished my principles, but because I had adhered attendance to laud the passengers. The command-
' ing officer of the garrison at Galway has promised
to them. A diligent effort was mado to obtain signatures
throughout the division, but it proved abortive, and the! the use of a military band, and a party to fire a
memorial accordingly was never presented.
Vex-de:joiel to give éclat to the reception.
" Again, daring the present session, an active canvass hat j Mr. Sharman Crawford has addressed a letter to the
beencarried on m behalf of, and by Sir William Bowyer !
FrZomaiee journal, calling attention to the bill now
goljth, *meth the present parliament may last for two years before paailway companies. object rliament for faelni.:!;"^ tho acquisition of
kers, sad Waugh there is little probability of an election s His to u•we
for at lama s par to come. I lands u 7 r
"No one, I am sure, would expect that I should leave my that this bill will interfere with rights both of lead-
duties in the Rouse oiCommons in order to seek a renewal owners and tenants, by taking from the former the
of your confidence, while the prospect of a general election
is stall so distant, and while the subjects which will occupy right of adjudication by a jury in disputed cam,
the public mind, when it occurs, art yet unknown to us. and from the latter the compensation to which they
venture, therefore, to expect that the great body of the in- arc entitled in the present state of the law for com-
dependent electors of South Essex, will have the wisdom— pulsory seizure of the lands, and for substantial im-
may I not say. the justice—not to promise their votes until provements.
an election is at hand, and until a fair opportunity is The Freeman enumerates the names of 3 Roman
afforded them of deciding on the principles of the different
candidates. catholic archbishops, hi bishops, and 22 Irish mem-
.. When the proper time arrives, I shall be prepared to lay hers, who have already declared themselves in favour
before you my past conduct as your member, and again to of a " Catholic Defence Association."
seek the honour of representing you in parliament. lam
well aware that my votes and my opinions on various poli-
tical subjects will then be strict's:canvassed, and I trust that
I shall be found to have adhered to the liberal principles
which I professed upon the hustings.
" I might here stop, hut I cannot relinquish the opportu-
nity of saying a few words on that subject which, above all
others, attracts your attention—namely, the condition of
the agricultural interests—and of expressing the sympathy
which I sincerely feel for the occupiers of land in the strug-1
gle they arc now undergoing from the sudden and violent
change which has taken place in the price of corn. I wil-
lingly acknowledge that it would have been much better
had the abolition of the corn laws been more gradually ef-
fected, but it must not be forgotten that such a course was
rendered impossible by the conduct in parliament of those
who loudly proclaimed themselves the farmers' friends.
" 1 beg you to observe how great is the difference between
that protection which you have lost and that which the
leaders of the tory party propose to restore to you. At the
election in 1817, Sir W. Biwyer Smijth most strongly de-
clared his intention, if returned to parliament, to use his
best endeavours to restore protection. What he might
have done it is not for me to say, but it is remarkable that
from that time to this no member on the con-
servative side of the house has proposed any
import duty whatever on corn. Even he hims:df,
has strangely altered his opinion on this subject, for
last year he stated that he was prepared to vote for a
fixed duty of ISs. or 20s. per quarter, but this year he
pledges himself to pin his faith to Lord Stanley, who lately
declared his intention to make one inure effort, and one
only, to obtain what he called a moderate fixed duty on
corn, that is, as all men believe, to increase the duty on
wheat from le. to ds.
" Now I freely admit, considering the burdens which are
imposed on the occupiers of land, that there might not be
an insuperable objection to a small increase of the duty on
corn, provided such an alteration would restore their pros-
perity ; but it is my opinion, and it is one in which many
farmers concur, that a Js. duty would confer but little, it
any, benefit upon them; that the price of corn would be
only slightly increased by it, and that the reduction in rents
and expenses, which is now taking place, and which will,
as time goes on, be still greater, would be interrupted.
" Recollect, hen, gentlemen, that a fire shilling duty is
the utmost which you can expect even from Lord Stanley
himself—that this small protection can be secured only by
a desperate struggle—that its permanent continuance would
be more than doubtful—and that its possession would, at
best, be of little value.
" I am bound, moreover, to say, that I am fully convinced
of the benefits conferred by the measure of free trade on
the working classes of this country ; and whatever protcc
tionist orators may tell you. I am satisfied that the people
of England wiil never consent to return to that system of
high protection which you arc sometimes encouraged to
expect.
" Sincerely wishing you all prosperity and success,
" I am, geutlemen, your obedient servant,
" EDWARD N. BUXTON.
" 10, Upper Grosvenor-street, 'one 17th, 1841."

REPRESENTATION OF AllislllßE.—Mr. A. Oswald,
the present member for the county of Air,. has publicly an-
nounced his resolution of not again offering himself' as a
candidate for the representation of that county. The Ayr
AdrrrUser says with reference to Mr. Oswald's declaration
We confess the announcement has taken us somewhat
by surprise, as our representative assigns no reason whatcrer,
except the appearance of a Protectionist rival, for yielding
up his position without a contest. With his sentiments as
to the necessity of free trade, and the probability of the
question being now finally settled, we entirely concur ; and
we think these are the sentiments of a majority of his con-
stituency : and it is on this account we wonder he should so
alletly, by retirement, acknowledge the superior claims of
Ns opponent."
VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CIIARLEi MALCOLM, whose
death is just announced, was son of the late George Mat-
ilda, Esq., of Burofoot, County Dumfries, by Margaret,
pister of Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, who was created a
net for his gallantry in the action of June 1, 1791.
Three of his brothers attained to considerable eminence,
Sir James Malcolm, X..C.8., colonel of marines, having
been with Lord Howe at the relief of Gibraltar, and
having served in the war in Spain and in North America ;
another brother being Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm,
0.C.8., G.C.M.G. ; and a third was the late Sir John
Malcolm, G.C.8., a general officer in the army. Vice-
Admiral Sir C. Malcolm entered the service in 1791, and
embarked as midshipman on board the Fox, 32, com-
manded by his brother, Captain Pulteney Malcolm, in
April, 1794, fitting for the EWA Indies. lie was master's
mate in that vessel when in 1798, in company with
La Sybille, 38, she entered the Spanish har-
bour of Manilla under French colours, and notwith-
standing that three ships of the line and three frigates were
lying there, succeeded in capturing seven boats, and 200
men with a large quantity of ammunition and implements
of war. After further service in the Fox, he accompanied
his brother into the Suffolk, 74, bearing the flag of
Vice-Admiral Ranier, when ho was promoted to a lieu-
tenancy. On the 28th of May 1802, he was confirmed as
acting commander of the Albatross; and on arriving home
in command of the Eurydice, 21, in 1803, he found he had
been promoted to post rank. In 1801 he was appointed to
the Raisounable, 61, and in 1806 to the Narcissus, 32, in
which vessel on the night of the 30th of October 1807, he
made a desperate attack with four boats on a convoy of
thirty sail lying in Coquet-roads, near Brest, and which
were under the protection of several heavy batteries and
gun brigs; he was eventually obliged to retire with a Loeser
seven men killed and 16 wounded, including himself slightly.
Towards the close of the same year he was the chief instru-
ment of preserving the property of the British at Oporto
from the French. In 1809 be sailed to the West Indies with
Intelligence of a French squadron having sailed thither ;
and iu April iii that year he distinguished himself by his
conduct on shore at the capture of the Salutes Islands. In
June, 1809, he was appointed to the command of the Rhin,
38, and was employed in very active co-operation, in that ves-
sel, with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He subse-
quently served in this vessel in the West Indies and on the
toast of Brazil ; and on the 18th of July, 1815, he landed at
the head of a body of seamen and marines from the Ithin,
Menelaus, and Havannali frigates, at Corrijoa, near Aber-
Tack, and stormed and carried a fort, and, with further
assistance, effected the capture of a cutter and other armed
boats, together with a convoy reposing in top harbour under
their protection. This was the last exploit of the
kind achieved during the war. Whilst in the
Xarcissits and Rhin, Captain Malcolm, being in command
of small flying squadrons, took, independently of a host of
merchantmen, upwards of 20 privateers, carrying 168 guns
and 1,0)9 men. In July, 1822, he was appointed to the
William and Mary royal yacht, lying at Dublin, in atten-
dance on the Lord-Lieutenant, and in 1826 to the Royal
Charlotte yacht, on the same service, on leaving which
(having been knighted by the Irish Viceroy) he was ap-
pointed superintendent of the Bombay marine. He con
tinned in this office ten years, and effected great improve-
ments and a complete and valuable revulsion in the admi-
nistration of Indian naval affairs. In January. 1637, be
attained to the rank of rear-admiral. Sir Charles Malcolm
married in 1808 his cousin Magdalene, daughter of Charles
Palley, Esq., by whom he had issue one daughter; and in
1829, Elmira Riddell, daughter of Major-Oeneral Shaw, by
whom he had issue three sons.

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DRAM OF SIR DAVID Scorr, BART.—We have
to announce the demise of Sir David Scott, Dart., K.H.,
who expired on Wednesday last, at his town residence in
Gloucester-place. Sir David, who was eldest son of Mr.
David Scott, was born on the 25th of July, 1782, and was
married on the 28th of March, 1807, to Miss Caroline Grin-
dell, daughter of Mr. Benjamin ()riodell, of the Bengal
Civil Service. The deceased succeeded his uncle, Sir James
Sibbald Scott, agreeable to the patent in remainder, on the
17th of September, 1819. The late baronet is succeeded
by his eldest son, James Sibhald Baird Scott. The late
Sir David Scott represented Yarmouth for some years in
the House of Commons. _

CORPORATION.—Yesterday •
public examination of the scholars who are receiving their
education under the auspices of this corporation, took piece
at the institution in St. John's Wood-road, before the
Bishop of Loudon, the Bishop of Bangor, the Rev. Dr.
Russell, the Rev. T. Wharton, incumbent of St. John's
Wood chapel, and other clergymen. The gfrls and boys
numbered between 40 and 50, and the subjects in which
they were examined were scriptural history, geography,
and general history, French, Greek, and various other
branches of study. The Bishop of London expressed his
high satisfaction at the manner in which the pupils, more
especially the girls, had answered the questions put to
them ; and at the close of the ceremony the right reverend
prelate distributed a few prises which had been previously
awarded by the instructors, and also directed that a gra-
tuity from himself should be apportioned amongst the more
deserving scholars, as the examining masters miAt think
fit. The boys then sang " Dulce Domum," wkich was
followed by a selection of music, performed by the girls to
accompaniments on the pianoforte. The ceremony vie
altogether one of much interest.