The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST. 20, 1851.

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of so fine a colony—any excuse for heating it as I I fret eluded amenities of the Assembly a law existed
rich and fertile plantation, whence to draw a certain by which hey as banished froml m France, whichake his law
amount of tribute; or any apology for making it . the Assemblrepealed, to enabe hi to
defray all the worst iniqudies of a corrupt court and' seat.
all the scandalous venatdies of a needs- soldiery. I Some deplorable disturbances at Lamer, in the
Europe cannot nail the colony of Cuba Sown to the I Ardeclie—the political gravity of which will doubt-
counter of the Spanish monarchy, as if it were a had lees be exaggerated—have resulted in bloodshed.
shilling, for any such purpowee. To preserve Cuba, i The • only detailed accounts that have reached
Spain must show herself worthy of such a possession. I Paris arc in the thurrier de 14 Driime
That Spain can only do by her self-purification—bp 'of the 16th. From this—a government paper—
good government, which. commencing at home, shall lit seems clear that the outbreak was provoked
extend aCTOSS the Atlantic—and by the adoption of aby the imprudent conduct of some gendarmes. At
• &waiters:id policy, the very reverse of %lest she per- • the annual votive fete of Laurie!, a place notorious
eists against the evidence of all her senses, in so for the democratic opinions of its inhabitants, a dc-
suicidally perpetuating. The prospects of Spain being tachment of eight gendarmes were sent to watch the
able to keep Cuba arc not then very bright ; still they proceedings. A certain tavern was pointed out to
il arc not desperate; if she will only set about giving these men as the favourite resort of demagogues.
1 the rest of Europe a decent pretence for assisting to With a lamentable excess of zeal they entered this
preserve the island from the dominion of American ~ tavern, where they found about a humped men
' banditti, pirates and loafers. Otherwise the sun will ! amusing themselves by singing democratic songs.
set on the crown of Spain in that quarter at no die- I They.ordered them
men
leave off singing, and it is not
taut date. surprising that men thus interfered with in their
When Captain Ilsste 11.1.1.1 asked a peasant of isoctal enjovments at their customaryannual hle,took
' the Mexican Cordilleras what he ad be the 'no notice Of the order. The report then states that
revolution—" Two jackets for the price of one 4 was fiver hundred or six hundred anarchists, of the worst
the instructive reply. And what Cuba wants is reputation, assembled outside the house, and began
just exactly that which the Mexican mountaineer crying, " Down with the whites," " Vire Ledru
had gained, and appreciated the gain of—liberty to Rollin," "Vice la guillotine," " Vivent les rouges."
buy and sell freely—to think freely— to act freely. I This was the signal for the gendarmes to attempt to
The island is surrounded by freedom in its most arrest some men in the crowd, upon which a regular
I unrestrained gambols; by freedom which in St. battle ensued. The mob used stones and the gen-
Domingo has taken the form of lazy revolutionism; dares their muskets Several of the mob were hit
which in the southern states of the American Union by the balls, and every one of the gendarmes was
', aims at the possession of material wealth by any wounded, but no lives were lust. The gendarmes
and every means, regardless of all moral improve. were disabled to such an extent that not one of
ment ; which iu Mexico is undergoing a length- them was able to have the town in search
cued political crisis; and which in our own of a reinforcement. They sent a messenger to their
possessions is bearing up bravely against great and lieutenant at Argentieres, who arrived at Laurac in
necessary economical changes. 'Whichever way the , the course of the night, at the head of 30 or 40
Cubans look, they see their neighbours enjoying a 1 national guards and several functionarits, armed
political freedom they are taught by their rulers to I with fuslin,g-pieets, and aecompanied by the sub-
regard themselves us unfit ter; yet concurrently prefect and the procureur of the republic. These
great and growing worldly jrrospenty has fallen, or troops found no rioters to combat on their arrival,
sums would say, has leen forced, upon them. They
but several arrests have been made. The pre Wet of
have a luxurious climate, a soil of boundless modem- the Ardeche has prohibited all files in his depart-
tion, expensive habits, a country to which they are ment during the month of August, September, and
attached. But share in theirown government they have October. The propriety of extending the state of
none. Their magnitieent and fertile island is ruled on siege to the Ardeehe is already suggested. Of the
European, not on native, considerations; it is regarded necessity for this the government will judo up.m
by the Court of Mashid as the California of Spam ; its their responsibility. But in a district were freedom
0/11111Weee is restricted by prejudices which its inhabit- is allowed to prevail nominally the intervention of
ants know to be injurious tit them; its syswm of ad- military force should be used with discretion. The
ministration is corned on at the bayonets point; and men who were enjoying the file after their own
an important and rich community is reduced to a fashion in broad daylight, were evidently not plot- •
condition of humiliating dependence en an effete ting, or contemplating the least outrage on the per-
European government which it has learnt heartily to son or property of any one, and if it was thought
despise. right to stop Halt slings. a sufficient force at least
Fidelity to the senseless, and stupid, and lascivious should have been employed for the service. To send
house of *Bourbon, trot whom they have suffered and eight gendarmes amongst an inflammable population •
endures!, and do still suffer and endure so 'le is, oh several hundred was evidently a most imprudent I
we many be told, still a passion of the Spanish people. provocation. The report in the Clsereier de /a
It may be so yet in Spain. Hut Wet is nut Spain; ler;nse adds that on the night of Thursday last, at
its population is not Christian Arab; it is filled with half-Fist Pt, signal-tires were observed on the heft
a %cry different race: it is equally distant fro a the bank of the Rhone from Ilaix to Mauve, and corres-1
Pyrenees and the Pillars of Hercules. The pure pending signals on the right bank, and that a rising I
Spaniards are a
majority know not Spain or its sovereign; their of any fresh disturbance has, however, arrived. The
allegiance, affections, and attachment, are to Culva; BuPletin de feria of this evening states that early in
it is their birthplace, their home, their grave; there the ensuing session a bill will be brought forward
is their fortune, their happiness, their future; and for increasing the effective force of the gelid:wenches
when all these are put in the wales against the A correspondent of the Experante of Nancy, one
political importance to Europe of Spain; as a consi- M. Alexis Chevalier, has taken upon hiutself to be
durable nun itime power, secured, too, by means of the interpreter of the legitimist policy of M. Berrver.
their degradation, the balance cannot he doubtful. and if he speaks with less authority, he is certainly
And this, be it recollected, is a population such as more intelligible than the royalist leader. M.
is nut to be found in corresponding numbers in any Chevalier says thaein spite of all appearances,public I
other West Indian Island; and it constitutes the real opinion is totally mistaken in supposing M. Ikrrver to
people of Cuba. It is impressible to keep such a be favourable to the prolongation of Louis Napoleon's
people, active, enterprising, energetic, stimulated by powers. He believes WI the tentrary that the &wrea-
the ambition of the United States planters who five Elyseans will become legitimists. M. Bern er's
have settled amongst them —it is imps- great fear at present is Orleanism, in all its forms. M.
sible to keep such a people as this faithful to the Herryer hopes to influence tut councils-generalto
Spanish dm ll ill ion, which oppresses and represses pronounce for total revision. He does not expect to
them. long on its present terms. And Europe, we say, carry the revision in the present Assembly, but he
lie' no right to do iso. England is, of course, lima hopes to be able to hold up the legal republican
to protect her own interests in those seas ; and a re- minority to popular odium as obstinately opposing
vulution in Cuba would more or less affect those in- themselves to the wish of the country. Under the
(crests; but, in order to preserve Cuba from an- influence of this feeling he thinks it possible to
nexation, we are not justified in keeping the obtain a majority of three-fourths in the next Assem-
Cubans in their present plight. Spin must amend lily, who, without violating legality, without afford-
her Ways. alter her policy, and rule this great jog any pretext fur civil war, would establish legi-
mlone on some better principle than that of timate monarchy upon a solid and lasting, basis.
a gold mine; if England is in any war to become Then for a president to guide the legislative power
responsible for its fealty to Queen l's.ilitt. The through this crisis he has the firm expectation that
ineaeions from the main land may be proof of the he will he able to induce the bulk of the conservative
desperate ambition of Ameriean democracy ; but it party to abandon the Elvs'e and rally round General
is also 'some little evidence that the soil in Cults Changarnier. The Gistssion Paisieine republishes the
itself bus been prepared crud watered fur a great above letter as "curious"
change. The number of pensioners now in the Invalides,
It May indeed tom out that General Lori ,in his st,cording to the recent census, is 3,076, being 424
iessaul expedition, will meet with as little symptthy less than last year. The
as he did In his first. But it must not be inferred from been much inure considemble were it not that within
his want of present success, thut a larsN party in the lust few months the branch hospital has been
Cuba would 111 A gladly secure their independence. suppressed and its inmates transferred to l'aris.
It was from such small beginning's as these that, in One cause fur this rapid decrease is, of course, the
the Spanish min and in South America, Mr. CsN- lung peace, but another is, that the improved retiring
!vise was at last able proudly to boast of his having pension for soldiers of all rinks diminishes the num.
called s new world into existence to rectify the ba- her of candidates for the hospital. Of the above,
lance of the old. And these WWI manifestations will 3,076 21 only are from 20 to 30 years of age, 69 from
go on growing iii force, in ower, and earnestness, 30 to 40, '74; from 40 to 50, and 411 from 40 to tilt;
unless Spain shall arrest them by a counter-revolu- whilst 1,150 are upwards of 60 years of age, and 959
teen, which shall elevate the Creole and native pure from $0 to 00. It follows from these statistics that
lation of Culet into eumething like a distinct there are not more than 400 now in the Invalides
natiowslity. confer on them something like eel& who may not have taken port in the last struggles
admitted; Aim'. and open their industry and 1m due- of the empire, and at least 1,000 belonged to the ar-
lions to the commove of the world. Hut Ceara in its miss of the republic of 1703.
-sent state, Spain cannot hope for many years The Marquis of Normanby left Paris yesterday for
the Pyrenees. llis excellency will be absent about
three weeks.
M. Rouher, Minister of Justice, is appointed to
the ministry of Public Instruction, ud interim, during
the absence of M. de Crouseilltes.
At the Bourse to-day the Fives closed at 95.65,
being the closing price of yesterday; the Threes rose
We., closing at 57.40.

SPAIN.

The M.rahlo, of the 14th, states that at the election
of a member of the Cortes for Seville, Don Antonio
Eseudcro obtained 233 votes, and Cortina only 18$.
the candidature of Cortina is the one which has
sown discord in the progressist party, whose organ,
the Clamor Publica, has strenuously opposed it.

With respect to government matters his holiness
has been rather indolent of late. His last official
acts have been the nomination of Count Balde=chi to
the office of delegate of Perugia, in consequence of
Monsignor ])Andrea's having given up the functions
lof papal commissary extraordinary for the provinces
;of Umbria and Sabina; and the choice of a whole
i series of goqfitionicri, or chief magistrates, from
!amongst the lists drawn up by the municipal coun-
cils, and presented for sovereign approbation by
Monsignor Savelli, Minister of the Interior.
A very singular meteor was observed on the even-
in..; of the 2nd instant over the city of Ferrara,
about hatf-past ten o'clock, in the form of a tiery
lobe, which seemed to pass just above the sum
; ogf
the tallest edifices in the direction of south-eastmits to
north-west, leaving behind a long train of light, and
! gradually losing itself in space. The whole city
was illumined by it as if it had been noonday ; and it
was remarked that the lamps above which the me-
teor passed were extbagaished by its influence. At
14 minutes past one in the morning a slight undula-
tory shock of earthquake was felt by the inhabitants
~ of the city, but no damage was done. At the same
i moment the shock was telt at Milan, Venice, and

Veronn.
Exchange on London, 481. Roman Consols, 85.70.

GERMANY.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, Arc. 17.
Private letters which have been received from
Berlin bring the information, that the differences
between that cabinet and the Austrian government
have been settled, and that once more the two will
proceed hand in hand on all questions arising in
FranktOrt or elsewhere. The manner in which this
settlement has been achieved exhibits as usual the
cleverness and boldness of the Austrian statesman,
and the stupidity and weakness of his Prussian col-
league. It will be recollected that in a former letter
I explitined the reasons which had induced the
Prussian government to support the Danish requestfor the evacuation of llolstein, and at the same time to
give such a lukewarm support to the Austrian propo-
positions in Frankfort as induced that government to
fear their rejection, and therefore to delay them.
Prussia desired to make terms with Austria. The
terms sought for have apparently been granted, but
as usual the concession made by Austria is
only in appemance, and Prussia having gained a
sham victory, reposes on her laurels, regardless of
the real nature of the struggle. Austria, accedes
to the justice of the Danish claim, acknowledges
the Duchy of Holstein to be sufficiently " paedi-
cated," but will take her own time to withdraw her
troops. There has been sonic negotiation respecting
the feasibility of appointing a single commissioner to
watch the proceedings of the Danish authorities,
when the government of Holstein shall have been
transferred to their hands; but this appointment,
together with the exact period when the Austrian
troops shall leave the duchy, has been cunningly-
evaded by Prince Schwarienberg, who has sue-
ceed,sl in inducing Damn Manteuffel to consent
to a stipulation that the evacuation shall not take
vice until I kninurk shall have made acceptable
proposals respecting the government of the duchy.
Even when this event shall have occurred, the Aus-
trian army is nut to retrace its march further north
than I lamburg and Lubeck, where a greater portion
of the army of occupation is to remain, prepared to
support the Danish government in any emergency.
On such terms as these, the fulfilment of which is as
uncertain as the language in which they arc
couched, Baron llanteutfel withdraws the support
which he had given to the Danish memorial in order'
to embarrass Austria, and undertakes to assist the'
Austrian government in carrying any proposal
which it may make to the I het. The important
question of the competency of the Diet, which was
delayed by this splendid absurdity of Prussia, will
therefore, in the course of the ensuing week, he
again introduced to the federal assembly. If the
minor states remain firm, and resist the treacherous
proposals hidden beneath the general question of
competency, they um powerful enough to overthrow
titian without the aid of Prussia. Perhaps they are
more powerful without it than with it, for in the
latter case they are certain of not being betrayed.
An event somewhat unusual in the gambling
watering-places of Germany, occurred at Baden-
'laden two or three days ago. A Russian nobleman,
an officer in the guards, broke the bank on two suc-
cessive evenings, pocketing more than 60,000 francs.

EXECUTION 1W MART EMILY CAGE.—Ir!ATICII,
TtE,DAY.—The final st,nta nee of the law was carried into

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execution this morning upon the body of Mary Emily Cage,
who war found guilty, at the last ;assizes held at Ipswich, of
poisoning her husband, JailleS Cage, iu the parish of Stun-
bane Aspial, a small village distant twelve mile: from
Ipswielt. Workmen were busily engaged in erecting the
seatfold in front of the Shire Hall at 10 o'clock last
night, and their labours did nut cease; till four o'clock this
. Imurniir. At nine o'clock, the hour named fur the excels-
lion, there were about B,INIO 'saran assembled in front of
the drert, and soon altar that time, the necessary prelimi-
nary arratufements inside the insist having been completed,
the wretched woman was led out upon the scaff old, sup-
ported by Mr. Johnson, the governor of the prison, and one
of the male turnkeys. She walloal up the ladder part of
the way with a firm step, but when she had reached the top
her knees faltered, and she was lifted underneath the beam
apparently unconscious ; the bolt was immediately with-
drawn, and her death was almost instantaneous. She re-
fused to make any confession, and protested her innocence
to the last. The vast number of persons who had assem-
bled to witness the execution conducted themselves in a
becoming manner.
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FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon an in-
quest was held before Mr. Payne, at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, on the body wf Charles Desolva, late a painter in
the employ of Messrs. Pontifex, of Shoe-lane, Fleet-street.
From the evidence of several of the deceased's fellow work-
men, it appeared that deceased and another (who still lies
in the hospital in a precarious state) were at work on the
Ist of August on a scaffold outside Messrs. Poutifes's pre-
mises, when the scaffold giving way the men fell a height
of 34 feet, and were conveyed to the above hospital, where
the deceased lingered until Sunday morning last, having
had akg amputated on the Saturday. No blame appear-
ing to attach to any one, the men having erected the scar-
foid themselves, the jury returned u verdict of " Accidental
death."
BLACKFRIARS-lIRIDGE.—The works rendered neces-
sary by the sinking of one of the piers of this bridge are
nearly completed, and it is expected that the carriage
traffic may be resumed in a few days. The whole of the
immense weight of stones and earth over the sunken pier
has been removed, together with the heavy walls on either
side, thus reducing the bearing on the foundation of the
pier by several hundreds of tons. These sukdaiices have
been replaced by a strong wooden stage or platform, made
by crossing and interlacing of large logs of hard wood,
which for their preservation have licen steeped in gas tar
and other antiseptic solutions. On the top of this platform
a thin layer of concrete has been placed, over which the
ordinary pavement will be spread. It is believed by the
engineer that this stage will be quite sufficient to bear the
weight of any traffic that may pass over the bridge. When
the whole is completed there will nut apparently be any
change in the bridge, us the works will be entirely ex-
cluded from the public view, and the stage will be between
the ordinary pavement and the crown of the arch. 'the
cost of these alterations will not exceed
EXTENSIVE FIRES.—DESTRUCTION OF A FACTORY
AT ROTHERHITME.—Last evening, shortly before seven
o'clock, the vicinity of the pool on both sides of the river,
sad even up es far as the City, was lighted up by a tremen-
dous fire breaking out near the water side at Itotherhithe.
The brigade and their engine+ stationed at the different de-
pots is the metropolis were with all alacrity despatched to
the spot, and on the road learned from a mounted policeman
who had been forwarded to give the necessary intelligence
that the conflagration was raying in the patent fuel manu-
factory of Mr. Batchelor, situate near the Plough-bridge,
is the Lower Deptford-road, between the Commercial
Docks and the Thames Junction Line of the London and
South Coast Railway. On reaching the scene the tire had
a terrific appearance, the whole range of premises, which
wavered nearly an acre of ground, being in a
blaze. The manufactured fuel comprised a mass
of peat and small coal and other substance's.
Some of it was in the form of cakes, and steeped in a so-
lution of aaptha, rosin and tar, of which material there was
an enormous stock. Adjacent to the shed in which it was
stores!, were the rectifying house and other buildings em-
ployed in preparing the solution, as also stores of tar, rosin,
d.c., altogether forming as inflammable a range of property as
could be well conceived. How the fire originated could not
be satisfactorily ascertained. The workpeople had leR the
place some time in apparent security, when at the time be-
fore noticed some labourers in the service of Messrs. Hughes,
naptha manufacturers, whose premises arc contiguous, ob-
served a light proceeding from some of the sheds in Mr.
Batchelor's factory, and before they bad time scarcely to
raise a general alarm, the flames travelled with astounding
rapidity and tired the entire building; so that before the
brigade could reach the work., the whole of the property
was: one general blazing pile. The authorities at the royal
dockyard at Deptford promptly sent the engine of the
depot to the spot, and on the arrival of the London brigade
tinder the direction of Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the
district, a vigorous effort was made to subdue the immense
flaming mass. Water, however, only seemed to encourage
the violence of the flames, and the firemen therefore with-
drew and directed their operations to preserving the adjoin-
ing buildings. At ten o'clock last night the fire was still
burning, and there was every likelihood of its continuing
to rage until the morning The destroyed premises were
not insured.