The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-16 00:00:00

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WINDSOR, MoNnaY.—The Lord Chancellor and
Lady Cottenham left the Castle today.—A deputation from
the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter-hall, had the honour
of an interview on Satarday last with Prince Albert, to
submit a proposal for erecting a public memorial to the
memory of the lee Dr. Mendelssohn. The Queen and his
Royal Highness were pleased to approve of the above object,
and to subscribe 601. in its aid.—The royal dinner party this
evening at the Castle will include the Duchess of Kent, the
Earl and Countess Grey, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of
Desert, and the Rey. Dr. Hasetrev.

His Excellency the Amerman Minister had an'
interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday at
the office of the Board of Trade.
A deputation of the Metropolitan Association for
Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes, consist-
ing of W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., J. Toynbee, Esq., J. W.
Tottie, Esq., A. Kilgour, Esq., and Mr. C. Oatliff, had en
interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
on the subject of the window duties, at the official residence
of the right hon. baronet in Downing-street.
' A deputation, consisting of Mr. William Ord, M.P.,
Mr. T. E. Headlam, M.P., the Mayor of Newcastle, the Sheriff
of Newcastle, Mr. Alderman I)onkin, Mr. Alderman Hodg-
eon the Town Clerk of Newcastle, Mr. Moreton, Mr. N.
Wood, Mr. Brockett, ai.d Mr. Armstrong, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
Lord Hatherton had an interview with Sir G.
Grey yesterday at the Home.office. Mr. Wickham, Chair-
' man of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview yesterday
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord and Lady John Russell had a dinner party
on Saturday at their residence in Che. ham-place. The
company included the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Dietrichstein, the Belgian Minister, Lord Glenelg,
Lord end Lady Ashley, Lord Anson, Lord and the Hon.
Miss Lister, Mr. George Elliot, and Mr. William Grey.

THE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.
The Right Rev.ThomasMasgrave,D.D., Lord Bishop
of Hereford, who it is understood bag been trapalated to the see
of York, is a native of Cambridge. His father, the late Mr.
W. Peete Musgrave, was a woollen draper and tailor, and
obtained some notoriety about the end of the last century
as a warm and liberal supporter of the whip, at a time when
whig advocacy, especially in a university town, displayed not
a little course in the partiz in. Dr. Musgrave was born, we
believe, in 1r88; in 1800 he became a student of Trinity
College, Cambridge ; graduated B. A. (fourteenth
wrangler) in 1810 ; and was afterwards elected a
fellow of Trinity, which fellowship he continued to hold
until he obtained a mitre in 1837 ; in 1811 he obtained the
second of the members' prizes for middle bachelors, and in
the following year the last of the same prizes for senior
bachelors ; he proceeded M.A. in 1813 ; in IS2I he suc-
ceeded Professor Rennuard in the Lord Almoner's professor-
ship of Arabic ; in 1831 he was appointed to the office of
senior proctor ; he succeeded Dr. Cresswell in the incum-
bency of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge ; he also filled the
office of bursar of his college ; in 1837 he was appointed to
the see of Hereford, and in the same year was created D.D.
by royal mandate. In 1830 Dr. Musgrave married the lion.
Catherine Cavendish, youngest daughter of Richard, second
Baron Waterpark. Dr. Charles Musgrave, Archdeacon of
Craven and Vicar of Halifax, is a younger brother of the
bishop. The bishopric of Hereford will be filled, it is said,
by Dr. Hampden, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford.

THE PEOPLE'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterday a public meeting was held in the large
room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the pur-
pose of explaining the principles and objects which the
People's International League had in view. The meeting
was molt numerously attended, and on the platform we
noticed Col. Thompson, M.P., Mr. J. Williams, PIP.,
Mr. G. Thompson, M.P., and several other gentlemen, who
take an active part in the diffusion of liberal principles. On
the motion of Mr. H. Stansfield, seconded by Mr. Linton,
the Secretary of the League, Dr. Bowring, was called to the
chair, amidst general plaudits.
The Catair.maw opened the proceedings by stating that
the object of the meeting was to give greater publicity to the
views and intentions of the society. It was the belief of the
committee that when those views and intentions were fully
known, they would excite great sympathy, interest,
and co-operation, on the part of the British public ;
because the committee were acting under the con-
viction that nations could be no more isolated and
separated from earls other than could individuals; that,
like individuals, nations were dependent upon each other ;
that the interests of each were common ; and that all were
bound to assist one another in putting down the progress of
anarchy and despotism, and in promoting the cause of civi-
lisation, of emancipation, and of universal liberty. (Cheers.)
Happily, the voice of England, when England spoke, found
echoes through the wide universal world, and it was to be
regretted that it had not spoken so loudly or so often as it
ought during the great controversies which had in past
tim • °mimed between the oppressors and the oppressed.
Englishmen must necessarily be in favour of those who were
now struggling for rights and privileges which to some
extent they had themselves happily obtained; and, look
where they would, there will much to interest them. Nay,
he (the Chairman) would venture to say that every word of
encouragement uttered in this land would cause thousands
of bosoms to throb with anxiety and hope, and urge men in
multitudes to persevere in the honourable course in which
they were engaged. Look where they would, in-
teresting objects engaged attention. Let the mind
travel to the far East—to Greece, where Plato taught
and Homer sang—and would Englishmen say that beautiful
land should be surrendered to barbarian despotism? Were
they not again interested in the redemption and salvation of
Portugal—that little territery which had discovered and
founded empires ? Again, that renowned and romantic
land, Spain, whose history contained so many bright and
brilliant pages; and he hoped that the same conditions of
sovereignty would be exacted at Madrid, which in times of
old were exacted within the walls of Saragossa. (Applause.)
Let them look again at France. Could anybody believe
that after the revolution of 1789 and the three glorious days
of July, 1830, that matters were in hand by which that
noble country would be handed ever to the corruption and
pollution which was now connected with it ? Let them look
again at Italy, of which one of her poets had pathetically
said, that " doomed to conquer, was conquered still to vas-
salage." And another poet, estimating the character of the na-
tion's mind, had truthfully said, " True we are slaves, but
yet we are indignant slaves." The indignation of Italy, led
on by the illustrious man who now filled the Papal chair,
was marching from darkness and oppression to light and
liberty. (Loud cheers.) In the issue who could doubt hut
that Italy would become as distinguished for free institutions
as she was for the intellectual superiority of her POW ?
(Cheers) Amidst these struggles he was sure that no
Englishman could forget Poland. No doubt this country
had prayed and protested against, and had never recognised,
the foul and impious deed which declared that, as a nation,
Poland should exist no longer; but let every Pole, be he
wandering and mourning where he might, know that mil-
lions of Englishmen were anxiously waiting for the day of
the restoration of that nation, and when it should not de-
pend upon despots to declare whether Poland should be free.
He (the chairman) owed an apology for having so far tres-
passed upon the attention of the meeting. There were other
topics upon which he might havo enlarged, but he should
content himself by calling upon the secretary to read the
report.
The SECRETARY (Mr. Linton) then read the report,
which stated the operations of the society, which now
eomorised upwards of 400 members. By the aid of lectures,
meetings, and publications, a considerable interest had been
excited in the public mind, and it was hoped that the public
would strengthen the hands of those actively engaged in prro•
secutinE the objects the society had in view.
Cot. THOMNION, M.P., then came forward to move the
first resolution, which was to the effect :
That it is our duty as a free nation to inform ouraelren fully upon
ell matters bearing on the conduct and policy of our government,
whether at home or abroad ; and that our relations with foreign
nations, and their social and political manifestations and progress, de-
mand at the present time an especial and increatied share of our In-
terest and consideration. . . . .

He thought that there was nothing in that meektion which
any individual could find fault with. The has, and gallant
member made a cursory review of the smuts passing in
Spain, France, It+ly, and Switzerland, mad Essonassil the
conduct of republican America in reference to its
upon Mexico. He also brought under the atten=7tre
meeting the effusions of an American writer, who in a
Guide Book, published in Philadelphia, spoke of his antici-
pations " that the child was born who might live to see
an American army of 60,000 reviewed in Hyde-park, and
that the bunting banner of the stripes and stars would su-
persede the silken banner of England, which floated in the
breeze at Buckingham Palace, and on the Round Tower at
Maser." Front these extracts he could not but infer that
dairies looked to future aggressions; and he called upon all
pproeaaaeennt to support this society as the means of affording the
Mast and moat accurate information, and of awakening
the British public to a knowledge of that which had
se long been lost sight of, and so little understood, namely,
the foreign relations of this country. The hon. and gallant
member concluded, amidst loud cheers, an able speech, by
moving the adoption of the resolution we have already
seconded.
Mr. P. A. TAYLOR, jun., seconded the motion in a speech
In which be paid a tribute of respect, for accuracy of infor-
mation, to the Daily News and the Morning Chronicle,
touching the Italian movement. With much severity he
attacked the Times for lits wilful (as he alleged) perse-
verance in statements connected with these transactions
which had no foundation in fact. Even with the aid of the
two honest journals he had mentioned, this society had
much to do to enlighten the people of this country upon
matters with which their interests were interwoven, and
hence he called for general sympathy and support.
A Mr. J. WILSON, from the body of the meeting, pro-
posed as an amendment the omission of the word " free."
Although fully sympathising with the object of the meeting,
he did not wish it to go forth to the world that the working
classes of England considered themselves free in the present
state of the franchise.—The ansemiment was molded to, and
the resolution, as amended, was speed to.
Mr. 0. THOMPSON moved the meced embalm:
That In ceder to bring to bear spin the image Pe
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country the beneficial influenced pigs slims% tt Is of ths insolset
importance to obtain and mresiMs assisale art fislanna-
une concerning the political eswilllan swa at asnign
emintrirs,_todtesendnate the mind*. dewing tells pladmas and
'cote 4 Pod between the peer& at
antra, ;aced that lbws the objects et the
support.
Ltagnh that entitled to our
respecting the objects of the International
of its youngest members. He had joined
'obtaining information, which, when he
would disseminate to the best of his
Objects of the present meeting he fully