The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-31 00:00:00

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OUTGOING MAILS.
The West India Mails, inelndlag Berunida, Havaess,
Newsaie-illandsires, New Wawa, and Meziso, sad enchain
those tsr Madeira, St. Jsau-deeNiesragets, New Granada,
Chili, end Porn, will be sods up on Nov. 2.
Tile wails for British North America and the Milted
Butes will be weds up on the evening of Nov. 2.
Tito sails for Madeira, the Erni* and BINGO, Ayres,
wilt be made op on Nov. 6.
VIA =sib via Kimble; to the Mediterraneaa, Egypt,
Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, will be made up oa the
westing of Nov 7.
Tile sent wails f r Lisboa, Spsio, sad Oibraltar will be
wed* wp en Nov. 7.
Tbo mallets/ Wheats; Malta, Grasse, the lonian Islands,
la Callao, ladts, and Chia, via Bouthareptes,alZ
la mule up on the inersiag of N nnv. 20.

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LoNDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31.

It't doubt that any sovereign in Europe, except
the monarchs of its two extremes, both of geographi-
cal pod ion and political system—Russia and Eng.
laml --could go at present through the crowd, each of
their metropolis, amidst the weLome and gladness
of the populations. Q men VICTORIA certainly could
do so, and did so yesterday, through her cocain and
children. The scene was joyous mid splendid, and
the festivity magnificent, though the object was
bit the opening of a great mart of trale.
A foreigner might have bean astonished at a re-
cession and a ceremony that had neither a religions
character nor a martial object. Yet what could be
more appropriate
than that a Queen of ENGLAND
should r in person to ioaugurate the temple to coal P
Tee flumes Emperor was wont to put his hand onos
a veer to the plough. Our Queen and court might
wi r inaugurate the Exchange of that commodity that
Lae brought the extremes of the island within a few
boors of each other, and the ends of the world within
a few weeks of London.
And this element—for it is the concentration of
ore, If not cf two—had its temple worthily inau-
gurated. The gnat, and the nealfhy, and the lovely
of the land were there. Architecture, and ornament,
and hospitality, did their parts. From the Duke of
WELt.incros, the veteran of politics and war, to the
yontg Prince of WALES. whose reign may see the
ni aura wonders of a growing epoca., all ages, and re-
finale:sneer, and prospects were there.
A .atl yet what discrepstees ! The magnificent temple,
ahnist on the brink of a most magnificent river, was still
with difficulty approachable. Situated in a lane, by
the side of another lane, in the midst of I whole city
of :ate., we defy the royal carriage to have got to it
in any cleanliness, dignity, or decorum. The water
was had recourse to u an open path—yet even there
Billitrgate was to be threaded, seen. or smelt, and
the hideous Custom House contsruplated, ere the
Temple of the Black Diamond could be ap
poached, even from the Thames, by royalty.
We trust this very difficull and obstruction
svi.! maggot improvement; and that the river will
not remain so completely a more elatuum with store
boue a, whilst the chief streets which run parallel and
bear to it are like so many stable lanes. It is quite
iternlible that wealth and =aunties should so cos-
ts n'cdly pig together.
We have alluded to whet a foreigner might think
of these sights and contrasts. Aod certainly if we
Bret *bowed him the low and fil.hy shed under which
al: the fish fur the coosumption of London is disposed
of, and then took him to view the peke.* on London-
bridge where the fishmongers dine, he could be mar-
vPllously astonished at how much better these trades-
people treat themselves than they treat the public.
flaying thus made free to criticise the City
es be even-banded and venture a few remarks on
the court personnel. There was fault in that, as in
Trends-street; it was too narrow, too full of gentry
o! the mine craft and name. It was too mach a
rtihering of the GREYS, the ELLIOTTS, and the
lietres, who do certainly continue to monopolise
to :Ty place of ceremony and emolument. So at least
we see &Jai the programme of the procession.
First in it came the C .mmodore HENRY Entre,
senior officer of the Thames, in the commodore's gig.
Trite followed the barge of the admirsl of the Nore,
the Hon. Georroz ELLIOTT. The Queen's and the
Lord Mayor's barges of course occupied the chid
?Are of the procession. But in the barge imme-
diaLely af•er we have Captain Etmorr, and then an
EVEN, and so on. Would it not be better if olfi'es
of court, like tho,e in the City, had a little more of the
• ceive and lees of the hereditary principle—more
solidity and less nepotism? It would at least wand
fs:- better as a Programme.
We would not, however, visit with criticism too
.tvere a festivity, in which Caret and City meet,
a hippy conjunction of c pposite, if not rival powers,
wt kh betokens loyal and royal confidence, and a
neon of two great sources of irranden.r and prosperity
%bleb we trust never to see disjoined.

'fits seam of agricultural meetings is drawing to
a c'oee, and we certainly cannot congratulate our
aural friends on the result of their autumnal
eranguea. As we uticipated, the voice of the
tenant-farmer has been but seldom heard. His com-
p'tin a and his sorrows have been made known—so
fee rti they have been declared—chiefly by his
"friends." With an occasional exception or two
here and there, the "farmers' friends" who have
sruiren of late may be divided into two classes ; the
Jr stale who urge them to improvements, and the I
very kind friends who tell them no improvements
sin gave them from ruin. Of the first ells%
Lord BROUGHAM and Lord LOWTHER, who Ms-
c turs s 1 on the advantages of draining and the mira-
culous efficacy of terming account books, may
be taken as specimens ; while the Marquis of GRANBY,
at Lughborough, and Major BERIONORD, at Saffron-
Widen, telling the farmers that all their efforts to
ei.stain themselves against foreign competition must
be 1 terly hopeless, are examples of the latter class.
'I be former represent the landowners who have be-
elect recent converts to the policy of free trade ; who
were protectionists as long u protection was defen-
sible. but abandoned the food-monopoly in its last
extremity. They are now great on the efficacy of
mentors., and the importance of high-farming.
111( ir present object does not differ from that for
whick they supported the corn laws : they seek
to keep up rents. Now we are not disposed to
quarrel with a landlord for seeking to make
t^e moat of his property. The value of land
eolei•te in the income it will produce. But when
1 .id, and landed gentlemen acme forward to lecture
ti.e farmers on the necessity of improvement, urging
t tat to increase their outlays of capital on other
•'4 land, and in terms sotroely disguised upbraid.
i:.g I .em for want of activity, skill, and enterprise, it
is oliy resaleable to ask whether these self-constituted
it tit factors fairly state ties whole case? Is the value
of ',total applications of capital to the culture of land
* matter of re ant discovery? Without depreciating
in. ee•te scientific investigations as applied to egrical-
to e, it may be fairly said, that as yet they. have
thistle shown wby certain of the acts and practices of
circled husbandman are beneficial and profitable;
the y have done little more than test by science the
e ~ulions at which the farmer hart arrived by
olutrystioa and experience. Now the gentlefolks
wh) talc at agricultural meeting. are reading men,
vs hii o the farmers, who listen, are practical men not
t talk, especially in the presence of
Nothing is easier to a fluent
Fs-
educated politician, than to get up a
array of rural learning, and to show
not develop one half of the capacity
which exists in their farms. Tbe
dumb-foundered at the time • bet
cimments at the next market table,'
soon be meet why capital is
• the cultivation of land—uncials-'
attractive occupation in the world—
art other iadastrions emplymehts of
One farm is overrun with game,.
red with high arc' wide hedgerows,
it is not permitted to reduce because
the game; soother is deficient in
ilrd is injured by redundant timbt r or
moisture, and so forth. Of all such
meet with scarcely a hint in the
improvement preachiag landowners.

1 . to .c.h given to Mil
th,ir landlords.
. . ?Jr
Chancellor, or an ad
ni-:**t impanel nrra3
t' a- firmer* do not
t.. 4 prodection whit
br:ners are dual
I. ar their ointmw
eqd tt will est
no* retracted to t
tix.t.bly the Inlet at
A. readily as to the
the community. (
a 'AI ..vc*shsootred
c tie'. he tenant is
tit. i harbmar the
Li:" aloge ; s third i
1. I'. cup- !abundant mai
rh.taelee we meet
41 *perches of the imp