The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-10 00:00:00

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478.] LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1848. [THREEPENCE.

to allow the military to execute those order., and in-
sisted on doing the work themselves, and on being
paid at the rate of three francs per day. The autho-
rities were compelled to submit to this dictation,
Pears, Mews Lean, —; Three per Centa, 31;
Fires, 73.30 ; Your-and-Haif, —; Foam —. Bele= Fin.. DM.
73; do. 1341, --; Do. Threes,—; Da. Pourvand-a-llelf, —;
Naples Rentz', —. Raman Loan, 74. Treanor) Bends,
Bank Shares, 1,913. Rash:nee on Loudon, eight, 23 SO.
RAILWATL—Parts and Orleans. 800; Paris and Rouen, 300;
Rouen and Havre, 210; Avignon end Marteilke, 313 ; Strathmore
end Bele, 0; Centre Tiernan, 313 ; Annals and Boulogne, IGO;
Bordeaux, 400; North, 352 30.

Prussia has called its reserves into active service.
The 7th and Bth corps d'arnmo were marched in all
haste into Bohemia. This measure is ascribed GI the
apprehensions entertained by the cabinet of Berlin,
that complete reliance cannot bo placed on these two
corps, composed chiefly of contingents from the
Rhenish provium a and Westphalia. These corps
will be replaced on the frontier by troops drawn from
Prussia Proper. A strong garrison is about to
be placed at Sarrebrook. An imposing Como will
be quartered along the entire frontier.

A litter from Malta, dated ist inst., informs us of the
landing of his Highness Mehemet Ali at that island,
on the 29th, from Fort Manoel, where he had been
in pratique. Salutes were tired from the ships of war,
batteries, Sic., and the streets were lined by the 54th
and 97th regiments. Mehemet looked remarkably
well, considering his advanced age and recent illness.

RIOTS IN GLASGOW.

GLASGOW, TIMRSDAY.
A weaver, named Campbell, died this forenoon
'from the effects of a Fun-shot wound, received in the
spot. of Tuesday. This is the third death which has
occurred from this unhappy collision with the military.
The authorities are continuing their investigations,
and persons accused of being concerned in the riot are
being constantly apprehended. The magistrates have
offered a reward of 100/. tor the apprehension of more
of the ringleaders or originators of the riot.
The Lord Advocate arrived from London to-day,
and had an interview with the magistrates.
The exchange and police-offices are still guarded by
the military.
The special constables to the amount of several
thousands, are now being regularly embodied into
companies, with captains, &c.
The Colliers and Miners in the neighbourhood of
Glasgow have struck work to-day for an ad-
vance of wages. There is an immense body
of them, and some disorder is feared, but none
has yet taken place. A strong party of military has
been sent out to these districts as a measure of pre-
caution.

Sego:tied is an extract of a letter, dated Glasgow,
March 8. We quote it chiefly for the purpose of
doing justice to the middle class, and still more to the
brave and honest workmen of Glasgow :
I happened to be at the Trengate when the body of the
person who had been shot was being brought through on a
shutter, end just by the statue the troops were drawn across
the street ; the Riot Act was repeated ; asd the military pre-
vented the mob following the corpse. I hope the North
British Mail will bestow a column or two on the spirited
manner in which every gentleman and respectable person
have enrolled their names as special constables. About
1,400 the first evening, and between 3,000 and 4,000 by last
' evening; and, to crown all, 1,000 of Robert Napier's men
came forward and volunteered as constables, and the work-
men from other firms have followed their example, till the
town is swarming in bodies of them in all directions. I was
in the exchange at 11 o'clock lest night, where the con-
stables arrive from:the various beats to report affairs every
quarter of an hour, and then others march Iff. The troops are
on 'Change, and not a newspaper visible in it; every shop shut,
from an early hour yesterday. I do believe if a dozen gentle-
men had rushed out of the Exchange on Monday afternoon,
when they were ransacking the gunsmith's by it, they would
have put the whole to flight.
On Friday and Saturday last the Chartists and unem.
ployed held a meeting of about 8,000 on the Green, and
on the Saturday the language (a person told me who heard
it) was most inflammatory. The blackguard who appeared
to be the fustian-looking leader told them, if their wants were
not supplied by 10 a.m. en Monday, they were at liberty to
break into any provision shop, or any other. Now this, at
least, should have kept the police on the qui rive; but no—
duaing the first hour of the outbreak there was not a police-
man to be seen. It would ham been different in London.

CONFIRMATION OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF
CANTERBURY.

This morning, having been appointed for the con-
firmation of the eleciiin of the Right Rev. Dr. Sumner to
the Archbishopric of Canterbury, the proceedings connected
with that ceremony took place in the pariah church of St.
Mary. le-Bow, Cheapeide.
Toe commissioners appointed to confirm the election were
the Lord Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Win-
chester, Oxford, Rochester, St. Asaph, Peterborough, Chi-
chester, St. David's, Bath and Wells, Ely, and Lichfield.
The Archbishop of York presided. There were also pre-
sent the Bishops of Madras and Antigua, Dr. Burnaby the
vicar-general, Dr. Addams, Dr. Haggard, Dr. Robert Phil-
lamore, F. H. Dyke, Esq., the registrar, J. T. Barber, Esq.,
the apparitor-general for the province of Canterbury, &c.
The archbishop elect, and the bishops, having put on
black robes in the vestry, and the advocates and proctors,
the vicar-general, the registrar with other officers, having
assembled, and the archbishop elect having consented to the
election, they were conducted into the church, where morn-
ing prayers were read by the Venerable Archdeacon
Hamilton, the rector. The right rev. commissioner' then
proceeded from their pews to a table prepared for them,
sear the chancel. His Grace the Archbishop of York, as
president, being in the centre, and the lord archbishop elect
remaining in his pew.
The proctor of the Arches Court (Mr. Townsend), officiat-
ing for the dean and chapter of Canterbury, prayed that
the letters patent be read, which was accordingly done by
the registrar. After which, the lord archbishop elect touk
his seat at the table, opposite to the president oethe commis
shin, his grace being presentedto their lordships by the rector,
who, at the same time, presented to their lordship* the
original mandate, whereupon the president directed the
appantor (J. T. Barber, Esq.), to make the following pro-
clamation ;
" Oyes! oyez! oyez! All manner of persons who
shall or will object to the confirmation of the election of the
Right Rev. Father in God, John Bird Sumner, Doctor in
Divinity, Lord Bishop of Chester, to be archbishop of the
metropolitan church and see of Canterbury, came forward
and make your objectious in due form of law, and you shall
be heard."
At this stage of the proceeding, a manifest sensation was
produced throughout the church, many persons who were
present having evidently been attracted by the notoriety
which such confirmations have obtained during the last
few weeks in the cases of the Rev. Dr. Lee, bi-hop of Man•
cheater, and the Rev. Dr. Hampden, bishop of Hereford. No
opposition was offered, and the ceremony was, therefore,
proceeded with.
His Orace the Archbishop of York then read the several
documents, which were afterwards signed by the commis.
eioners. The archbishop then knelt down, and Mr. Barber,
giving him the Bible, administered to him the usual oaths.
The Archbishop of York then rte-c and spoke to the fol.
lowing effect :—" We have found, and do find, that the said
election was rightfully and lawfully made and celebrated by
the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral and metropolitan
church of St. Martin of Canterbury of the Right Reve-
rend Father in Clod Lord Bishop of 'Cheater, so elected, a
man both prudent and discreet, deservedly laudable
for his life and conversation, of a tree condition, born in
lawful wedlock, of due ego and ordained and consecrated
bishop; and that their neither was nor is anything in the
ecclesiastical laws that ought to obstruct or hinder his being
consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury, by authority of her
moat excellent Majesty our Sovereign Lady the Queen ; and
therefore we, having weighed and considered the premises,
do, by the authority wherewith we are invested, confirm
the aforesaid election of the said John Bird Sumner to the
archbishopric of Canterbury, and we do commit unto the said
archbishop, elected and confirmed, the government
and administration of the spirituals of the said arch-
bishopric of Canterbury; and we do pronounce, decree,
and order, by this our definitive sentence or final
decree, which we make and publish in theta pre-
sents, that the said archbishop, so elected and confirmed,
or his lawful proctor fur him, shall be inducted into the real,
actual, and corporal possession of the said archbishopric, and
all its rights, dignities, honors, privileges, appurtenances
whatsoever; and be installed and euthroned by the arch-
deacon of Canterbury, er by his deputy, according to the
laudable and approved manner of the said cathedral church,
not being contrary to the laws and statutes of this realm.
The sentence of confirmation haring been signed by the
commiAioners, the proceedings manias., ed.

LANCASTER ELECTION.
LANCASTER, THURSDAY.—The polling commenced
at eight o'clock this morning, and was continued with great
spirit during the first four hour.. Great eze;timent prevsil,
the following is the official state of the poll as issued by
the Mayor every hour :
Nine o'clock.—Stanley, 157 ; Armstrong, 131.
Ten o'tlock.—Stanley, 331 ; Armstrong, 263.
Eleven o'clock.—Stanley, 425 ; Armstrong, 426.
Twelve o'clock.--Stanley, 512 • Armstrong, 491.
One o'clock.—Stanley, 554; irmstrong, 538
Two o'clock.—Stanley, 583 ; Armstrong, 590. And at
the close of the poll Mr. Armstrong was returned by a
majority of 18.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.7-Trns DAY..

Ltricors:-11oc;mmittee decided that C. Seely,
Esq., had been guilty of treating and bribery by his agents,
and that, consequently, he was not duly elected.
BEWDLEY.—The committee declared that T. J.
Ireland, Eaq was not duly elected.

TOE LINCOLN ELECTION PETITION.—Sir,—I trust
your sense of justice will induce you to correct an impres-
sion which might be conveyed to unthinking and ill-informed
persons by the speech repotted to have been delivered by
Mr. Serj‘.ant Wrangham on behalf of the petitioners against
the return for Lincoln. I refer to the vulgar personal attack
made by that learned person, no doubt in what he con.
sidered his " duty an an advocate," upon the sitting mem-
ber, Mr. Charles Seely. Permit me, as one knowing toma
thing about Lincoln, to state, for the information of your
readers, that there is no more respectable man in the county
than the gentleman thus shamefully assailed. Mr. Seely is
one of the largest corn merchants in Eagland, and has rased
himself to a well-merited public position entirely by his in-
dustry, integrity, high honour, and business talent. Few
men have the advantage of being more generally ,spected
by those amongst whom he lives, or more sincere!, 4... Vied
by those who have the advantage of his personal trienuship.
I say nothing about the petition against his return, except
that his election is well known to have been secured by less
corrupt influence than ever was exercised in Lincoln before,
and that the object of the petitioners is personal, ar.d their
course of proceeding much to be deprecated. But in justice
to Mr. Seely, his personal character ought to be relieved
from Mr. Wrangham's scandalous personal assault.—
W. T. H., men WILOY ACCIDYNT SAS ACGIVALIFIED WITH
THE •aCM.

SPEECH OF THE KING OF PRUS-
SIA ON THE CLOSING OF THE
COMMITTEE OF THE DIET.

BRUSSELS, Martell 9.
The Independence of this morning contains an ar•
tide in which the opir.ion is expressed, that if, unfor-
tunately, there should be a war in Europe, the
battle-ground this time would undoubtedly be
Italy, and not this country. The same jour-
nal—which is a ministerial one —is doing all
in its power to restore confidence amongst the parties
connected with the Brussels and Antwerp bourses.
The Baron d'Arnim, the Prussiaa minister in Paris,
left Brussels this morning en route for &Thu. His
excellency, during many years, filled a similar poet at
this court, and, as is well known here, is favourable
to liberal principles.
It appears by the Cologne Gazette of the 9th that
the news of the revolution in Neufchatel was received
with indifference by the public of Berlin. In fact the
Berlin correspondent of the above journal states that
the separation is no loss, but a gain to Prussia. The
prosecution of Secret Court-Councillor Wedecke, for
fraud in the purchase of some property for the crown,
has been dropped.
The Committees of the Diet were dissolved on the
6th inst. by the King in person, who delivered the
following eddies.:
Having been informed that my faithful states, assembled
for the hrst time in united committee, had terminated the
important labours with which they were cha►ged—and in so
doing they display, d great Ferseveraaae, and proved that
they were animated with the best spirit and a sincere love of
country—l Lave come amidst you to wish you a cordial adieu.
This present moment is an important and a pleasing one
for me. By the discussion of the projects laid before the
delegates of the state., and the simultaneous convocation of
these delegates relative to the public debt, my ordonnances
of Feb. 3, of the preceding year h►ve been llialke carried out.
In my epeeeh from the throne on the 11th of April, 1817,
• I declared after mature examination that I should cheerfully
and often assemble the wilted diet around me, if I btcume
convinced that 1 could do so without prejudice to my sovereign
rights. From the very commencement, I recognised as a twee-
sary element in the ed,fice which I had erected, the periodical
convocation of the central assemblies of the state, and that
element I had conferred on the united committee. But the
two curia of the united Diet having unanimously ad-
dresses me in favour of the perio.acal convocation of
the Diet itself, I long ago formed the resolution, es many
of you have heard from my lips, of acceding to that
request. I eagerly seize, therefore, this opportunity to de-
clare that I confer on the Diet the periodical convocation
granted by my ordonnances of Feb. 3, 1847, to the united
committees ; and also that I limit the attributes of the latter
in a manner which will be laid before you by the Minister of
the Intel ion

....
Gentlemen, return like messengers of peace, union, and
strength to your provinces and your towns. Providence has •
raised up events, which threaten to disturb social order in
its very foundation. Men with German hearts, Prussians
animated with the lave of father.and, are conscious of the
sacred nudes imposed upon them under such circumstances.
No people on the earth has offs red, in presence of such
events, a more imp sing example than ours. Let us not
show now less fidelity, less courage, and less force than did
our fathers, or that we ourselves did in our youth.
Gentlemen, proclaim in your homes that which every rea-
sonable man thinks, that which every noble heart feels.
Make the light shine before all ; efface all party spirit, and
think only of rise thing—the doing all that is necessary to
get honourably and successfully out of the storm which, with
the blessing of God, may be appeased by our union and the
attitude we take. Press round your King, your beat friend.
Far from in,:ulging in any ideas of intervention in the inter-
nal affairs of other people, I shall exert myself to the utmost
to secure, through friendly relations with the grand powers,
and above all through the streirtth of the Germanic confe-
deration, an honourable and necessary peace, in order that
the moral and material progression on which you have so
courageously entered may not be arrested, not to say en-
tirely put • stop to for centuries.
It my people will Rive the exampleof union and strength to
the German nations, a great step will be made towards ar-
riving at our aim—the maintenance of peace.
But, should God, in his 1114'ov:seen designs, otherwise de-
cide:. if the treaties on which the peace of Europe is based be
broken ; if the enemy dare invade m territory, or that of
my Getman confederates; then, indeed, in obedience to
the dictates of honour and of duty, I shall
prefer the danger of war to a humiliating peace.
Then shall I call my valiant people to arms, and they will
gather around me like they dad thirty years ago arour.d the
banner of my father of illustrious memory, who was at the
same time the father of his people.
Then shall I confidently look for the heroism of 'lBl3,
1814, and 1815. As soon as the measures which t shell take
for the honour and security of Prussia and Germany
require the cooperation of my faithful states; at the latest,
when the geni rat cry " To arms " shall be a scourge what,
I pray Gad to prevent, I shall .convoke you anew, and all
your colleagues forming the united diet, in order to
aid me with your councils and your acts, persuaded
that the confidence of my people is my firmest
support. I shall take that step in order to show
to the world that in Prussia the King, the people, and
the army, are the same from generation to generation. An-
nounce all this to your friends at home, and once more re-
ceive a cordial adieu.