The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

tlis‘.lret Obis, that the duties to be paid under
OP: ft tr
Ina be issitamed by 93,140 fl., on the one
98_ jig Jeweased, en the Oben by 13,416 a. The mond
/7". es es mey be presumed that the lose
gsl_,.."-- latemeegoeses of the redaction of the
$101,1.21mg open the resterials for the son.,
rolls 7,Filitge, will amount to 25,113 florins.
from Me thud table, that the complete
10.11,1LITtrneasures proposed to be carried out by the
so the chamber will probably dimiaish the
1.1 r—O the tomatry by 44,283 florins.
0181.10,trolos __,.sot the prohibition of navigating sags,
t ...I. sot bath in Holland is neeeseary, be-
• ..A.pslgiosticts, of 'ilk* so trees mut be toned in
pee to the law of the 14th March, 1819, ;al
11.8.8eleti tithe principal basis of the system of dif-
:odaeitisfs
assetruction of eine military may be deprived of
11.,.„dessim. The government has arrived at the tall coo-
.1;10 sisals from the reports which have been sent in by
Ida
ehamben of commerce in the country, and by
sat foreign ports. It there are some places in
''assipbuilding is carried on at less exposes than in
."7-th.ei disadvantages which may result from it to our
■are eadialently eunipensated by other advantages
el free compost is us serious danger ma threaten
ilralnitag.el4 esto to rdtrerenist or the mat7irepowner teqpanicala*l7becam
W egaipmeat of the ships should be usdar his owl:
Moreover, the repair of vessels generally
11.-s the shipbuddme advantages sufficoust mow,
•••_--,. woo, the pubis accruing trout the coustruotion of
g tate "Mich compels the shipowner to have the
1,700 width be empllys in all cams consuumed in the dock-1
Ali al the kiredom is valuta the slightest object from
issome when the national flag 018/40 to enjoy • pant-
iTtoostectioa. It is no:. en this account, however that
„onus free admission of vessels constricted abetted has
7.1",,,•-paeseted to; they will be subjected to • ditty ot 1 per
ast, 1- se more than probable that a Large number et ship- ,
row ship-
will so regard as too high the price fixed for Dutch I
goo rie vier; Me favoarable result which will accrue to I
go loamy tom this disposition will not have any Mistimes
oorgsesees to our shipbuilders.
Tiosspoeui of motives is accompanied by three tables :
coopirative state of the mercantile marine in the
ants 1831 1840,1545, asu 1648.
yom tlus teb.e a r.sults that at these different pericds
*epoch maries was-
-1831.
Marls. testi. ousels. lasts.
1,232 152,932 1,828 153,333.
1845. 1818.
s. lasts. v. stela. lasts.
oval
183,185 2,018 2C 6,240.
TIM u suificient root of the growth of the ammeter of
gs enutrl•
1, :Seabee of vessels built from 1841 to /848
The tah:e shows that the largest number of vessels
IN bide to 1617, the somber being 131 • in 1844 it
woos 66. The number tit biomes built is 11148 is 16 ; it
ma sorb los In the former years. la 1843 only one was
tot flow this it is dear Utat the amou theonnage he.
so Omuta ia the aims proportion is number of
vostb•
C. Maritime wormiest. in the Ditch ports between 1824
OH
),s E Comparative view of the proportion of the
rib morns the Dumb ports and the priumpal commercial
soss• flip% nified r inli
1848. ot other coni.tries dump tbe
sies 103, 1340,1616, aad
tout:4 view el the steam navigation in our ports
tom Mb paper it minim that More than the hal of the
our noes (in all 63) snivel and atiparted hoot the pot
▪ 1•014,*
tettical table of the Hatch vessels which rid the
gas between 1835 and 1848. Thu navigati he. M-
owed from 852 to lers. and the barthen tram 26,000 to
6110 lasts. The irtiotit, which in 1833 was only hat: a
rasa, amootted to more than two millions in 1848.
L 1. h. Are papers containing a review which the Mi-
mosa sabmi.ted to the Chambers of the results which Me
sesums be Toe proposed will most pobably have en
jbe Twig. final rank is, u has been mentieneu
!AVM a Lou of 41,285 8.. r.

iis4u.

SEN kGAL.— 'terse expeditions of the French
glees .1.1111 80.1 kla have, according to letters just receie.
ja)larjeh.salesiliael a ealatell effect on the spirit of sumeroes
/I‘..g Mil whose states extend 160 kilometres
Island of Si. Lisle, has sAkited•• treaty of eats.
mt. 'rah the Preach mo=w name and in tits: of the
*Snot Dagen.. Itegnioaad Toil. Their countries
reduce caitla, boor,. gold haat, spass, wax, and iemy,
which me embenectl for iron glom, brandy, tobacco, sad
fams. Thc kingd tee of Walc:centaiss the forest of Taws r,
obi& the fin. st elephants sad best gum trees are fuund.
PERSONAL SEETCII OF THE NEGRO EMPEROR.—
* drat sire of him 055 as be was riding through the
ellg, es i, mom hoe every Sabbath morning. attar having
weird the army. His colour is the most thorough "owl"
Sisk bat his arse, lips, he , are more European than one
wield taped from his colour. From his forehead to the 'op
ends hew hell swiftly had. He rode a grey hone—very
psi ler the'country—cotsaccompanied by a hundred or
men el his life guard', on horseback, Inv ir di d cavalry
mite, and paixtd through the principal streets of the eity,
sweltering kw tied, and disposing ireely his bows and his
milks to** crowds as he rode rapid y past teem He was
hewed is fah military uniform, of a very rich character ;
Se cobra frost el his east as well as other parts of hie
ems, being overlaid with 'heavy golden trinturnge. His
age le 'little above fifty, his fern large and erect, near ail
iota in Might, wrighlag about two hundred, end wall
net.t, with the 'implies of some corpulency. His
Lenemau•Lip is of the moat perfect character. Thu attracts
the stet tit n of all fort ignere, and their universal remark is,
that in this respect he is rarely equalled. He sassily rid
and
as
is the " Bureau of the Pup," the curets hoses,
Omagh some of the streets of the eitT, attended by a few of
Lis glade, twice Iberia; the week.—Aese York Eogitwer.
EMIGR%TION TO AXISHICA.—We have compiled
from cifkial sources the number of emigrants from tor. ion
awn., woo have arrived is the city of New York during
the peat year, and find that it ezereds, even up to this
Vim, by a great deal, the whole number which arrived in
the year I.lli. The following shows the emigration in balk

Total emigration in 1914 S
Total emigration in 1849. to December 4 230,433
Excess of 1849 over 1849, to December 4
Leaned arrivals fur the nntainiog part of
Dumber 6,000
----

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1849.

SAVINGS BANK..

ART AND FINANCIAL
REFORM.

The inclosed circular and form of return has just
bees t eat to the trustees of every savings bank, by Kr. Tidd
Pratt.
(Retract from the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, dup. 83.
Section 8. " And bit enacted that provision shall be made
in the rules of every savings bank that every depositor
therein shall once in every year, at least, cause his deposit
book to be produced at the dike of the said institution,
kw the rupee of being examined.")
National Debt.oflioe, Dec. 17.
Gentlennen,—l am directed by the Commissioners for the
Seduction of the National Debt to call your immediate
attention to the provisions enacted in the above section of
the act 7th and Bth Victoria, chap 83, and to suggest to you
the importance, now that the 20th of November bee pared,
of appointing, by advertisement, two or more specified days
on which the depositors should be required to being in their
books to be examined with the Wien of the savings beak
under your management up to the 20th of November, 1849 ;
and that two or more managers should make arrangements
so that they may themselves personally examine and com-
pare the depositors' books with the entries in the ledgers. I
am further directed to request that the result of such eta•
mutation may be transmitted to the commLeSeaers drawn
out la the inclosed form. You are requested to acknowledge
the receipt of this letter,
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
8. Timms, Secretary.

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MEETING AT HACKNEY.
A riblio meeting was convened yesterday evening
rattle: Hackney Perliatary and Finanidal Reform Also-
, at the Assembly Rooms, Miner Roue, Hookas y,
for the dshvery of as address by Mr. H. Vincent. The
isepsetionarems wee well filled by ea audience rethapoled of
the middle sad working dues&
The their wee takes about belt-pad seven by Mr. B.
Moline.
Mr. H. VINCENT commenced by conffreinlatbsff the
sausably on the spread of liberal opinion. in this country.
A few years ago a mambo celled himself a widow tegy exer-
cised undnpnted influence over &large pardons( tha:losegio•
Toryism—the toryiem of the Stuarts—was Awl gone;
and it would be wisdom on the pert of auk men a. the
Duke of Newcastle to remember that if it had posseesed any.
*big vital it inset have continued to live. It Sir Robert
Peel mild not " march through Coventry" with that ruff.
meat, it was impossible for Disraeli to weft& lie would
not speak diuespeothilly of whiggery ; for he mild not
forget that during the struggles connected with the Com-
monwealth many whips shed their blood for the people.
The people could not afford, however, to show their
gratitude by giving up necessary seruures of ed.
nose. Unless the party is power did the work
of the ropier, whether designated whip, tory, or radical,
they would soon lose their influence with the people. The
Teasel party was, he felt convinced, a winning party, and
nothing could retard its course. He had scarcely had a
night's holiday for the last twelvemonth. (Laughter.) In
suck towns as Southampton, for example, were convened
from Ave hundred to a thousand persons, comprising not
merely the working classes, but many iadividuals of wealth
and influence. Aud what objects did such persons cheer ?
The separation of church and state—(cheers)--the gates
non of the suffrage to the working classes—(.been)—the
reduction of taxation—(sheen)—the abolition of all indirect,
and the substitution tor them of direct, taxer—(oheere)—end
• sweeping reduction is the army and navy. (Laud cheers.)
Questions of self reform, too, were well received. (Hear.)
Fur it was the beauty of the present age, that politicians did
sot meet in pot-houses ; feeling that no government Gould
Nye the man who was the slave of his vices—(cheep), and
that the only sate basis for the prosperity of the nation was
the
questionhe t t
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hadud ine
y iat 7:l:egnet the e
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trade)
question was settled—(cheen) ; although a number
of needy landowners, who were deeply in debt,
went to the farmers, and said to them, " You have been
terribly cheated, but we are still ytur natural protectors,
and we will restore protection if you will only put faith In
us." (Laughter.) They were familiarising tee farmers
with agitation—(hear, hear)—and as soon mitts farmer hal
found out that all the talk about protection was a delusion.
from that moment he would become one of the most disaf-
reefed of men, and the free traders would have to moderate
his seal. (Cheers.) Let protectionist orators beware for
to suppose that the country, after having tasted cheap bread,
would submit to the re-enactment art then lows, •sa the
greatest absurdity that ever entered the minds of statesmen.
this was an age of inquiry ; and, as their legislators had told I
them all their lives that they lived under • glorious constitu-
tion, there could be no crime in examining it a little !
(Laughter.) The people had an undoubted tight to inquire
now the public money was spent; and they were beginning
to icquire inn Seeneial questions. And even theese who
were indifferent to abstract questions at once ap-
predated the question of taxation. There was I
raised is this country 60,000,0001. a year, in-1
eluding the cut of collection. 60,000,0001., how.
ever, did not by any means represent the entire burden of',
the country. The people of England paid for governing
themstives, after eontrituting 60,000,0001. for c-ntral go-
vernment. Take, for example, the poor sates—those imposts
whose frightful increase ought to he matter of grave concern
to ail hinting people. Even under toe amended poor law,
the rates amounted to about 7,000.0001. a you. Again, the
county rates amounted to 1,800,0001., and the church rates
to 1,800,0001 , the highway fetes to 1,337,000/o and the
bridge tolls to 100,0001. ; the tithes to about 10,000,0001. a
year. There was levied for turnpikes 374,0001. a year. The
plies system cost about 1,000,0001. a year. The total addi-
tional expenditure under the different heads was 22,280,0001.
la e 'cutleries the ustional taxes they must take into
account not merely the amount, but the distribution of the
public burdens. The duties levied on many articles of con-
sumption were duties which fell with the greatest weight on
those who were least able to bear it. T lie matt duty amounted
to 5,840,0001., and though a water drinker himself be pro-
tested against the unjust operation of that impost. Tobacco,
susar, and molasses, all prime aecemaries of the people,
formed some of the heaviest items of the revenue. The
lecturer proceeded to animadvert on the various points In
which reform and retrenchment were needed, and said
that if our present statesmen did act take the matter in
hand, the time was not far distant when Cobden,
and his friend Bright, would be called by the universal
voice of the people to the direction of affairs. (Loud cheers )
Having glanced et the state of the army and navy, the state
of the borough repreientation, and the various omen points
which have been so fully and so generally dwelt on and fre-
quently reported in the Dui/e News, Mr. Vincent con-
cluded by earnestly advising all reformers to support the
Financial Reform Association, and to join the Freehold
Land Society. (Loud cheers.)
A vote of thanks to Mr. Vincent and to the chairman
terminated the prethedinp.

,
P
Fa.

Interest en a debenture debt of 218,6881., :and there
was also a provision for the company to termi-
nate at say time within fire years. The company
were only able to pay for the year ending the 31st
July, 1849, • dividend of 11. 18e. per ant. Undir those
circumstances, it was injudkaus for the directors to enter
into an agreement for the purchase or lase of this line at •
gnu= cod dividend of four per cent., ail still more so to
expend upwards 14,0001. on the workshops. Last melon
of parliament the Wishaw and Colinas Company got their.
bill, and the Greenock Company contrived to get a clause ,
rescinding the power of compelling them to take Caledonian, ,
shares at par, In lieu of a perpetual guarantee of four pet
cent. The Caledonian directors, without giving any notice
to the shareholders, allowed this clause to pea, and thereby
fixed • direct loos to the oompany.of about 4,0001. pa
annum. The committee are of opinion that the d:
were not justified In their submission, and that it r:ota
have been better to have risked the loss of the Wishaw bill
than have saddled the company with the heavy kiss which this
guarantee will entail on it. There was no immediate •
necessity to pies the Wishaw bill. The line was worked
under an agreement sanctioned by the Caledonian Act, and
the directors, in their report of February last declerel that
it was worked to their entire satisfaction. The committee
ere of opinion that every effort should be made to get this
clause repealed, the skaseholders b- iog taken by surprise,
and having no notice of any intention to alter the former
acts of parliament.
Banana an NIBILITOW—The Cakdoniaa Company
has agreed to lease this line for 999 years, at 8 per cent., or
110,0001. on half of the capital, and 6 percent. on the other
140,0001. The coalmines ere of opinion that the conduct of
the directors in this transaction gives reason to infer a want
of judgment, and also a candid dealing with the share-
holdet s.
The following is a tabular view of the terms of those gas-
ranee', and **lots seeing from them to the Caledonian
Company:

,••••1".." •
it I ii,.
Yearly 11 1 a
Name of Railway. 1 Guaranof
tee.imort lit ill
Guaran.
tots. 1 'a
V '
11P. \ 13
Pagg
et. on £ E E X
Wishaw &Col IS i 0 240,000 0 0 15,700 0 0 LAM i 13,913 11 2
Glasgow Gan.
kirk did Coat-1 12 6 186,8551 2\12,500 6 4,260,5151 2,827 66
1 ... 1146.651 'Annus 16 2
bridge ..
Clyadals Jn. .. 16 6 450,000 00 27,000 0 2102,000 ——.
Ditto lininclass .. 2
Glasgow, Dam 6 150, 0000 01
head sad i q 3 1500,505 0 16,500 0 0 50,000 15,520 7 q
Newman
°Lk Gres,- wow Psi& )
a 6 ; 5 500, M 050 0 5 zn, 000 0 0216,466,11,00 0 0
y, and A
nook 7 1