The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-18 00:00:00

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the " Railway Clircatele of any Nelmeeder.

RAILWAY CHRONICLE TRAVELLING
CHARTS may be had at all the Stations on each Line.
Taa Flaw OF Tax Slane.
LONDON to BRIGHTON,
containing 83 Engravings, in a wrapper, price Id.
Tax Secogn or TEE Sous,
LONDON to WOKING and GUILDFORD,
With 51 Mostrations, In a wrapper, price 4d.
Tag Tamp or rag Seas,
LONDON to RICHMOND,
Containing 15 Engravings, in a wrapper, price 3d.
Tai Portia or WIZ SRAM,
LONDON to WOLVERTON,
Containing 44 Engravings, In a wrapper, plias SE.
Furl or ma Samna.
LONDON to TUNBRIDGE WELLS,
Containing 53 Engravings. in a Wrapper, prim Id.
Nearly ready,
LONDON TO OXFORD.

LONDON to CAMBRIDGE. LONDON to sorriumproN.
LONDON to DOVER. I LONDON to GOSPORT.
Published at the Railway
all Cbroakle °Mee, by J. Frauds ; may he had
of bookiellass.

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Petrel

seeguil
Penguin
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Nov., 18451
Dee., 18451
lan., 18
Feb., 1464 i
March, 18461
April. 1846

Crane
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,November

'musty 9, 181
January 23, 18.1
Feb. 21, 181
Pr!? !!'. 184.

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May

42 dap
37
84
37
32
23
37

April 23, 18161
°May 10, 1846
.June 30, 1846;

That although the latter statement affords evidence of a
alight amendment, much need of greater regularity still
exists. That the irregularities complained of have not only
been productive of great inconvenience to the mercantile
community, but also of severe loss to many parties, particu-
larly those having extensive exchange business to transact,
owing to the great fluctuations in the rate continually oc-
curring. That parties expecting remittances by the Brazi-
lian mails have no means of calculating the date of their
probable arrival, so great uncertainty attends their days of
sailing on their homeward voyage. That in this case the
public are rendered more impsticnt of delay, in consequence
of the great punctuality which characterises the departure
and arrival of our Indian and North American correspond-
ence. May it, therefore, please your Lordship to direct that
in future the detention of her Majesty's packets at Rio de
Janeiro may be as short, and the alteration in the days of
sailing as few, as the exigencies of her Majesty's service will
permit.
"And your memorialists, &c."

"To THE RICHT HON. THE VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, HER
MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OP STATE FOR
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
" The Memorial of the Directors of the Manchester Com-
mercial Association
" Respectfully showeth,—That the unsatisfactory state of
the relations between this kingdom and the government of
Brazil has long been a source of deep anxiety to your me-
morialists. That British merchants, in their dealings with
Brazil, being at present unprotected by treaty, are exposed
to evils of a very serious nature. That your memonalista
more particularly allude to the operation of a law enacted
by the Brazilian government in September last, conferring
on the local authorities the right to administer the effects of
all foreigners dying either in or out of that country and leav-
ing property therein, unless such foreigners as are subjects cf
gates having treaties with special and different stipulations.
That this subject has already been frequently brought under
the notice of the Earl of Aberdeen, your Lordship's prede-
cessor, by the merchants residing in Brazil, as well as by
those of this town, and also by your memorialists, in a com-
munication dated the 14th day of February last, to which
reference is now made. That one of the circumstances
which have hitherto tended to complicate the settlement of
this question, namely the distinction drawn by this Govern-
ment between the duties levied upon the import of slave
and free-labour rums, being now altogether changed by the
unconditional equilization of both species of produce in our
markets, your memorialists confidentially hope that the way
is at length opened to its final satisfactory ajustment.
"Your memorialists therefore humbly pray your Lord
ship's immediate attention to the state of our relations with
Brasil, with the view to the adoption of such measures as may
relieve the property of deceased British subjects situated in
that country from such interference on the part of the Bra-
zilian authorities as your memorialists now complain of.
" And your memorialists, &c.
„Manchester, Sept., 1846.

Although the crops generally in Belgium are
reported to be much more favourable than throughout
Germany, or even F ranee, yet the greatest anxiety pre-
vails about the prospects of the poor and labouring
classes for the coming winter. Pauperism was alarm-
ingly on the increase. " The statistics of Belgian pauperism,
(observes the Antwerp /awned dx Commerce), give the num-
ber of paupers, beggars, the vicious, or detained in the depdfs
of mendicity in 1842, at 800,000 ; this year they are rated at
1,000,000." The number is equal to 2.5 per cent. of tke
whole population of the kingdom. " Misery," it is said,
" was extending over Belgium as leprosy spreads over
a human body." The want of sufficient employment, it
' may be ga ered, with its wretched rate of retribution when
rotated, were at the root of the evil. Whatever the supply
of food, or the price, the means of purchase were wanting.
From infirmatiotui taken on the spot in various parts where
the &strew; was perhaps not the most severe, by respectable
persons who had proceeded, or had been deputed there for
the purpose, it was found that those families whose members
were employed wholly or partiall and were able to gain
from 10 to 15 centimes (Id. to lid.) per day, were among
the number who suffered least; whilst families scarcely able
to obtain 50 centimes (5d.) in a whole week were as miserably
destitute almost As those altogether without work, therefore
not gaining at all. The remedypropoani for this frightful