The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1848.

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few days ego, Y stated to Have been despatahed
to Algiers, eonveybsg offers of an asylum to the French
Princes d'Aumele and Joinville ; the latter, you are aware,
is married to a slate r of the Queen of Portugal. However,
yesterday morning there arrived the French war-steamer
Solon, having the princes on board. No salute was fired,
nor soy public compliment paid them, but during the day
they landed cud paid a brief visit to the palace, and thiemorn-
ing toe Solon left again for England, having the ex-princes
on board. Evr thiug up to this time is quiet in Lisbon,
although p.reeptible excitement is visible ; nor is this feel-
ing likely to be tooth. dby the conduct of the troops, who
are everywhere insulting the people, seemingly really de-
limns of provoking an affray. This state of things is in
reference to the capital, while from the provinces accounts
come teeming in of a most frightful state of military rose,
the soldiery being Almon at free quarter'.
I believe I am correct iu stating that a violent disagree-
ment exists amongst the members of the cabinet here as to
the line of conduct to be observed for the moment, the ma-
jority being for a coup d'eNal, the suspension of guarantees,
lite., and extreme measures, while the minority, with more
wisdom, are for netempting conciliation. Upon this point
even the broth, re Cabral ore represeuted as at variance,
Jose Bernardo do Silva Cabral being for hanging
and sheotieg upin susp'cion, while Cabral himself
is strongly opposed to harsh measures ; therefore the
popularity that Cabral ei,joys with the court is at last
threatened, for the sentiments of the Queen and her husband
are well known to be determinedly beagle to anything like
mild measures. 'There are rumours, however, that the
Queen has sent off in ell haste for the Duke of Palmella,
who is yet at Mad. ira, as also that she has endeavoured to
open negutiatiene with the liberal leaden for the purpose of
forming LI mixed min./try. I have reasons for believing that
the Viscount So da Bandeira, a leading liberal, has indig-
nantly repudiated all compromise with the faction who are
plundering and rui ~ i,, g the country. The debates in the Cortes
are wholly destitute of interest, the worthy deputies draw-
ing slung at a maid's pace, and occupying themselves upon the
most trivial and frivolous questions, never forgetting by the
way to draw their etieend of six crowns daily per man. At
the first burst of the: news from France, the government
journals s. t to buldl. abusing the French movement, and
in such a coarse and uncalled ter strain, that the French
charge d'affains ...lit in a diplomatic note remonstrating
against their agg es-iv tone, to which the Duke of Saldanba
replied that mail M Farrier delivered in his credentials as
accredited repr.ecutative of the republic no recognition of
hie right to address the government would be conceded.
On the 10th a French merchant vessel came in under the
colours of the republic ; the French frigate the Psyche is
still in the Tagus.
Yesterday the Queen's husband, accompanied by his two
sons, dressed in UllOOllll, rode through the streets and paid
a surprise visit to ti.. castle, and to-day is named for a ro.
view of the garrison ; but as it is raining heavily and blowing
gales this awful military display will probably be postponed.
At the Artillery. Barracks all is preparation and the most
vigilant milks reepectien is kept up day and night. The
olbtial announcenomt has bees given in the Diario do Go-
verno of the extinction of the English Coneervaturial Court,
a sad blow to English residents; but should the Queen be
determined upon severities, and susper.diug the press and
the personal guarantees--why, in that case, it is supposed
Sir George Seymour wet instantly fall back upon the British
privileges.
Mr. T. M. Hugh. r, the late correspondent of the Times
newspaper, ha. published a pamphlet in Portuguese end
English explanatery of the "Times affair' in ounneaion with
the purchase by the Portuguese government of 20,0001.
Portuguese bond/ in Mr. Hughes's name. Mr. Hughes bas'
sent me two cores, with the request that I would forward
one copy to the editor of the Express. In compliance
with this reqn.st I have put one number under cover to you.
The defence of Mr. Hughes in England a ill, doubtless, be
taken up by able pens; I therefore abstain from any criii-
nem of the pamphlet, equally so from venturing any opiniou
npon its subject. usurer. The slight liberty of remark I
shall permit myself will he confined to inserting here an ex-
tract or two from the statement, not as affecting the case
itself, but es simply . xhihiiing Mr. Hughes's present opinion
of individuals and of a party recently so much lauded in the
columns of the Times, and only the other day described as
forming a goverument of" strength and Went:"
Let the Cahralis: freemasons beware. I am now in possession
of all their mathinery, their momyed Jobs and main of public
robbery of every description. • • The
base intriguer, the vile corruption, tho treachere, falsehood, Me
n.oraHtv, and profligacy of the deb stable Cabrafist faction. The
mew of their 'hernial in May, litto, and of the ruin of all who relied
sped the stability of their administration, was their maintaining an
arrny of only 9,0.4 nun, while the Cortes voted, and they drew find pos.
Semi the pay of an set of unparalleled infamy which made re-
bellion stronger than tor, notion, and at which Count Torsi connived.
The areaa Of two EOAIISO vessels recently abandoned at
sea have within teens few days been brought into Lisbon.
The Culzean C.stle, Finlay, master, with general cargo, was
abandoned on the 29en February in lat. 45 N., long. 14 W.,
from Belhist to Demerara. liar crew were picked up by
smack Neptune ; and the smack Caroline, from Guernsey,
with salt from Seville, was lost tff the north coast of Portu-
gal, crew sired by E. gli-h brig Orion.
Li Ina government paper was unsaleable at any price.
The crown jewels and church plate are said to have been
shipped Of by Pfilits, rninaud ot Sale Cobourg.

FRANCE.—THE FRENCH FLEET ORDERED TO
RENuszvoca AT Toccos.—A private correspondent at
Tuuloa writes : •' All is activity and bustle here, indicating
a movement of i:ri.at importance on the part of the French
fleet. Order,. have been received for the whole of the ships
to be coact ntratt tl. They are all very well manned, and
have their he.ory "ores; but they are now directed by the
Republican Provisional Government to take on bond
five
months' 1 rovisiora, and to bo in every respect, ready to re.
ive sudden orders—(a finalize). The destination of the
fleet is certainly Naples. So let our ' Amazon P arker' look
out for squalls."—United Service Gazette.
SW ITZ ERLAND.—Some singular discoveries have
been made in the inioisti rial office of Neufcbitel. It ap-
pears that it wns the intention of Austria, Prussia, and
France to break up the Swiss pact of 1815, and recon.titute
Switsoland into time or four separate centedemtions, the
Sondtrbund forming one, and its cantons being augmented
at the expense of the liberal cantons, from which several
districts were to he curtailed. The Republican Neuf-chafe-
kis is publishing the a .cumt-nts found.

March, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall
receive the same. Her Majesty and the infant princess are,
Ood be praised, both doing well."
At night,afterthe performances at each of the metropolitan
theatres, the national anthem was sung by each company in
celebration of the sale delivery of her Majerty. It was r
ceived everywhere with much enthusiasm.
Yesterday storming the following bulletin wee beetled
Buckiagbam Palace, March 19, 1848. 9 A.M.—The Queen
has passed an excellent night. Her Mal esti and the infant
princess are going on favonrably.—Jasst (Manx, CILLILLMS
LOCOCIE, ROBBIIT FIROUBOX."
The Queen was going on very well yesterday afternoon.
The diplomatic corps, and all the nobility and gentry in
town, called on Saturday and yesterday at the Palace, to
make inquiry after the health of the Queen. The entire list
was far toe nunierens to be given.

The Count and Countess de Neuilly_ visited the
Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House, to con-
gratulate her Royal Highness on her Majesty's happy con-
finement.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mar?,
attended divine service yesterday morning in St. Michael s
Church. The Duke of Cambridge attended divine service
yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince
Frederick of Hesse, honoured Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston with their company at dinner on Saturday even-
ing, at their residence in Carlton-gardens.

A deputation from the Windsor, Staines, and
South Western Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Lacy,
Mr. Chaplin, and Mr. Bedborough, had an interview with
Viscount Morpeth on Saturday, at the office of her Majesty's
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall place.
' A deputation from the Manchester South Junction
and Altrinchem Railway Company, consisting of Mr. George
Thompson, M.P., Mr. George HadB4ld, Mr. Edward
Wetherell and Mr. W. Harris, had an interview with the
Right Hon. Edward Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the
Commissioners of Railways, in the Board of Trade.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Kershaw,
M.P., Mr. Alderman Bancroft, and Mr. Gibb, the Town
clerk of Manchester, accompanied by the Right Hon. T.
M. Gibson, M.P., and Masers. John Bright, M.P., J.
Brotherton, M.P., J. W. Patten, M.P., R. Cobden, M.P.,
Sanders, M.P., W. Beckett, M.P., Gremiall, M.P., W.
Brown, M.P., J. B. Smith, M.P., and Heald, M.P., bad
an interview with Viscount Morpeth on Saturday, upon
the subject of the bill for promoting public health.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Marquis of Northamp-
ton, as president of the Royal Society, gave his second con-
veraassione to the members of that learned body and their
friends, on Saturday evening, at his lordship's mansion, on
the Terrace, Piccadilly. Among the objects of interest ex-
hibited in the noble president's saloons were some very re-
markable illuminated works, chiefly books of church music,
collected among the islands of the Archipelago by Major
Macdonald. Some of these were of a.s early a date as the
year 1200. Of models of new invention', &c., there were
fewer exhibited than usual ; but the works of art, including
some beautiful specimens of photography by M. Claudet,

were very numerous.
THE MAIL CONTRACTS.—The Lords of the Admi-
ralty have given notice that the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's contract for conveying the Indian mails to and
from Alexandria ani Southampton at the beginning of the
month, will ceaseafter the 3rd of May next. The expense of
this contract was between 16,0001. and 16,0001.
MARTLEBONE VESTRY.— THE WESTERN GAS
Coxesrstr.—On Saturday, after several menthe' discussion,
the question of leave to the Western ORS Company to lay
down their pipes in the parish of Marylebone was finally
disposed of by the vestry, after a lengthened discussion,
which terminated in a majority of 58 voting in favour of
the Western Gas Company, against 27, who opposed the
proposition.
'fHE ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS SPECIAL CONSTA-
BLEI.—On Saturday 200 noblemen and gentlemen sworn
'in as spesial constables for the parish of St. Martin-in-
, -the-Ficlds, assembled in the vestry-room for the purpose
of selecting a leader, and concerting measures to be adopted
is case of any disturbance taking place. The churchwarden
having taken the chair, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey was
proposed as " commander in-chief," and unanimously
elected. The noble earl, in brief terms, acknowledged the
compliment passed upon him; and, alluding to the accuuche-
merit of her Majesty, called upon the gentlemen present to
give three cheers for the event, and for the speedy recovery
of her Majesty to convalescence. Three most hearty cheers
were given, and, by order of the churchwarden, the royal
standard was hoisted on the steeple of the church, and the
bells were set ringing. The meeting, after appointing sub-
ordinate loaders to act under the noble earl, broke up.
TIE CRUIKSHANK TESTIMONIAL.—The proposal
for &testimonial to George Cruikshank is assuming substance
and shape, a committee having been formed for the pf.rpme
of taking the steps necessary to carry the project into effect
It is not, however, as yet decided what the form of testi-
monial shall be ; and the decision will no doubt be in some
degree dependent on the amount of the subscriptions.—Athe-
neum.
DEPOSITORS IN SAYING BANKS.—Sir,—My atten-
tion has been attracted to the suggestion of a correspondent
in your paper of yesterday, for granting the elective fran-
chise to every person who shall have had 101. in any savings
bank for six months preceding an election. I think the pro-
posal is well worthy of consideration, for the smallest depo-
sitor in a savings bank has a stake—to him a very important
one—in the maintenance of the public credit. But there
would be another great advantage attending the plan, which
your correspondent has overlooked —viz., that it would deter
many persons, at a time of alarm and panic, from rushing to
withdraw their deposits, as is too frequently the case now—a
proceeding which invariably aggrasatet the evil it seeks to
avert, as we have seen most lamentably exemplified in a
neighbouring country, only a few days ago. The great ob-
jection, however, to the scheme is, that 1 fear it would be
used as an argument for a much wider extension of the suf-
frage. At tresent the property qualification in boroughs is
the rentin& a house of not less than 101 a year
value; but if you ext nd the privilege to the pos-
sessor of 101. in a savings bank, will it not
be contended (and with some reason) that every possessor
of 101. in any other shape—such as capital, stock in trade,
furniture, equally entitled to it / You would in
fact be changing altogether the amount of property qualifi-
cation fixed by the Reform Act, for there is a wide dionets
tion between the possessor of 101. and the person able to rent
a house of 101. a year. Another objection is, that the influx
of 101. deposits before a general election, the advent of
which is always pretty well known, would be enormous.
These would all be withdrawn again immediately after the
election, and I question much whether the obliging loans
which would be offered for the express purpose of these
temporary deposits would not materially facilitate bribery
and corruption. At all events, lam sure it would be neces-
sary to fix a much lenger time than six months as the period
for which the deposit must Lave existed. Two years, 1
think, would not be too much, for it is the habitual and accu-
mulating depositor that you seek to encourage, and not the
casual, and, still less, the designing one.—Newo. March
17, 1848.
INQUEST, SATURDAY.—THE ST. PANCRAS ROYAL
DISPENSARY, —By Mr. Mills, at the Lord Nelson,
Kiniemroad, St. Pancras, upon Thomas Cook, aged four
months.—Eligsbet3 Crow stated that finding deceased
dangerously i.I she went to the St. Pancras Royal Dis-
pensary, and requested Mr. Dymond, the house surgeon, to
visit him, as he was apparently dying. He refused doing
so, and desire:l her to bring the child to the dispensary. Bbe
told him that she could not do so as he would die oa the
way. Mr. Dymond insisted upon the child being brought,
adding that if deceased was not soon brought he would not
see him. In half an hour after her return home deceased
died.—Hannah Lunn deposed that deceased's father died
three days after deceased was born, and that his mother,
woo was subsequently married again, would fl If and lock
up deceased in a room by himself, while she sent her other
two children to pick up in the streets what they could.
although she had ample means to provide for them.—Mr.
Greenhill. a medical gentleman, attended from the St. Pan-
cras Royal Dispensary, to explain that attendance at the
dispensary was only at certain hours, when all who pre-
tented themselves were prescribed for.—The jury returned
a verdict of " Natural death," accompanied by a censure
upon the conduct of Mr. Dymond for not having attended
deceased when required. The inquiry occupied several
hours.