The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1848.

elamations have been issued to restrain the agri-
cultural labourers from squatting or flocking into the
towns, and vsgrancy is to be severely punished. This
government, being an absolute one, can, of course, and will,
frame a very stringent code rural, and, under existing
c4curnatances, and c,nsidering tho welfare of the
negro himself, aid the necessity of enforcing con-
tinuous labour in order to prevent the estates going
out of cultivation, it is, perhaps, for the best, as
it is the only way to avert a ruin similar to that
which bas befallen the British planters. General Pats
and suite are still Lets; hie movements are wrapt in mys-
tery. The Canteens papers, and private letters from the
main, assert that in conjunction wit.i Flores he will make
an attempt to erect a monarchy. lie in about to
issue a voluminous manifesto to his adherents.
Business here is very dull, ►nd da ly grtting worse. Gun.
Yeas Scholten sailed for England last pack, t, it is said for
Denmark, and great hopes are entertained hero that he will
return with fresh powers to grant concessions—liberty of the
press. As it is, the judges have unlimited authority in
court—their sill is law; and as all the prot,cols, charges, de-
fences, &c., are written in Danish, it is far better to submit
to judgment in any cum than venture to defend it. We
hope to get open courts, trial by jury, &c. ; but involved as
the mother country is now at home, I tear she will be unable
to pay much attention to the colonies, and the old slate=
wi.l necessarily continue to 11 ,urinh.

HAYTI.—News brought by the Mary Chilton,
arrived at Jamaica on July 21, !lasing Lh Jeremie three
day-, previously, describ • the a: am of Wogs in that island as
must deplorable. The pare: -era who arriv, din this vessel
had, it appears, been procrihr7l for a 1.-iigth of time, and,
with soveral others who h ire not come im,lout were perhaps
shot, ha i succced. d in getting on Us rrd a v. ssel for the par-
poseuf their escape tr -nt the country, but the Presi. lent
having arrived at Jeremie, and succeeded by some means in re-
storing confidence in them, they again return. 1 on shore.
Sub-yquently a body of muutitainetra came into the Lawn,
and demanded that these individuals should be put to death;
a request which the president seemed anxious to comply
with. The passengers who have arrived, hearing this cruel
determination to take their lives, succeeded a second time
in e.capiog on b 'tied the Mary Ccilion, and, through the
humsnity of the captain, are now in a land
where life and liberty are secure. The country people
had aack.ll the town and plundered it; zed men of property,
whether white, black, or brown, English or American, may
in a moment be deprived of their property and their ex-
, istcnce. The day previous to the sailing of the vessel, the
general and the colonel of the regiment stationed at Jeremie
load been d, and Titre to he shot the day after she left.
Tee French Consul had been denounced.

At Port au. Priuco everlthing was pretty tranquil, but
the pris .ns were Whet with patient offendsrs—many of
whom it is thought would he shot on the return of the pre-
sident to tho capital from his tour through the southern part
of the republic.

maybe required," they will be re-employed accordingly. In giving this
Intimation, the directors think it due to the new casino-drivers and
firemen ti tenure them that they shall not be prejudiced as regards
their present rates of wages, and that their interests In other respects
will be duly proteeted.—lry order, It. Cases, See.
Tte men, at their meeting on Thursday evening last,
proposed to submit certain matters to the decision of
Mr. Bury, Mr. Gooch, and Mr. Madigan, geatlemen of
long experience in locomotive management. This led to a
communication to Mr. Madigan en Friday, on the part of
Mr. Glen, the chairman of the board of directors On Sa-
turday Mr. lladigan, commissioned by the board, had an in•
terview with Mr. brown, the chairman at the late meetings
in the Railway Tavern, Humlutead•road, on the part of the
men, and it was then arranged that the system of Cl3llllifiel-
tioll prepared by Mr. M'Connell should be withdrawn, and
that the men should return to their employment on the line
on the terms which they have hitherto been accustomed to
receive. It was farther understood that any grievances of
which the men might have to consp'ain should, in future, br
submitted to Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the board, and not
to any of the superio•endenta. After the disputes were thus
regarded as settled, 22 of the engine•driven were sent for to
arrange their work for this (Monday) morning, when they
found that they were expected to act with new
firemen, the drivers who have worked. on the line during
the past week being kept in the subordinate capacity. Etch
dissentient driver was thus to work on an engine
with one of the new men in lieu of his old assistant. This

was regarded u an infraction of their underganding with
tic company, and a meeting having het n held, at put one
o'clock tha morning, the fallowing resolution was reported
as carried unanimously :

That the arrangements prop coed to them this evening by Mr.
Walker, for the working of the line on Monday, being a total viola-
tion of the undencanding communicated by Mr. Madigan, on behalf
of the board of direektra on Saturday, that it be therefore deter-
mined by this meeting that they will sof resume w ‘rk upon the
Lotion and North W“tern Railway unless the ftremen who have
rec:ded be included in the settlement of the dispute.
THE ARREST OF THE CHARTISTS AND CONFEDE-
RATES. who were known to he engaged in mischievou • and
violent designs have procee.'ed up to lint night—several of
them continuing to he picked up, agaiaat whom informations
have been received. Before these arrests were made it would
have been inexpedient to have alarmed the public by any
announcement of the intelligence of which the authorities
were possessed. It might have also tended to thwart the
ends of justice and interfered with the apprehension of
some of the most desperate of the delinquents. As most
of those parries, however, are now secured, against whom
the most satisfactory testimony i i obtained, and as the more
wicked of their attempts are thee, by frustrated, it can do
no harm to state that the designs of the conspirators
were of a moat alarming and abominable nature,
amongst which there is t o much reason to fear that
rap le, turd-r, and conflagration were included. The de-
etruerive and reckless designs of such men must open the
0y es of all who are dependent upon their iniustry, or who
are in any way bound up with the interests of trade or com-
merce, and who would be the greatest sufferers be any de-
struction of property, or interrupti.m of the public tran-
quillity. We believe the strength of the conspiracy is broken
by the Befit which is let in upon its dark and diabolical de-
signs. There hu been more than one split amongst the
party. It is known that no cordiality exists between
the Irish confederates and the chartists of the metropolis,
and that many of the latter are anxious to hold aloof from
any treasonable proceeding. Still, notwithstanding all this,
the greatest precautions aro necessary, and must continue to
be observed, so long as there ix any reason to apprehend any
recurrence of the foolish and wicked design upon the persons
and properties of the industrious and peaceat-le inhabitants
of the metropolis.-06strrer.
NORFOLK ESTUARY COMPANY.—On Saturday a ge-
neral meeting of proprietors win held at the British Hotel,
Cockspur-greet. Lord 0. B.ntinck, M.P , presided, and
after some formal recordings ex planed tho objects for
which they hid met, and observed that he had come to ask
tnem to take the most important step which they had ever
taken since the existence of the company. His 1 irdship then
referral to the changes which bad taken place in the money
market since 1846, and the decision at which the directors
had in consequence arrived not to proceed with the under-
taking. Since the last meeting, however, overtures had been
made to the company by the corporation of Lynn
and the Eau-brink commission which materially altered the
aspect of affairs; and the directors had resolved to accept
from thaw bodies the sum of 120,000/., coupled with their
assistance in trying to release the company from certain re-
strictions relative to the progress of their operations, under
which they were at present bound by the government.
The directors considered it desirable that another engineer
should be appointed to act in co-operation with Sir J. Ren-
nie. The cost of this measure, and of the new act which it
would be necessary to obtain, would be about 20,0001.,
which would leave them 100,000/. towards general
expenses. Ile called attertion to the fact, that if
too interest of money bad increased the price of
labour had dimin'shed, and that there was little
doubt that a contract, of whic". earthwork was the principal
feature, would be performed for 2.5 per cent. less than in
1840. He then entered into a calcelation of the probable
cost of the works on the that 4,000 acres. The result sou as
follows : Mr. Cubitt's estimate for performi^g the new cut
and draining the channel to the sea was 250,0001., to which
he added one-third as a probable exce-s of expenditure over
the estimate, which raised the amount to 332,6001. Deduct-
ing then 25 per cent. for the decreased price of labour, the sum
would be again reduced to 2.59,37.51. The cost of embanking
4,000 acres mu catimata'd at 60,0001.,t0 which he (Lord o.Ben-
tinck) adde d one-third,as in the former case,mak ing the amount
339,3751. Adding to this interest, at 3 per cent., and also 1
per cent., the amount to be paid to the government, the
entire expense of the first 4.000 acres would stand at
422,3751. The next consideration was the value of the land,
and the means to meet the expenditure. The amount
already sunk in the company was 30,0001., to which was to
be added the 100,0001. which would be netted from the Lynn
corporation and Eau-brink commission; also the amount of
200,0001. the proceeds of a call of '2Ol. per share, which it
would be necessary to make : and in addition, the probable
amount which would be realised from the sale of 4,000 acres
viz., 260,0001., which would make a total of 590,0001., and
leave a balance of 167,6251. in the hands of the company
after paying all expenses. Thus the company in 1860, after
plying 4 per cent. in the internal, would only be a debtor to
the extent of 23,0001. The cost of the remaining 6,000 acres
would be 120,0001., which, added to the debt of the com-
pany, would make 343,0001., for which there would be two
years' interest at 4 per cent. In round number, he might say
that thewhole c sit of the 6,000 acres would be 156,0001, vet ich
would include 1 per cent. to the crown. The result would
be that in 1862 the undertaking would be paying 4 per cent
to the proprietors, and repaying the entire capital. Under
these circumstances he strongly urged them to proceed with
the undertaking—The report of the directors was then read.
It contained only a brief statement of the circumstances of
the company, as detailed by the chairman. Alter some con-
versation, in the course of which several proprietors
expressed their belief that the position of the company was
even better than it bad been represented by the chairman,
and that the contract., could be performed for less than the
sum which he had allowed for them, the report was adopted,
and the appointment of Mr. Stevenson u engineer agreed to.
The proceedings then terminated.
THE FIFTH DAY'S SALE AT STOWE comprised
articles from the state drawing-room, chiefly furniture. One
hundred and five lota realised 2,1471. 9s. The company was
not numerous. The more noticeab:e of the lots were the fol-
lowing:-534. "A beautiful Tourney carpet, 125 by 106
yards," 541, 13s. 541. "A set of curtains for three windows,
of crimson satin damask, lined with silk, with draperies,
cords and tassels, and gilt cornices," 811. 18s. 661. " A
large pier table supported by three figures of boys. with a
slab of various marbles, inlaid in ornaments and landscapes,"
-10 s.