The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

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rights of the subject, but they exercise a criminal juristic-
tim pretended to be pro srtlede within which touches his
property and personal liberty. That the law they adminis-
ter urgently requires amendment. That their system of pro-
educe is incompatible with the effectual attainment of
the ends of Justice. That they are not only inefficient but costly. That
their continued existed* is injurious to the =topes and a scandal toh
o
the judicial systma of the country.-. HUME, to submit to t
house, that the time is arrived when the intereets of the united king-
dom urgently demand that prompt and decisive measures ebould be
taken by this house for the removal of the mimes on which just com-
plaints on the port of the Irish people are founded; and stub that view
to owns se -1. That an humble address be presented to her Majesty,
praying that else whl be graelotoly pleased to take into cansiderution
whither the government of Ireland by a viceroy Is one longer neces-
sary, and whether that office ought nut to be abolished. 2. That
amoneet toe MOM prominent of the grievences of rlan ts the
taw by which the whole caleciaeurail property Ireland man-
U 7 is aselgned to the clergy of • small seo of the
popu'ation; and that this house pledge Itself, after peewit!.
Ing for existing rights. and for the claims of her Majesty's pro-
teetant eubjects who are members of the cotablishel eaurch, to CO.
operate with her auMjesty in effecting such a settlement of church
preperte ill Ireland will give satisfaetio. to the Nish people. 3. By
placinethe parliamentary coiffeuse on a basis by which an adequate
constituency. shall he secured, and hr passing a mastic:cry bill for
soli-goatlector registration. 4. By granting municipal institutions fur the
ycram int of cilia, horoughe, and towns In Ireland on the same
ptinctple, and to the name extent us the cities, borough., and towns
of England array munic..l limit...es. 5. By amending the resod
jury lawa.-Mr. ritEscit, to mate an an amendment to 21e. Humeri
motion, re'stive to Ireland, that in case it ehould apr-ar to the houee
desirable to enter into the consideration of the state of Ireland, with
a view to the adoption of remedial measure", the Nibjecte to which
their ea:anion should be directed are i I. The repent of the tainting
poor-law, and the enactment of a measure which will,without wde- I
erection to the property of the eonutry, moire relief
tour exte tut destit
nsu ,
poor. 2. 'the employment of the people by means of aite ve
application of the pi maple contained in the Land improvement set 1
clOth tic.), and the adoption of measures to facilitids the y
com reckitumoner
ation .
of waste lend.., and complete PUCsucha system of rallte- I
Lion res will serve to develop the meows' of the county .m
ioal 3. To 1
JA-i,r colonisation to a limited extent. 4, To Mace the
enaritie, of the country on each a bled as will Oct
the to the prattle I
the extent of relief to which they are entitled from
of money annually subscribed 101.1 tented for that amputee.
3. 'to adjust the claims upon the counties for the repay-
meat of the money advanced by government withia the I
last two years, according to their respective ability to dis. i
charge the same, by diminishing where necrieary the amount
of instalment., mid the pert seta at which the retail lll.nts are to be
fondly cotnOleted. 0. Ts facilitate the sale of eneimis red estates be
the adoption of a system at once sound, speedy, and inexpensive. f.
To secure a state pronsion for the itoman catholic c , gy, in case they
should decide to accept it.-Sir W. MOLESWORTIL vt rill the at-
tention of the house to the subject of the colonies, and is submit to the
consideration of the house a motion with regard to c..lnnial govcin-
meat and expenditure.--Mr. Ito ART, bill to abolish forfeiture. of
property to the crown in cases of telony.-Mr. ANSTEV, to move en
address to the crown on the subject of the recent important political
events in Austria, Pulaai, and Fru.sia and prat tug her Majesty that
she will not consent to any new territorial or other airangement, con-
sequent on such events, that does not recognise and Nature to the
Polity people their lawful liberties and indepeodence.- -Sir 11. VER-
NEY, to move the consideration of the petition of Mr. 1. Vane ;M-
-arstal alon fermented Feb. tel.-Mr. EWART, hill to I.dmit all persons
who l for a certiin time !Lave hien members ol any temperance or
total abstinence society. or of any mechanics' Institution, oe of any
other fiterare or ninon, in.tionion, or who shall have fora certain'
time ban di,poeitas in any saving. bank (being duly registered., to
the e woos, of ttio elective tranchise, and that the preperty qualifies-
non be abolished.-bir. G. A. )(All I LTil3l, hill to slier and amend
act of I and 2 Vie., e. 50, in so far an relates to the mode of
making tithe rout charge in Trete/1.1 liable to your-rate.-Mr.
BAINE.4, till foe removing certain den ens in the administration
of criminal justice.-Mr. BARELY, to call ths atter:ion [
taut
chin
to the pi-moot leapotte spicily of legislation practirea in ciown
eolonieti.-M r. WINK lii.4, bill to repeal the Railway Cenirrilseioli AM.
-Mr. EWA it-r, that the present eystem of ilispropertionate indirect
taxation is lOjtalUUS to tat commerce and manulacti.tio, and unjuat
to the working classes of the couutry; that the ear itliditront
licee
of a
more direct ',stem of taxation oil realised propety would re
trade and mnufactures•
and he eventually besselleLil to nll eta...es of
the (-immunaity. -Sir W,. rail it ERVILLE, bill to worm; in act of the
3rd and 4th years of her present M.ijesty, for the regulation of muni-
cipal corporations in Ireland.-Sir P. NUGENV, to ask the
of
ettaneeltor of the Exchequer whether the Fifth Benoit
the lloatd of Works (irebial), relative to arterial drainage,
is prep:wed, and when it will be laid befere the public ;
to ask Sir William Somerville whether it io the iutention of her
an government to roduce any &Henan*, by way of amendment,
m the present Fishery beta ',lielmili, during the preistateersion ; and,
if to, how soon it may be expected.-Mr. URQUHART, address, to
her !Majesty to summon., in Ireland, a parliament to :idyl', with her
llajdoy concerning the tract and ot that biarloni. 'ma in the
opinion of this house a standard for the mina!, militar i. and ordnance
eetablishments !Mould be adopted, unit that the expenditure for these
objects ought not to excited that of the year 1635. That, in accord-
ewe with the resolutions adopted in 1821, an excess of income OM
e3pentliture ehould be provided in years of peace, and applied to the
reilitction of debt
of during var.-Mr. TURNER, to ask the
Right lion. Steretary of State for the Home Dep irtment whether he a
able to inform the house the number of in
constables sworn to act
in support of the conetituted authorities in cave any lodge disturin
ante had taken place on Moeday Lice, and oleo the pro-
bable number of per sons who tendered their renices
and could nut be sworn for want ot time.-Mr. COWAN,
hilt to provide an equitable arrangement of the difference*
affeeting the churches and eiapete in Scotland, commonly. called
cenad Noir, churches-Mr. OtOIINE, select committee,. to Inquire
onto the state of the law as respects the appointment of receivers of the
Courts of Chancery and Equity Exchequer in Ireland ; and the effect
a the present law, amt ts.gulation. et tee sant court ia the monger.
ment of estate. under their control, and how star the mote has mit-
a...el to the improvement of the eaid estates and the coalition of the
tenantry, or the contrary.-Mr. M.GREGOR-Seleet committee, tee
Laqiiire into the management and expenditure of tie naval
dockyards of the United I:Module and British poectstio...-
Mr. MOORE, committee of the whole home on the pre-
rent Foote of the temporalities of the Irish Church. -Dr.
meat,HlM] copies of any memorials presented to the govern-
and of any correspondence on the subject of a reform of the
House of Beye, Isle of
Man, with the Home-Aim, stare the last par-
liamentary returns; reclantions for enforcing the payment cf the I
gross revenue tato the exchequer by all the departments of receipt, I
and of all lends received by the departments of expenditure other than
by parliamentary grant*, no that the whole amoont of the national I
income should be subjected to the efficient control of the 'louse of
Commons; That it be recommenied to the emnreithes sitting on the
eel:mates to consider whether the rums appliNl to the public *erect.,
without previous parliamentary sanction, and which appear bv the
Parliamentary Return, No. el, of the present wagon, to *have
amounted in the last year to 7,030,438/. Ils. ; 2-12 d. should not he
paid into the exchequer, and the ileum of the mew lie subjected to
votes of the house.-Mr. SCLLIVAN, bill for the amendment of the
grand jury lawn in Irelanth-Mr. WY LIS, bill to extend the elective
tranchi•iti to a.l male pc paying 1 leY,--..-s-go rt or income tax

morial be raised in commemoration of the whole period,
and of the sense, patience, wisdom, and determination,
especially of the lower orders, to seek the development
of liberty by none save constitutional means. Erect
a monument to this, the great distinction between En-
gland and the rest of Europe in the spring of 1818,
and no Englishman, no lover of liberty and of order,
will refuse to contribute to it, if it be wisely, greatly
and philanthropically conceived.
We feel perfectly assured, that these sentiments
already pervaded the intentions of the members of the
committee. "Men such as they could never have con-
templated connuemorating a triumph. They never
meant to have a group, emblematic of their purpose,
to be that of a ST. GEORGE Slaying a dragon, or a
HERCULES cutting off the hundred heads of a Hydra.
They never meant to erect a Down-with FEARGUS
Hospital, or an Anti-Chartist Washhouse, nor yet an
Anta-CocumeNe Bastile, for feeding and relieving the
poor. It is parodying the sentiments of honourable
men to accuse them of this. Their only fault
lay in putting the 10th of April too forward—a
ffaurom
lt
easily remedied, and fallen into, probably, more
a desire to flatter the enthusiasm, and catch the con-
tributions of the ° specials," than from any other
reason. Let the obnoxious particularisation disap-
pear ; let the committee expunge from its programme
that triumph over chartism that the Times has ex-
punged from its columns, and all will be ready to aid
in commemomting the resistance of the English to
the crude and precipitate adoption of foreign frenzy.
We sincerely hope that the committee will perse-
vere. It is one of the best signs of the times, this
very committee list. The three great prelates of the
south, with Baron ROTHSCIIILD, Sir Moses
Loid ARUNDEL and SURREY, CIIARLESMONTE-
PEAR-
SON, piotestant and catholic, Jew and dissenter—
all uniting for a charitable purpose—oh! that we
could have such a board of education—that, however,
is too much to hope, though an educational institute in
the metropolis wculd be the noblest and the fittest
Pablie Oeder MePtoriql. It would be the true an-
tiaote for the poison, the true specific to provide
against the recurrence of the dreaded epidemic. But
it is impossible, and therefore we neither propose nor
discuss it. The medicine to be offered cannot be, what
it ought best to be, the medicine of the mind. The
alleviation of physical ill dare alone be contemplated.
And, heaven knows, that much is wanting, much im-
peratively required to be done.
We cannot say that we are much in favour of hos-
pitals,and for reasons that we shall develop on afuture
occasion. But lodging-houses and wash-houses—and
we do not see why they cannot be united—are such
palpable and permanent blessings to the poorer class
of the population, that we trust sincerely that the
committee will persevere, and take advantage of
any enthusiasm or any excitement to raise fun& and
combine i4forte for so beneficent a purpose. It would
be a disgrace to the country, as well as an irreparable
loss to the peer, were such a design and suzli a com-
mittee to be snuffed out by a capricious article of a
journal.

sequence or not I cannot say; but on the following
day there was a large party who intended to make a
demonstration in front of the palace of the King, with
the view of demanding the destruction of the forts
which command the city, and perhaps as mach or
more with the view of cutting off the subterraneous
communications between the palace, the forts, and the
sea. The demonstration seems, however, to have
been made in the presence of the King himself, as
have learnt from authority that is worthy la'
belief that another programme was presented to his
I Majesty in council, prosing, amongst other things,
the suppression of the Chamber of Peers, the imme-
diate destruction of the forts, the sending a steam-fleet
to the Adriatic, with the view of preventing a descent
by the Austrians ou the eastern coast. The King
refused to concede ; the last point, however,
was urged strongly, and will be conceded
I think. His Majesty said that in the present
date of his relations with Sicily. he had need of nll
his disposable naval force ; but, as the voice of the
public is so strongly in favour of the movement, and
us Signor Totfetti is now here as delegate from therm-
visional Government at Milan to request such assist-
ance, resistance will be difficult. In the meantime,
before even Toffetti has been presented to the King.
the ministers declare through the official journals,
that, " having been informed of tho object of his
(Toffettes) mission, and perceiving all the importance
of the report, they will exert every effort to ensure its
succor." And yet, in the moment that daily en-
croachments are being made on the King's authority,
and that he is formally dethroned by the Sicilians, he
sends ONO of his troops off to Lombardy.
The elections begin this day, but awaken anything
but that greet excitement which might have been Ex-
pected. Many names are in circulation ; among
others that of Hug ziero, minister of ecclesiastical
affairs, =ndidate for Naples, and of Duca di Proto as
one of the elective peers. The only address to the
electors that I have seen is by the Conte Correiall to
the electors of Sorrento.
The movement towards Lombardy still continues.
The 10th regt. of the line have already left for Leg-
horn, whence they started fur l'adua.
From Sicily I am enabled to state that on the 13th
April it was declared by the general parliament of
Sicily, that Ist, Ferdinand Bourbon and hit dynasty
hare for ever fallen from the throne of Sicily. 2nd.
Sicily shall be governed by a constitutional yocvrn-
nsent, and shall call to the throne an Italian pricier as
soon us it shall hare reformed its statute. Telegraphic
reports of 11th and 12th, from Messina, state that
there has beer the usual tiring on both sides. I hear
I that from want of troops nod provisions the citric's! of
Messina cannot be maintained much longer; up
Ito this time the citadel has not renewed its firing; the
Ishots seem to have been exchanged between a
fort adjoining the citadel and the city. On Sunday
I several king's steamers and a frigate came in, and
now, in this critical moment for the kin"dom,, a fleet
(it is decided) is to be sent off to the Adriatic with
provisions and armaments, and, some say, with troop..
The King, it is confidently reported, is to join his
troops in the Abruzzi after the meeting of parliament.
Many ask will he ever return—will he not take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to bid adieu to his
" amatissimi sudditi." There is, indeed, no love lost
between him and his subjects—when he appears in
public his Majesty is received with marked coldness,
1 presenting a striking contrast to that obsequiousness
1 which has always marked the Neapolitan public.
The Conte di Itignon, who is here on a special
mission from Charles Albert, had his third audience
yesterday, when he was decorated with the cross of
' commander of the royal order of St. Ferdinand and
.gi'litog a
ttchse, requestNyihsioof
ohis f St
the
roi Sardinian
l
o f Merit.
o f
f
Majesty, a squadron of the Royal Marine, consist-
ingou'rkgstrtinre'eam
troops on board, under the command of General W.
',Pepe, are to repair directly to tbe Adriatic talec
(Fart with the Piedmontese in combatting forto Italian
independence. Further, government undertakes to
send to Venice immediately officers to instruct the
Venice volunteers, or to lead them to battle, and
particular officers of artillery to direct the field bat-
teries. The Minister for the Interior has placed 6,000
additional muskets in the bands of the nteional 1
guards of the city, and is about to purchase many I
others. A long list of contributors of the land tax I
by anticipation is published this morning.
Petitions to the number of 2,192 have been pre-
' rented to the ministry for relief at Easter. News
arrived from :Messina says that the Messinese are in
strong force, and there is a report that the King is
about to withdraw all his troops from the citadel
The Sicdian question and that of the Venice republic
will it is thought be referred to the decision of the
Italian League.
The Indepentlenza e Lcya of the 15th says: " The'
decree which pronounced the dethronement of
the King of Naples, and dell his race in Sicily, has
been welcomed at Palermo by cries of enthusiasm.
Cries were uttered of ' Down with the statues
of the Bourbons!' and thousands of voices echoed
' Down with them!' No sooner said than done. All
the statues were thrown down from their pedestals.
They began with that of Philip V. The only one
respect( d was that of Charles 11., because he was
just and benevolent."
TUSCANY.—The Concordia of Turin, of April 21,
cites an article from the Gazette of Genoa, stating
that on the 18th the French ship of war, the Fried-
land, with the flag of Admiral Baudin, entered the
Gun' of Six zria. Two ships and a frigate had also
4I arrived, and other ships were expected.
own.

GERMANY.

BADE.N.—The republicans have every where been
beaten. The bands hare fled and separated.
Hecker has made his escape to BA, but Struve was
taken on the 21st, at the village of Sackingen, as he
was shut to pass the Rhine into Switzerland. Hes-
sian troops occupied oh he 21
n tst poldshOhe and
the Schusterinsel, which had beenL eofull of German
workmen. About 240 men of the free corps which
were at Grosshuningen on the 21st, left that place by
rail to Elsatz.
AUSTRIA.—We have the 'Vienna journals of the

21st.
The Emperor, after having accepted the rest anon
of the Burgomaster of Vienna, M. Von Czapko, has
declared by an imperial resolution of the 29th of
March, that the post of Burgomaster of Vienna might
be considered vacant. Previous to the filling up of
this post it appeared necessary to call the attention
of the burgher committee of Vienna to the altered
state of things, and to suggest that the office of bur-
gomaster might probably call for some modification.
the Burgher committee has therefore resolved to
defer the election till the middle of May.
PRUSSIA.—A letter from Posen,of April 20, says
The state of things here is still very unsatisfactory
and critical. It is true that the large encampment
has been broken up, in consequence of the convention ;
but, although they have dispersed, they are assembling
in small groups in other quarters. No further ex-
cesses have been committed. Mieroslawski has again
addressed the King, stating that the people are by no
means satisfied with the former concessions, because
Count Milzsnski altered the position on his own re-
sponsibility. The greatest apprehensions are enter-
tained for the Easter festival.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

We have received Hamburg papers of the 22nd
which furnish some items not before published.
A letter from Kiel, of the 21st of April, says :—The
Provisional Government has this day received intelli-
gence from London, according to which, the British
cabinet does not consider the proceedin"s of the Diet
as a declaration of war against Denmark, and will in
consequence maintain a preliminary neutrality.
On the 19th, at Elsinore, the Prussian ships lying
at anchor in the roadstead were laid under embargo
by the Danish ships of war.
A private letter from Flensburg positively deLle.
the reports of the bad treatment whichthc Schlcsw:g-
Holstein troops are said to have met with in that city.
Both the German and Danish troops are equally well
received by the citizens ; few excesses were com-
mitted against the Germans on their retreat, and the
report that scalding water, &:,,., was poured upon
them was quite without foundation. A miller, who
took some Germans under his protection, was seized
by the Danes with all his people, but was aft
liberated. The inhabitants of Flensburg have main-
tained a decidedly neutral position. The wounded
among the Danes and the Germans are tended with
equal care, and honourable treatment is given alike to
both.
On the 21st General Wrangel, coming from Stettin,
set ont from Hamburg for liendslatirg. He was ac-

companiid by of PrQs4
the eldest sou , . general La
command of &Wee, ~ _........ciu mantis has issued A
notice, calling upon Germans to lend their assistance
in the approaching war, as free corps.

Prince Frederick Cb
of Prince Charles.

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FRANCE.—PARIn, APRIL 25.—CATAMO re
Cfskevit.Lokf—A heavy explosion, attended with 1 P"
we
lately occurred at Chat aloe. It resembled the sh°O.; giof—.„'
earthquake. A great number of persons rushed intothek-
and a cry of " To the iron foundries" was in„,...iv -eee55,..,....
Shortly afterwards some work me n,blackened and h ea' .-a e,„„,
head to foot, came into the town, running throuallutbe,--7.
and uttering the most heartrending shrieks. On e --„ :,
the foundry every house contained one or morelnivi'°n„."'
man more or lees burned, and suffering excruiunegluT,
tures. In the very midst of the fire which wa's'dti e --,i,'.
the high furnace, were women, children, i
CI:. mm eirlhirgi '
their husbands, sons, avid brothers. The extent of the kr
deer is not yet known. One of the masters et the forge,"
Charles Yverhault Rotielat (the son), of La Chat -
miehel Vergue, his friend, and the cashier, wtrerc:' and
il
victims. Five persons have perished, awl the number,'u"'-
those injured is not yet known. The cause of the oxide
was, that having to cast a very large than of iron, ihn
dug a hole in the earth into which some water flOwed; 1:
Immediately the molten iron exploded wita great coise.
DISTUREANCES IN TILE FRENCH Float-Bente
Serious dieturhences took place at Mantes on &May,
re to the elections. Some days previously, et Neu.' 'nl
ti
government commissary, had caused a Het to be extends
l
distributed, continuing the names of 12 candidates for
national assembly, and bearing the words below: „To
folded in two and thrown into the urn." The club oi '
Union Ilipablicaine, highly disapproving of the whole ,
ceding, took another list on Saturday to M. It fet, the
printer in the place. But just as the title was ' iie:i
have it printed, M. Roux come and threatened him' if
did so, to take away his license. The printer, in ecnseeua
was obliged to yield. The next morning, in ceaseV
of a decision come to by the meni.ipal council, the den
was beaten and the national guard calif out; it w
at the same time deterrninai to send M. ltoux away. eel;
he appeared, and saw the crowd which hail assembled, s
hear, them uttering cries of A bar le commissaire!
called them canaille, and declared that be did not fear Id
they could do. The crowd, hueever, fore I him to t
raiiway, and thi re compelled him to Fut into one of t
carriages of the train that was going off. lle thence
Poissy, end proceeding thence to St. Germaie, peceera
cuiranaers, whom he took with him to establish his author
at Mantes. He re-entered Mantes the same evening eef
and estateishe I himself at the Prefecture. The crowd, e
mint at this pros ruing, forced their way:into the Preet
and broke everything that they could lay their hands
The troops fraternised with the national guard, and
last Id, Roux was. obliged to again totes hi. departure
the railway. Delegates from the club jointed: aely eau
Versailles, and, representing the matter to M. Jamul, tl
1 commissary there, obtained froin him that mother wan
nary, M. 1 motet, should be pent to take NI. Reux's plat
That gentleman arrived at Mantes yesterday at Gear in tt
morning.—The Union of Besancon states th.a a keen
ago a deplorable event batik piece at St. Germain, near Lot
The ails' or prevented a man who had been conlemnel fa
1
robbery from voting in the election of officers of the mama
guard. This so exasperated the DIOR that he relabel
murder the Mayor. He armed himself with a
oral placed another in the hands of his brother
They then pursued the Mayor, and rushed after '
into to bunko in which he he.l sought refuge. See
that his life was really menaced, the Mayor polled ,
pistol from Iti, breast., and, after vainly summoning hi
',salients to withdraw, discharged it at the nearest war
killing him on the spot. The other took to flight Th
mayor immediately placed himself in custody, exit an ion!
tigation having proved that he only acted in silt-dome, I
was liberated. The ('currier de !Terre states that the mini
ter of the interior has confirmed by a telegraphic dome
the dismissal of M. Chancel, sulneommisioner in the Oct
by M. Froussarel, commissioneregeiltral et the doper
of the Isere, the prone, and the, Hautes-Alyea.
have been given to Rend H. Clianeel to Paris. The Garet
do Languedoc states from Saint Gaudens that M. Joky, c
government commissary of the Haute Garonne, in a sine
to the eleeors of Stint Geudens, said, " If you do not el
the persons whom 1 propose to you, dread to witness a t
newel of the sanguinary days of the WO of Anse; or
2nd of September."
M. LAFFITTP. ON R.kILWAYS.—M. Charles TAR
has addressed a long letter to the Journal des I),:hats on t
proposed purchase of the railways by the state. In
course of it he says—" if it be desired to form an ides of
deplorable effect which the taking of the railways by I
government, without any discussion, and aceemplithed by
decree rendered in virtue of its dictatorial power, woo
nroduce, it is sulfieii vet to ascertain the impression caused
the minds of the representatives of the different lines of 1
way 14 the overtures which the minister made them in
lot meeting convoked by him. None of his numerous I
positions, none of the moles:of purchase indicated by I
appeared satisfactory, and especially none could restore.
'Hence. For persons 'to believe themselves in .
rarity they must know that they are els° i,
liberty' and a discussion before a tribunal of arbitration,
even should its deertoi not be more advantageo
oseus to te-
that. the prep...it:one of the geeertitoevt, tom cl
confidence to the companies, and prove to their nut
shareholders that, in dispossessing them of the lines, it
not desired to spoliate them. As to the practical MOM
the application of the measure, it would be too long to
pose them h. re in detail; it seems to me, h
there can be no discussion on the general bases, on the;
col principles, according to which the different weave
ought to he treated. All the railways have different colt
des charges, and censequeatly different conditions of ce
mice. They may, however, be classed in three very dotal
categories . those which are completed, and have been work
for a time sufficiently long to render it possible to estimi
the importance of their revenues—these which are only
course of construction, or which, already partielly termine
may have opened a fraction of their length to traffic-
fivally those which hare Leen recently terminated. Fur
railways terminated and already worked for some time,l
those of Orleans, Rein o, Havre, &c., the only equitable he
for taking them would be that which should us calculated
the amount of their receipts, whatever be the price at whi
the shareholders purchased their shares. The primit
shareholders, although at present there are very few
these enterprises, and although they only paid the pr
of issue, have incurred all the risks of the affair, e
it was only in offering them the chance of profits to
realised tbat they were induced to offer their capital. Eqs
demands that the promise made to them hail be lee
ts.at they shell net be punished for the courage which ti
had when every one was so distrustful ; that they be pis
en the same line as those who, having bought their
of
at a later period, paid them on the price of revenue of I
liner, and besides pave a premium for the hopes of the .
tune, hopes guaranteed by the Villiers den
charges, which
twee the shareholder against any purchaser of the line
15 years, and even after that period set ferth in advance
conditions of the purchase by the state. The price of shi
determined according trithe revenue eught then to be ma
tainted, especially as on consulting the laws and cahiers
charges of the different companies, it will be seen that it
the uniform basis on which the purchase is to be rapist
Ilquity also demands that for the lines which are still onl;
construction, the state shall repay the shareholders
whole of what they disbursed, and that it shall not U
them support the consequences of the erroneous estir
supplied to the companies by the governmeat, which
were obliged to accept at the beginning wit
it being possible for them to control the w
of the engineers " des roots et Chouveca." Ti
only strictly just with respect to them, the eh
holders of railways in construction, and who at I
sent find it impossible to continue their undertaking, in
to be placed in the position in which, confiding in the
raises of the government, in the estimates of their engin
and in the maintenance of public tranquillity, theyrs el
of;
their fortune. Finally, as regards the shareholde
lines which, having been able to surmount all difficul
have arrived at the end of their career, and have been'
in spite of events to open their lines, as for instance C
from Slontereau to Troyes, and from Amiens to Souk
the state does not only owe them the repayment of
they bare disbur:cd, but also a just indemnity for tk
vantages of which it deprives them at the very mom
me
which they were about to receive the price of their
I will not speak here of the questions relative to the
contracted by the companies, to the orders given by the
the engagements of every kind which n they
th hive mufti
In disposseasing them, to put ftself iei,
vettiment can only take their obligations to its chug.
simplest good sense indicates it."
BELGIUM.—The continued inundations in
parts of Belgium cause much apprehenion. The Jc
du Linitioary Beige says, it is really inconceivable th
government should take no steps, to remedy the Muni
of Scheulensbroree, which, at tins momsut, is cowl
submerged. The dykes have been broken in several
in consequence of which there is a vast accuraulat
water during the last few days. The oats and potatoe.
to have been sown today, but it was found impractic
consequence of the land being submerged wall water ,
numerous cattle which usually graze here at, the cone
ment of April wholly without fod
should be *del
der. It is of '
most im are
portance that instant messures
the draining of the couetry.
RUSSIA.— ST. PETERSBURG. The lb, I
Corresponding of the 22nd of April says, apprebeceia
entertained at St ;Petersburg
of a prohibition to expel
Letters of the 15th, homey .1.,
he
that a notice has ji
received by the authorities of the customs from the m
commanding that no obdaele shall be opposed to hat
of precious metals by sea.

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LAMBETH PENSION SOCIETY.—This charit
eiety, the object of which is to grant pens..ins hems
deserving persons of Loth bezes, resident m tie
Ah) have never been chargeable to the pc, r-rate,
annual meeting yesterday evening at the Horns
Kennington.—The Rev. Dr, Dalton, Iltetor of LI
having been called to the chair, the secretary prom
read the report, from which it appeared that the
during the past year were, annual bubscri fv.i qui, 6
life subscriptions, 2051. 75.; making, with nroceeds
sermon, etc., a total of 9671. lls. The e x cense'
Pensions, 690/.175. ; and the balance in har.,l,
was af
buritements, 731.175. 3d. The society, which ,
was
in 1826, had received since the commenccesent,l6,{
which aum.12,7881. ham been dispensed in pensions Of
deserving inhabitants of the borough. The I
although showing a alight increase, did nct tab ,I;it
greats In the prosperity of the society as its great t
and the amount o distress in the estersive borne
both via teem t cell for.

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legates.
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constituti,
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order,"
ainit, ,
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Hi ,
li it
phi. n g the names of 12 candidates fri the nate
y icidtro.Remown.r.iEincitotn.t:ethtsceimmnuddoritit.hi'..:gtou:Tlihidhun:itil:.7.o,,i , ..._ men oul
gieateel i
trees exist
Out of
ployed, ii
remainde
' reduced ,
still won
icaine, highly disapproving of the whole . . they dei
another list on Saturday to M. It fet, the , idle. fI.
this state
the print
ought to
other po
ing class
evil was
fluctuat,
and saw the crowd which had assembled breathe
uttering mies of A bat le commissaire . a tin, we
onaiile, and declared that be did tee fear a' leas p
to. The crowd, hoecvcr, fort 1 Lint ti th tnren,
th. re compelled him to wt into one of th annum
he train that was going off. Ile aliehte! a The an
mending thence to St. Germoie, poiceee o equivah
Rom he took with him to establish his autbsro rions gr
He re-entered Mantes the came evening at'e at a low
es I himself at the Prefecture. The crowd, nil. here on
woe ruling, forced their way:into the Priact, '. upon th
verything that they could lay their heads .. fortune
fraternised with the national guard, tee . evil th
r wss. obliged to again take hi. departure . " labou
Delegates from the club lama& .rely went . workin
nd, represeuting the matter to M. Jared, . sident I
there, obtained from him that another moue works
icotet, should be sent to take NI. It .ux's Pa., all the
san arrived at Mantes yesterday at four is th (" No,
fhe Union of Besancon states th .t a few da epithet
able event took place at St. Germain, near . now r
prevented a man who had been eonieranel f report
a voting in the election of officers of the aid .
is so exasperated the man that he resolved that th
s Mayor. He armed himself with •o , at trod
I another in the bands of his hi... . And a
pursued the Mayor, and rushed after .• may Its
of then
Se in which he hod sought refuge. See . fanlike
re
fe was ally menaced, the Mayor palled su are at
lii. breast, aid, after vainly summoning , fferi
o withdraw, discharged it at the nearest's', and fu
re
t on the spot. The other took to flight. In The
area
odiately placed himself in custody, ..nt an inc.
some
wing proved that he only acted in ro Ifdeoenee, . thous
ed. The Cowries. de l Isere states that the ram' ,
interior has confirmed by a telegraphic deeper, your
actual
al of M. Chased, sulreommisionsr in the Drums
,issued, commissioner-general of the department The
miser
re, the battle, end the, Ilautes-Alpes. Gide Pen'
given to send M. Chancel to Paris. The botrtt the
aloe states from Saint Gainless that M. July, us &twat
it commiesary of the Haute Garonne, in a i • . lane
cots of Stint Gaudens, said, " It you do not a • that
s whom 1 propose to you, dread to witness a ing t
of ex
the sanguinary days of the 70th of Asps; or elven
ptember." lithe.
FFITTF. ON R.kILWATS.—m. Charles Laffi . and
env
teed a long letter w the Journal des Thbats on th. the
purchase of the railway. by the state. In th. fully
t he says—" If it be desired to form an idea of th:. 11110 T,
s effect which the taking of the railways by ..
of
nt, without any discussion, and aceemplithed by
a
folk
entered in virtue of its dictatorial power, wool. to
it is sulfide nt to ascertain the impression caused '.
ski t lior
§ of the repreeentatives of the differont lines of rail
he overtures which the :Weimer made them in th nro
ing convoked by him. None of his numerous p • skit
, none of the moles:of purchase indicated by hi.• is
we
satisfactory, and especially none could restore con rem
For permns 'to believe themselves in dui
they must know that they are also .•
wseci
and a discussion bzfore a nth anal of arbitre.iA
old its decrees not be mote advantageous to the • fprop...it:ass of the government, tam a vs. foe
se to the companies, and prove to their
smote .. SU
tiers that, in dispossessing them of the lints, it
• In
ed to spoliate them. A., to the practical meanf . oo
IA
cation of the measure, it would be too long to ex
al le re in detail; it seems to me, however, th . r
a be no discussion on the general hates, on the gen sb
!inlet, according to which the different coequal. In
ohe treated. All the railways have different cohi
Pt
rges, and consequeatly different conditions of ex' • al
SI
They may, however, be classed in three very distill• ti
ies: those which are completed, and have been work u
ne sufficiently long to render it possible to estim • ri,
wortance of their revenues—these which are only ' P
of construction, or which, already partiolly terminat o
ere opened a fraction of their length to traffic— , e
f
those which hare been recently terminated. Fur . i
Fs terminated and already worked for some time, r t
if Orleans, Retie u, Havre, fee, the only equitable b t
ing them would be that which should tie t calculateid.d .
I
'aunt of their receipts, whatever be the price a a
areholders purehased their shares. The primiti I
I
alders, although at present there are very few 4
enterprises, and although they only paid the p i
ke, have incurred all the risks of the affair,
I only in offering them the chance of profits to
A that they were induced to offer their capital. Eq,
Ids that the promise made to them 'hail be Ito
hey shell not be punished for the courage which I.
hen every one was so distrustful ; that they be pl •
i same line as those who, having bought their sh
eater period, paid them on the price of revenue of
and besides gave a premium for the hopes of the
hopes guaranteed by the cahiers des charf
the ges, whiline
. the shareholder against any purchaser o
ars, and even after that period set Myth in advance
dons of the purchase by the elate. The price of sh
mined according trithe revenue eught then to be m
d, especially as on consulting the laws and cahiers
pea of the different companies, it will be wen that I
uniform basis on which the purchase is to be regale
ity also demands that for the lines which are still onl
truction, the state shall repay the shareholders
le of what they disbursed, and that it shall not
a support the consequences of the erroneous estim
died to the companies by the government, which
e obliged to accept at the beginning wi
being possible for them to control the
Tvo
the engineers " des Ponta et Chauvees." .
r strictly just with respect to them, the s.
lees of railways in construction, and who at
t find it impossible to continue their undertaking, 0
re placed in the position in which, confiding in the
es of the government, in the estimates of their engin
l in the maintenance of public tranquillity, they ex•
.is. fortune. Finally, as regards the shareholders o
es which, having been able to surmount all difficu .
ro arrived at the end of their career, and have been
spite of events to open their lines, as for instan
to Boutce .
•
,m Siontereau to Troyes, and from Amiens
e state does not only owe them the repayment of
ey have disbur:cd, but also a just indemuity for
itch
of which it deprives them at the ve
their ry moose
hich they were about to receive the price of
will not speak here of the questions relative to the
attracted by die companies, to the orders given by th
to engagements of every kind which they
their place hove enters
II dispossessing them, to put itself i,
eroment can only take their obligations to its charge.
impleat good sense indicates it."
lIELGIUM.—The continued in
in
sorts of Belgium must much apprehewion. Table t•
he
ist Lingbourg Beige says, it is really inconceiv
gov.rnment should take no steps, to remedy the toes
of Scheulensbronts, which, at this momsut, is to •
submerged. The dykes have been broken in seven.
in consequence of which there is a vast area eta tie
water during the last few days. The oats and potase
to have been sown today, but it was found impnano
raco
consequence of the land tieing submergo
re at d with
dm co
numerous cattle which usually graze he
ment of April are wholly without fodder. It is ot
most importance that instant raeuures should be ade
the draining of the country.
RUSSIA.—ST. PETERSBURG. The 11,
Corresrondene of the 22nd of April says, apprehenU•
entertained at StoPetershurg of a prohibition to expo
Letters of the 15th, howdy :r, sly that a notice has;
received by the authorities of the customs from the -
commanding that no obstacle shall be opposed to the
of precious metals by sea. .
.-----.------_--eeeo—'-_ .
LAMBT.TII PENsime Socurrs.—This cbarita
ciety, the object of which is to grant pe!ls.utsto,G.
, deserving persons of Loth sexes, resident in ;i.e. Tte:
i olio have never been chargeable to the
t.peu
hri
()rt.,
annual meeting yesterday evening at t . .
Bennington. The Rev. Dr. Dalton, lloctor of I.
Li.o.• hrdl:ia,ufar
my :rid n gint
huognbebt:einee.ettnpopputcti.retallo
report, from
rrattaloswl.twehorhef,
i.,cc,6lahl
mlnai:i,irt..k,
.iiiant;:,
eabe:uwtiseenlesiid: eep,ttsrhi,..cr„ay:tetpspe,thaidrnsis,
0..
15 Pensions, 6961. 17s. ; and the balance in hand-, .c
1- bursements, 731. 175. 3d. The society, which was.
sl in 1826, had received since the commein penu ncerne9t, lt,
at which sum 12,7881. hes been dispensed 0
er, deserving iuhabitants of the borough. T_lct
although showing a slight increase, did act ells . a
greats in the prose
of the society as its great .
in, and the amount of &nese in the eel:testy:, bonnie
ac- beth would seem to cell for.