The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-05 00:00:00

SHIPPING,

Malts AREITED.—DubIin, 3 ; Waterford, 2; Donsgha- I
dee, I ; Guernsey, &c., 1 ; French, 1 ; Flanders, I.
LONDON, July 5. Wind this day at noon, S.S.W.,
fresh breeze, and fine clear weather.
PENZANCE, July 3.—The lugger Louis, from Swansea to
St.Brieus, sprung a leak, and was abandoned, off Longabipe;
crew saved.
WIVENROE, July 4.—The Que dins de mi (?), front
Cbristiansand to Barcelona, was assisted into this port to-
day, leaky, and making water, having been en shore on the
Sunk Sand.
CONWAY, July 3.—Arrived : Wm. Fell, Quebec.
Mutter-Es, July 2.—Sailed: John Mullett, Cape of Good
HoSpOUe. RAMPTON, July 4.—Sailed: Canton (a.), Canton.
Cowan, July 4.—S.W.—Arrived: Rozberry, Bahia.
PORTSMOUTH, July 4.—N.N.W. to W.—Arrived : Mary
Seaton, Quebec.
DEAL, July 4.—N.N.W. to W.—Arrived: Eliza Robson,
Rio Janeiro, for Hamburg ; Pollock, Minuaichi ; Margaretta,
bliramichi, and sailed for New Orleans. Arived from the
river, and sailed Diary White, Gambia. Sailed: The
Outward-bound.
CLYDE, July 3.—W.N.W.—Arrived. 2nd: Eliza Lush-
man, Mauritius; Mariner, Quebec, 3rd, Roger Stewart,
New Orleans; Providence, Savannah; Ann Harley, New
York ; Terrance, and Cherokee, Montreal ; Gratia, New-
foundland. Sailed: Gauntlet, Honduras.
DUBLIN, July 3.—Arrived : hiighlsndcr, Trinidad; liar.
leouin, Barbadoes; Telmer and Elizabeth, St. John's, N.B.
CORE, July 2.—Arrived: Bache Mayor, St. John's, New
Bra.nswick.
Scatty, July I.—Sailed: President, Rio Janeiro.
BRISTOL, July 3.—Arrived: Thomas Blyth, Mauritius,
and not the Thomas Knight, as reported yesterday. 4th,
Frederick, St. John's, New Brunswick.
SWANSEA. Jafy 4.—Wm. Nicholson, Cuba.
OFF CORE, July 2.—Arrived: Columbine, Mauritius.

Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial.
office, fr .m the governors of the West India colonies.
THREATENED INCREASE OF THE POLICE-RATE.
Yesterday a meeting of delegates from all the parishes in the
county of Middlesex comprised in the metropolitan police
district took place at the Court house, Marylebone. for the
purpose of considering the increased demand made by the
government for the sup?ort of the police, and the contem-
plated augmentation 01 that body. The Right Hon. Lord
Portman, churchwarden of Marylebone, was called to the':
chair.—Sir B. Ilall, Bart., 11l P.,
_rose to put the meeting in
pc....ession of the facts as they stood. He said the act of par-
liament limited the rate for the support of the police to Ad..'
2d. of which was paid out of the consolidated fund, and the
I remaining 6d. by the metropolitan parishes. At midsummer
last year the magistrates of Middlesex rose the assessment of
the county 23 3-Bthts per cent. The government and the
police commissioners decided that a rise for police rate on an
equal ratio was not required, and that was communicated to
the parishes in a letter from the Home Secretary's
office in December last, and from the police tom ismonera
lon the 3rd of January, stating that not only was the polies'
rate to bo confined to the amount then collected, but that the
government were preparing ,a bill tolegalise that object. In
accordance with this declaration, the Home Secretary had
introduced his bill, and it had been read a first and second
time, and stood fur committee about a fortnight since, bu
on the order for going into committee being brought up, the
bill was withdrawn by the government, and in a letter, I ear-
ing date the 26th of June, not only was intimation of the
fact given, but in consequence of the altered circum-
stances," demanding the whole of the money to be paid for
police on the increased assessment of the county. (Shame.)
Now the parishes were in this dilemma. They had made
their rates Ix the lesser amount, on the faith of
the government bill, and had no funds to meet
the demand. (Hear, hear.) But what they had to
complain of was that this extra demand had hee'
placed on the parishes in Middle ex, whilst the parishes
in other counties within the police district escaped, They
complained that if there was a necessity for an increase el
the police, it should not' be ri ode • national burthea,
instead of calling upon the Middlesex parishes exclusively to
bear it.. He (Sir B. Hall) had seen Sir G. Grey, and he
was happy to say that he would receive • deputation on the
subject. He thought they ought to impress upon the govern-
meat that any outbreak in the metropolis ought to be viewed
as a national affair, and that any addition required for polio*
should be paid out of the consolidated fund, and he was sure
the county of Middlesex would be happy to contribute its
fair portion.—Mr. Stanford moved :
Taut a deput.ation Iron the parishes of the county of Middlesex do
wait upon the Secretary of State for the hustle department fur the par.
peat of directing his attention to the letter, dated 30th Dee., 1047,
from the Under Secretary of State and the police commiwioners,
dated Jan. j and June 26, 1810, and to insuress upon her Majesty's
government the propriety of adhering to the understanding contained
inChe Ist and 2nd of these letters, and to convey the opinion of the
parishioner' in the county of Middlesex, that any increase in the
police force should be paid out of the conited fund, inasmuch as
the Increase appears to be occasioned bye national and not loca
cameo.
Mr. Geesin churchwarden of St. James's, Westminster, said
the increased assessment on the county was 1,424,7121., and
the increased demand on St. James's was 3,0001.—Mr. T.
a Beckett viewed the withdrawal of the bill, on account of the
recent disturbances, as a mere excuse. On the 10th of April
the bill was not brought in, and it was not read a second
time till the 25th of May. The resolution having been car-
ried nem can., Lord I). Stuart, M,P.. observed that he con-
sidered the government had acted with very bad faith to-
wards those who had so nobly preserved the public peace on
recent occasions. Ile we, not prepared to say that there was
no necessity for an increase in the police force. The Secre-
tary of State was the best judge of that, but at the same
time he thought that the burden of its support should be
more equally and more justly distributed. A deputation
having been appointed to wait on the Secretary of State,
thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.

CHARING-CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yeaterday a quarterly
general court of the stovernors was held in the board-room
of the institution ; Major Lyon in the chair. The report
stated that during the past quarter there had been admitted
293 in and 3,365 out patients; the accident cases were 519,
of which 100 were received as in-patients. During the last
year 12,092 indigent sick were admitted on the books for
relief, at a cost of 2,2921. 4e. lld ; of these 1,155 were in and
10,937 were out patients, of which number no fewer than
10,509 were freely admitted without any recommendation ;
the total number of persons admitted since the foundation
of the charity being 133,758. The present resources of the
hospital are much too limited for the full exercise of its use-
ful operations, and stand greatly in reed of augmentation.
Thanks were voted to the gallant chairman, and the court
broke up.