The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-06 00:00:00

11,031.31

11.37,500
11.37,500
5,347,273
12,1120,b71

3,205
2,940,01
5,401,11
11,608,81

27,917,073
4.341,5011
79,720,076
31,976,672

1-9.912,213 i
1.721,3111
7,113,691,

43.1
399,E
3,120,1
13,780,1

£4,447,673
1,665,478
1,817,782
130,692
2,033,072
219,000
37,000
32,393
71,969
164,366

4, 392.680
3,016,548
1,618,868
143,902
2,041,610
221,000
21,000
56,107
455,021
21,454
74,156

10,661,417
960,000

t 11,621,417

11,065,324

511,011024

7,010,5
340,831
4,889,744
12,2810331

. the QULATIIIa

5,958,4
149,1
4,946,1
11,931,4

31,115,670
2,612,224
22.075.762
,5,603.716

April 6,1847,

pines' of the Indian empire. He had often before expressed
his attachment to the military service, and he should ever
feel proud of their achievements ; but its success in India
had not only answered all the objects of war, and
secured to us en honourable and lasting peace, but had
enabled the Government of India to put an end to the
horrors of Satteeism and infanticide. That greet
W.measure
had been grappled with some time ago by Lord Ben-
tiack, and bad since been successfully followed up; so that
the East India Company might henceforth rest its stability
nntonly upon the strength of its army, but upon the hops
that the triumphs of war would henceforth be made subser-
vient to the cause of humanity. (Hear, bear.) To the last
hour of his existence he should feel the deepest interest in
that empire. Under the goversonhip of Lord Dalhoasie he
bad no doubt that a just and benevolent rule would gain the
blessing of liberty fur an empire having 12.000 miles of fron-
tier, and containing a population of 100.000,000. The nubie
lord concluded by repeating his grateful acknowledgments,
for the honour conferred upon him that day, and sat down
amidst general applause.
The next toast was " The Archbishop of Canterbury and
the Church," in acknowledging which, the right rev. pre-
late, for himself and on the part of the church, thanked the
noble viscount for the Christian character of his policy in
India, observing that he had preferred the solid honour of
an empire saved to the certain honour of an empire gained.
(Cheers.)
Earl SPENCER having returned thanks for the navy,
The Duke of WELLINGTON rose to respond to the tout of',
the army, with which his name was associated. The army,
he said, was justly proud of the man who had performed
such services and deserved such panegyrics as had been
bestowed upon him that evening. When the noble lord was
nominated Governor-General of India, he (the Duke
of Wellington) stated that, under the then cir-
cumstances, • more desirable choice could not be
made than that of his noble friend, and the result bad
more than fulfilled his expectations. (Cheers.) Having
been connected with his noble friend in France and this
country for many tears, he wassensible of his ability, zeal,
and patience. He was aware also that the difficulties of
war were impending over the country to which he was about
to be sent u governor. Having had the honour of serving
the East India Company himself also, and having, there-
fore, had some experience of warlike operations and of
their great difficulties in the Indian empire, he was fully sensi-
ble of those which his noble friend world have to encounter ;
but he was fully confident that his noble friend would over-
come them all, and he had dons so. (Cheers.) He had had
sg ted difficulties to contend against, and owing to the
well understood and well considered policy which he telt it
hie duty to adopt and persevere in, of standing upon the
defensive, which he did up to the last moment, he felt all
the disadvantages of that policy and of the subsequent
military operations for which he had to make provision. Of
those aggravated difficulties his noble friend got the better, ;
and he marched into the field an army capable ol
bringing the great contest in which the country I
was engag' d in its own defence ro an honoura-
ble and successful termination. (Hear, hear.) But
that was not all. His noble friend, carrying with him all
the powers and authority of governor - general, went
into the field is superintend the operations of the army.
He found that the noble lord who was at the head
of that army, able, valiant, intrepid, and experienced though
he wee, required the assistance of a second in command to
enable him to carry on those operations with all the advan-
tages which an army ought to Lave; and although governor-
general, and holding in his hands the whole civil govern-
ment of the country, he volunteeredhis services as lieutenant-
general of the army, to acquire those great victories for
which the country now stood indebted to him end the
noble lord at the head of the army. (Cheers.) He believed
his noble friend to be • singular instance of such an event ;
mad be hoped that there never would be wanting officers in
her Majesty's service to follow so brilliant an example.
(Loud chortle.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in returning thanks for the
health of her Majesty's ministers, expressed his regret at the
absence of Lord J. Russell, and his gratification at the cir-
cumstance, that every man in the country, whatever his
' party or profession, might be concerned in the tribute which
was that evening paid to the noble viscount, who, by a judi-
cious but defensive war, had laid the foundation of peace in
the East.
The health of Sir J. C. Ho/mot:se was next given, and
the right hon. baronet having acknowledged the compli-
meat, and eulogized the diplomatic conduct of Lord liar.
dinge, towards one to whom he had been politically opposed
for twenty years, concluded by proposing the health of the
chairman, who returned thanks, and proposed that of
Sir R. Peat, who said, that as a private individual, and
standing in no official relation to the crown or the East
India Company, the compliment was one which ho had no
right to expect. He did not, however, misapprehend the
ground upon which it had been paid to him. He did not
forget that four years ago. with the full approbation of his col-
leagues and the East India Company, he secured to India the
inestimable advantages of his noble friend's services. (C heers.)
In foregoing the services at home of his noble friend, they
gave a strong proof of the interest they felt in the affairs of
India. But they were deeply convinced that the wider the
field in which his noble friend was enabled to develope his
high faculties, the more would it redound to his honour, and
to the advantage of the country. (Hear, hear.) He could
say with truth, that it was not with any retrospective regard
to his glorious military career, nor to the high estimation in
which they held his military character, that they had con- I
seated to part with his services; but because they believed
that he posseesed those qualities which suited him more\
than any other man for the trust, whether with reference to
the millions which he was called on to govern, or the import-
ance of his functions as civil governor. He did not
undervalue the military qualities of his noble friend. It
had been his gratifying duty to propose in parliament the
honour which bad been conferred en him for the glorious
services he had performed. It had been his (Sir R. Peel's)
lot to describe his conduct at the battle of Sobraon, and
on that eventful night which interposed between the com-
mencement and the close of the battle of Ferozeshah. But
it was not his military qualifications that had induced
then to appoint him to the governorship of India. It was
the knowledge of his being calculated to make an impression
on the mind of India, not merely by the conviction of supe-
rior military power, but by that milder and blander and more
during influence of a conviction of the justice of British rule,
and that under no other forma government could the rights
and liberties and welfare of India be better consolidated
and promoted. (Cheers.) It was peculiarly gratifying to
him to see his noble friend, with whom ne hal been so long
connected in public and private life, returned, bearing with
him the affections, the respect, and the regret of India, and
coming home to be welcomed with the applause, the cone-
deuce, and the admiration of the country to which he be-
longed.
_(Loud cheering.)
Lord EIARDINGE then gave the health of " Lord Clough,"
which was followed by that of " Mr. Macaulay " (who re-
turned thanks), " Lord Dalhousie and the government of
India," " The Indian army," and other toasts, which pro-
longed the proceedings until midnight.

THE CHARTIST DELEGATES.
Pursuant to adjoUinment, the National Convents,
of the Industrious Classes resumed its sitting, yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock, in the Literary and Scientific Institu-
tion, John-street, Fitzroy square. Mr. Philip M'Grath
again presided, and Mr. C. Doyle performed the duties of
secretary to the convention. The hall was fully attended;
and the galleries, as on the preceding day, were filled by a
numerous audry. The minutes of the previous day's pro-
ceedings having itobeen read, some formal business was trans-
acted, and delegates gave their reports of the condition 1
of their several districts.
Mr. Asirrox (Northampton) stated that in consequence
of the legislative measures of this country, the staple ma-
nufseture (boots and shoes) of his town had been brought to I
utter prostration, and owing to the sufferings and privations
they had undergone, the people had lost all respect of law
and order. Many bad expressed a wish that the charter
should be obtained by moral force, but the great majority
had declared that they would have the charter or die in the
attempt to obtain it.
Mr. WEST (Stockport) mid kis eeeditaants regarded the
government as the mere instronseete of the aristocracy, and
they were determined to shoat a change by mu
means or other. They nemenmodat the eenvention should
appoint a number of men vire the itseetson of
labour and its rights, u a digitedmlttwelt upon Lord John
Russell and Sir Gunge eery. k erase to lay before those I
miniseem the real state of ihe ersorNy. mad the feelings of
the ea the wilier' god test oat the rayon-
vi mould leg APS a• erreinn=t unless some-
shies mse dime to amsed Me aloft ebbe of thine among
the mate,otainiggeals declared their deter-
mfedGathattkeshrew amid Mem law, whether the
government liked it or net.
Mr. lintixeron (rotted's), bit. E. SALE (Hanley), Mr.

156,413
1) ed Isar
Decrease
I Use year

2,354,921
138,4131

2.218,3111

iiKiii

402,3731

CHARDS. i 11117. IBM
Permanent Debt
Terminable Annuities 1,310„..91 1,270,951
Istareston Exchequer HIM froesd Is mod Clow ea OiroliisSed NM ...
Sinking Fund
711,577
113 e Ctvil List
Other Chsrps on the Consolidated Furl 337,946 330,399
For Advances imitating £2,000,000 ht Ai" 111147 Quarter to Inked,
par Act 9 & 10 Via., c. 107 2,940,000 119,059
Total Charge
The Surplus llfittll I 2,638;286
9:11,624,417 1 11,05,321
. __ . . ..

The Surpita, of Revenue on Jan. 3, 1843, after providing for the Charges of that linsr.er
was
To which is added the Surplus of the Consolidated F eed, as &hove stated in the present I 34,3,2 m/
ginner 4,393,334

Total Amosist Woad in the Quarter ended April 5, ISM, for Supply Services
The pro MINIM of Eachcquer Bills required to meet the Cjearge on the Omagh I ci.433,39/
dated Pond at April 5, 1848

J. amazon (Aberdeen), and Mr. U. W. M. ttevnothes
((Derby),
also Mated that the operatives in their respecive
districts were determined to have the charter. The last
named gentleman in advocating resort to physical force, when
moral influence bad failed, stated that this country was as
great a nation as France, and be did not see why she could
not achieve for herself equal triumph in the cause of *Hl-
dom. The French had 100,000 troops fightingagainst them,
until they found the muse of the monarchy was • bad
cause, when they threw down their arms and united them-
selves with the people in one greet struggle in the cause of
liberty. In London there were not more than 5,000 soldiers
at the present moment, and the 200,000 or 300,000 men,
who on Monday would be assembled on Kmaington.cum-
mon, would surely overawe them, and before 8 o'clock in the
evening ?I' that day a change in the government could be
effected if they chum to du it. They, however, would not
take any such course ; on the contrary, if the petition was
rejected, they would return to the Convention Hall to devise
measures which he trusted would soon put the people in
possession of all the rights which freedom and liberty
afforded. (Applause.)
Mr. 0, STAPH ENS (Hull) stated that net lees than thirty
soldiers of the 6/th Rest., prior to quitting Hull for Ireland,
had signed the petition in favour of the people's charter, and
his constituents desired that the convention should sit until
the charter was obtained. For the purpose of receiving aid
to support the convention in that object, the council at Hull
sat every evening to receive subscriptions. (Hear, hear).
Mr. J. ADAMS (Glasgow) had brought with him 100,000
signatures to be appended to the petition, and expected to
be furnished with 30,000 more from the same locality. In
Glasgow a large portion of the shopkeepers now saw the
propriety of supporting the chartist movement. Many of
them had signed the petition and subscribed to the funds,-
1 the only refuels being from the publicans, who fattened on
the degradation of the people. He emphatically denied that
the chartists had had anything to do with the recent riots in
Glasgow ; on the contrary, the chartists had been the most
active protectors of life mid property. It was true that much
disquietude existed in Glasgow, and it would be necessary to
keep the soldiers there instead of sending them up to Lon-
don. Though he bad received no instructions from his con-
stituents, he hoped the einvention would not precipitate the
people into • collision in which the latter might be con-
sidered the aggressive party.
Mr. F. O'Co %NOR, M.P.. as delegate for Leeds, stated that
in 1841, while he was in York Castle, and after the Scotch
pedlar, the then Attorney-General, Campbell told the
government that chertism was for ever destroyed, up-
wards of 2,000,000 signatures were obtained to a second
petition at • cost of abut 1201. In 1843, with an ex
penditure of 891., the signature, to the petition of that year
amounted in number to 3,373,000, and that welch be
should have the honour to present on Monday next, would
have appended to it as many as 5,400,000, so far as the
present calculation had gone. From the reports made by
the delegates now present, it was clear that new tributary
streams were running into the great reservoir of mind
which chattiest presented, and the change which
had taken place in the opinions of the middle
classes, as had been declared by previous speakers,
to)k effect before the recent French revolution had taken
place. Still, that great event had not been without a power.
lul effect upon the minds of the people of this country, but,
in fact, nothing had ever bee• granted by the British go.
verument on the mere influence of foreign example, unless
that example was backed by the mind and action of the
British nation. if he was not prepared with a new system
to succeed the present one—a new system which would en-
able every industrious man to live honourably, inde-
pendently, and happily—he would not give a map of the
lingers for the charter. ( Beer.) But he had studied the
question of the right* of labour, both theoretically and prat-
, tically—he had devoted dui and puts of nights to the cen.
sideration of the means of elevating the industrious classes,
and he was ready, if he had the charter granted tomorrow, to
put every man willing to labour to work and to obtain double
and treble the wages he now earned. (Hear.) Let him,
however, draw the attention of the convention to the position
in which they were now pieced. On Moeda/ he should pre-
sent the petition to the House of Commons. The government,
depending on aristocratic support, would not perhaps at once
refuse the demands of the people, though they would be glad
of an opportunity of playing the aggressive. The govern-
ment relied upon an army officered by the aristocracy, but
they ought to remember that the soldiery entertained feel-
ings of fraternity towards their fellow-countrymen, and the
whole force would be wholly unable to suppress the voices
of thirty millions of an united people. If he should be asked
to-morrow in his place in parliament if there was anything
,to be apprehended from the people meeting on Monday
' next, he would pledge himself, upon his honour, as
one of the chartist leaders, having confidence in the
people, that not a single pane of glass should be broken, nor
any tumult caused except by pickpockets and thieves. If
the petition was rejected, he thought the beet course to be
adopted would be the bolding simultaneous meetings
throughout the country on Good Friday or Raster Monday,
to call upon the Queen to dissolve the parliament, to dimities
her present advisere,and to call to her counsels those who would
carry out the principles embodied in the people's charter.
The lion. and learned gentleman terminated a long oration
amidst loud cheer, and quitted the hall to attend to his par-
liamentary duties.
Mr. J. LONTRT (Carlisle) said the people of Carlisle were
not desirous that physical force should be resorted to, but
were anxious that peaceful and moral agitation should be
adopted to secure the concessions they sought from the legis-
lature.
Mr. DAVID Twostas (Merthyr Tydvill) said the popula-
tion of his district, though on former occasions they had
shown themselves in us degree to be afraid of soldiers,
would abide by the decisions to which the convention might

come.
Mr. MODIRT WILDE (Mottram) had front a population of
100,000, brought up no Des than 60,000 signatures. They,
however, thought it would be premature to precipitate a
collision with the military until all moral means had failed,
and until the sense of the country was taken on the subject.
They, therefore, recommend the convention to provide such
measures as wculd be beet adapted to the exigencies of the
time.
Mr. Wm. Currav (London) said that the middle classes
of the metropolis were, to a man, opposed to the chartist
movement, but the working chases, whether chartists or
not, were "up to the mark and ready for the fray." For
himself, he was ready to fall in the cause, and, if the petition
wee rejected with scorn, he should at once move in his own
locality for the formation of a rifle club. He did not say
this to intimidate the government, because they were al-
ready intimidated. He repeated that he wee ready to die a
martyr in the cause, and he should endeavour to bring the
men of London to the same decision.
At one o'clock the convention adjourned, and, on its re-
assembling at half-part two o'clock, two government short-
hand writers took their seats at the reporters table—a fact
which, on being announoed to the convention by Mr. Rey.
nolds, was received with loud cheers.
The delegates from Plymouth, Edinburgh, Cheltenham,
and Totnese having addressed the convention,
Mr. Itteamin MARSDEN (Preston) gave some painful de-
tails of the degrees and misery which prevailed in many dis-
tricts of North Lancashire, and complained of the inade-
quacy of the relief offered by the poor-law guardians. He
was convinced that hundreds of the industrious chimes had
perished from starvation ; and he asked if such a state of
things ought longer to continue.
Mr. J. B. O'BRIEN (London) believed that the feeling
of a vast proportion of the people of London was, he re-
gretted to say, not with the chartists; neither was the feel-
ing in their &Your general in the country. Under such
circumstances he did not think the convention, which had
been appointed merely to superintend the presentation of
the people's petition, had any authority to take further or
ulterior proceedings if the petition was rejected. He for one
would not move an inch against the law of the land until the
people, by their acts, gave him reason to believe that their
power was greater than the law. Then and not till then
would he map his fingers at the law, and go with the
people. (Hear, hear.)
This ended the reports made by the delegates.
Mr. CLIRIE then detailed the programme of the course of
proceeding recommended by the executive committee for the
adoption of the convention. If the petition was rejected,
they recommended that another appeal should be made to
the nation to join in an address to the Qum", praying for the
dissolution of parliament and the dismissal of the present
t They proposed also that a manifesto should
addressed by the tartest convention to the elector'
of Great Britain and Ireland on behalf of the unrepresented
working classes, soliciting their rapport. It wee propoeed
that the memorial to the Calltee/i should be adopted at simul
taneous meetings to be held throughout the country cu
Good Friday nest, and that it should be
ing pnted not by
the executive committee, but eerrisii up
foot of the
throne by a new convention to be composed of 500 dole tea.
Three were the measures which the executive meimitted
to the ecosideration of the =nation now easionEisa.
Kr. O'liscum gave notice that he should noce as an