The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-18 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

COMMISSIONS BY-THE LORD CrETTENANT.—Lients.
Sir F. E. Scott, Bart., to be apt. , vice Foster, resigned ;
B. I). Webster to be apt., vice Peel, resigned ; Cornet It.
Oernett to be lieut., vice Webster, prom. ; F. Peel, gent.
to be cornet, vice Garnett, prom., to Queen's Own Royal
Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
THE SEAT FOR WOLVERHAMPTON.—From a pri-
vate letter we learn that the general opinion is that Mr.
Villiers will continue to sit for the borough. It is the in-
tention of the friends of the hon. gentleman to convene •
meeting of the electors In a day or two, when the question
" here, or South lasenahlre," will be put to them, and there
is amongst his Mirk no doubt Ishat the result will be.

OPENING 01" fisPEOPLE'S SECOND ESTATE"—
Monday being lie day bad le a " demonstration " to eel&
brats the laced= el Oaten on the Lowhands Menthe
estate, at Pidmerhy, es the madam of Worcestershire said
Gloucestershire, amide elvideles hspn to arrive at an awl,
hour until they enteanted te five or six thousand
Bands of most were is Mesdames, sad dancing,
sad • variety of ammuseste were intended to form past
:raja 's psoo~; bat a be raineffectually vin.
every lea is mirth. About My delepess
were is aterlesse ham amine yeah of the kingdom; pile- I
alp*, bewerer, hew the movalmtaring districts aides
msatL r end ewe ewe hew se snot • dietasee ea Seethed.
These delegmhe were le bold a manses daily during the
week ea the slain el the esseyarty. On the Loehr&
estate hortg4.• sellesee have km built, and allocated
that ash, d asepsis, may et wises, Myles lea tox
itysenume Shed /them ef••
rei s'
tir• are
leMegeteee alleihed_hma lime, se Over eeireigked
to be cultivated hygmlehmhasery, Ma the Meese
that out of this assay rinsed la weeps* he
pay interest is the awe et met is the eemyeary,, at the rata
of 5 par cent. on Yes seder. Al the isieyellee, aid • large
proportion el the malyeni. &Mend wry 33=3,11 the
success of the pia& AS 3 o'clock, the begin,
by a
number of banners, NM of which, hem their
had evidently been remettly used at Neelleyhets=
to a hustings whit& had been erased es • *den
of the estate, and the yes* 'mai'. hem thee allseeled
around, were Wormed that the burry rasa woad
totally prevent Mr. O'Oemer hem addriesslag them. It
would be cruel, said the speaker (Mr. Obhl, Is keep them
standing any larger expound to mai tend& weather ; end
as to Mr. OVeseer lies elf, it was wessamy that ha Amid
run no risk, bet m aheeld limbos& Ids Mem* in eider to
enable him to lilt liar battles is mane pare." Ades
this announces's*, a great number ef the erempiey de-
parted ; but between E and 6 o'clock the walker
and during • ereadea et the rain Mr. Feraywi
Mr. Donovan, sad am or two other delesetes addressed
such of the otimpemy a dill remained on the advantages of
the land plea es • peevestative of pauperism, end an encoa-
ragewent of hosed iadependenoe.
HAITLEBIIRY.—MoutoNiam.—A number of Mor-
=mite fanatics have for some time infested the perish of
Hartlebury, in various parts of which they hold meetings
twice or thrice • week. Lest Sunday evening they assem-
bled ate pool on the estate of Mr. Amphlett, of Acton-hall ;
the " elder ' took up his station in the middle of the pool,
and calling his disciples to him one by one, after muttering
some impious gibberish, soused each over heed and can
the muddy element ; this performance over, they sang a
hymn, after which the dripping assemblage dispersed.

RURAL Fore.—On Friday afternoon the Right
Hon. the Karl of Mahnesbury entertained 1,200 of the is
bitants of Christchurch and its vicinity to view the park and
gardens at his lordship's seat, Heron Court. Tea, cake,
bread, and butter, appeared in great profusion on a series of
tables in the extensive court-yard. A band was in atted-
ince, to the lively strains of which dancing was kept up with
great spirit.
"T•fROTODOCTDD

COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD LIEUTERANT.—The
Right Hon. C. J. Vie. Canterbury to be cornet, rice Baldwin,
promoted; G. Ames, gent., to be cornet, rice Itattersby,
resigned, of Royal Olouresterehir" e Muster Yeomanry.
THE RECENT VICTORY ACHIEVED BY THE ELEC-
TOMB of West Gloucestershire over Cud* dictation, in the
_ _

election of Mv. Qrntle7 13ctblq, cud We seiectiai dha.

For the first time in the history of this country,
art is to be called upon by our government to decorate the
seat of legislature. The successive exhibitions which have
taken place in Westminster-hall have shown that the want
of patronage under which historical painting has languished
in England has not altogether destroyed its vitality. They
have preyed that we possess artists competent to conceive
and execute works not altogether unworthy of ranking as
national records. This preliminary fact once ascertained,
the Fine Arts Commissioners delrgated to a sub-con...-

the task of determining on a enispkite scheme of damos-
tions for the magnificent pile wow fast approaching
oompletion at Westminster. Tits report of the 0011-
almoners, just published, include" the plan of this
sab-committee. The names of Mahon, Russell, Macaulay,
and Hell= among its members are the beet guarantees for
that knowledge of our history which is iedisismsable to the
selection of appropriate subjects of commemoration. That
the subjects should have been so chosen was absolutely ne-
emery to save the country from common-place on tho one
side and extravagance on the other. The education of our
artists generally u not so consummate as to make them very
trustworthy selectors of their own subjects on such an occa-
sion. The committee have also by tbu step done their best
to secure a greater comprehensiveness of scheme, and
unity of intention, than could have been attained if the
dasioatioos had been planned bit by bit by the coin-
latigemers, and still less if the choice of themes had been
bls te the artists called upon to execute them. Speak-
the, result of the sub-committee's deliberations
bsoditable to their taste. They have presented us
ealk a worthy of the country, and opening a magni-
Mega Sold to the artists of oar time and that which is to
Imegmi it ; for we now living can hardly expect to see all
emeded out which the commissioners have suggested. It is
above all things to he hoped that the work will be gone
about with eamileration, and without hurry. Lord
malt not he allowed to drive the painter, as he
bas to ilrivie poor Mr. Barry. No pledges must
be even to kis lordship (not even on the plea of stopping his
month) that the work will be finished by a particular time.
He must be taught practically that there is a literal truth
in the old adage, "ars bongo, via breria," ea applied to
himself and the decorations of the new houses of parliament.
The committee have gone through the building from St.
Stephen's Porch to the Painted Chamber, giving the dimen-
sions of the spaces to be filled with picture, statue carved work,
or heraldic ornament, assigning subjects to each space, and
stating briefly the reasons which have guided them in their
selection. The report indicates a real advance in conception of
the relation of art to the deliberations of the legislature, and
ties institutions of the country. There is a completeness
about it which was hardly to be expected from authorities
who committed the building of our National Gallery to a
Wilkins. There is a soundness of artistic judgment in it
which we should not have looked for little more than a mile
from the Wellington statue, almost in reach of the shadow of
the Nelson column, sod scarce out of healing of the Trafalgar
bunting.

=la 11, ''s Porch is to be adorned by four statues : two
K like are to ropriatod to Marlborough and Nel-
elln, two In As peace and war are reopm-
fended as enigma kr the paintings for this part of the
anildlege, why skald wet the stake of Howard have one of
dr wont places, as probe* our greatest apostle and
Imam of charity 2 St. Slifka's Hall, as the site of the
aid Mum et Comma, is es he adeened Ortwelve stakes of
man Who Ink dim es irminmee by parbamentary ability
and ologermeo, Oa de weds ore to- be Paktbega, Was-
ik*, OW onklinationid, and eoclesiastiod
the
"it IMilegrst On Wittenagemete,esehd," " The Hoek=
Barons to WUII= the Conqueror," "The First
Writ brought down to the City of London," " The T.
nation of the Baronial Wars by the Crowning of Rimy the
Eleventh on Bosworth Field," "An early Trial by Jury_ "
"The Signing of Magna Chorea," "A Lord on Ma Death-
bed Manumitting his Villains," and "Sir Thome* More
Armenian the Privileges of the Commons against Cardinal
Woleety." Thus much for the still.. The triumphs of the
shier& are to be appropriately typist fa the " Conversion
el the Anglo-Senor by bt. AuguedmatTmeating," and the
asiddleament of proteetantism la dm haeliewe of " Queen
Illeaheth receiving the Bible fa Obwapido." The Cen-
tral Zell is to bear the renew 'MN of England, Ire-
land, Wales, on Ilwidead. ha naleMe, with blemon-
begs of the mime of the Outer the Thistle, and
Pt, Patrick. Frees the Central Mall branch the corri-
dors, those of the Poem earl Cammess to be adorned each
by sight picture., illustrative of that great contort which
'begin with the meeting of the Long Parliement and ended
be 1689. As the in PL Sorphen's Hall, and the
Oorridors 6664 _ Pro libstrate the gradual
VMS of
of oar Inglitatigne. tem the action of Christiamty
6 the revoleliwtoo So astral maidor is fitly chosen for
g 'bowie in tilatmg usntente the kirennes separated by that
. _ Throe ssibjerna Mintrete the ignorance, supersti-
' and dowry of early Britain—vie., the Pbconicians
ellt era Celtic forefathers in Cornwall, a Druidical
emnike, and Anglo-Saxon captives exposed for sate in
the neMeeedwre market. Three corresponding subjects exhibit
the Imo BMWs, enlightened, instructing the savage, in the
=Cook at Otaheite ; abolishing rites, in the
of English authorities stopping the seenike of a
idlest sad likassallea_ the dine, in the glorious event of
=.
soisommilitilw. r• the Up'- Waiting-hall me-
/
orgstelts whir'
find wpm. The .
scripte
and its developments
bringing down the •
fall of man, his cc
Solomon, the v
building of '
Daniel in

aTua—r— h-ero.
large ea
of wets
formerly in the
which will exist,

*Reim T. the tipper NVaitlng-hall ere rele-
ases Rem the great poses of successive
rerr,Sparscehaksrare, Milton, Dryden, and
eillemeines of the Roues Of Lords are alised
The Peas' Robin hen' is to be ID •
*ob, ell lefonitc! to the Ides an r
reloPsults In hiw and j • e
)1m the :alike of the lair
his coadentnetion to labour; -L -
he emit of the Peels of Arid the -
.r
f the Temple ; the ; mit '
the lima' des, lad tais
I. The Royal As
aresteata, which it is proposed . •
retry representing the defeat
the House of Lords, the ori ••• •
end 28 small upright comp ••• .

ere destined go nixie* 28 portraits of personages related
to the Tudor &Idly. Here we se some names which we can-
not spit Ikepropoiaty of them koecaming—such u Louis
the Twelfth, Lord Dudley, Queen Margaret of Scotland,
Mary of Guise, and Lard Darnley. If fault is to be found
with any section of the • iOnere scheme it is to this
part, we apprehend, that objection will be taken. There
are also twelve panels to be filled with records in carved
work of royal courtesies in the Field of the Cloth f
o
Gold, and the visit of Charles V. to Henry VIII ;
the devotka of subjects, .in the escape of Mexy
Queen of liests, and Raleigh spreading his cloak before Eli-
sabeth ; ars of royal favour, as the knighting of Drake, by
the wm•• Qom. Um granting of the charter of Christ's Hos-
pital by hoard VI., and Sebastian Cabotreeeiving audience
of VII. ,• noble royal traits, as iu Lady Jane Grey M
bar sad Katharine of Arragon pleading before her
tramt. Royal Gallery takes themes for its 18 rem-
=ittal, the military and naval glories of our history,
Some Reselkes, Alfred, Brian Boroihree (as to
whew! we veils to sunset a doubt), Harold, Cow de
Limadifkarme efti Eibesid I. (amok' friend), the humanity
Brese,the mom of Philippa, the chivalric honulity
the ]lce! Ptimee, the marriage of Henry V. at
illeatelt et Tilbury, Blab at Tunis, Marlborough,
Alowereembie, Cornwallis, Nelson at Trafalgar and
Lot, aft Last, eke meeting of Wellington and Blucher at
Wataidoe. L the Quesn'sHobing-room is to be illustrated
the level of Arthur, which we cannot help thinking a
ftesolftelhie eitekte. Ths Guard-room commemorates such
sole dfleteftea sad idelity as Young Talbot defending his
Asti belle. red Isabella Douglas barring the door with
her saes to eau Janos I. of Scotland. In the Norman
Patch mete he ilhalreted the limits of human power in
Caaum and hie eseatiore, art
Ware, Blisabeth on the ma
shore after the Mist of the Anode. In the rehab-
meat nem will he pea views of oar rat In-
=irtisesbeaver the piree et leer abessi; awl la the Ifail
st
yelper having rheum Se
se the
thegdhaa ef ibe reeires al Nicole, et Sir idle
s reirep ef thasi&ew midi the ilestider
the Kr( of Warm Mimi Me pereeles bh Jahns
sea to Peedbb, Jones restiag he Nepser, Olive at
nary readeeg wills She Indians. the esisideatien et
urtealegr herr infields, bmie of Paler mare,
d the
Aliessika, WI le • Islas emeeitles. It will be, of
erne, drured ia prilsarn, whew, whatever minor ob-
jections urs be Ulmer put; we ass* deal* that the
preral error will be rabbi.
What is wet to be preast spied 111 undue rheum la
the dries of wish, cad tee peat impatiens se te the or-
vies eat of the week, •Olek_to be well dew, mast extend
err a arias of
pre ~it would De rash to per at
A• derlien.
We .__t,_ le tie reerillee en the more in width
they have pelbeird risk lieW, the 0111 Ma •II MI hot
real seelerd sesepillen el die vales ri a r t, more aped*
pirates mea thensat of sational grafter and a lit in-
etssairt he popearies erissal resew&

AWL ,
lisz Ma nsff's TIILATIM—Ia producing Mozart's
opus orpars (thee* net his ekoref )
erwore after the sip's
the aranedgena, see Übe last week of the
seamptbeinumenegenent of Ms eishiir meat has evinced
tramdfai abatis direr= of his as-
eselagesed Fran sad agrarian, to with a eerier degree
of idll mil bet has thrown Mandl era the salbages of the
parkin bey, out Of empliment, no doubt, to the general
and hat itagemeleg_mairlftwerg which has bolo created of
late in theadospris. Chidden open the "None di Figaro,"
as a wet stash, word bi ebenive. All that an observer
has to do is ilehets the degree of sidlleri of imperfection will
which the orebestiva is egregentei whenever it is revived.
The met of the opera so pielsrmed at Her Majesty's
Theatre l evening was at once weak and strong—prommt,
tug great attractions and almost equal ?evasiveness. This
paradox win be better understood when the following pro-
gramme of the performance is duly owned :
Ibmws.
=se Aim. Cestellan.
ME& Marl..
Meer= ==.
MAlainta.
rime=
Win ..»............ «1111 ..» Apar Odi
nines= ~ ..... ..... ............... Del Tket.
-Innenr Postifoi Awe loileibe.
Zebra= onsbia drew np gene oresewn Wielder ap-
peered urn Ile lap
_fle the eller mama ef the aid sad
weil•deviesi We, Ishii estrigni, en id serriaas, the
aPPairlan of 68 *Winne behloninble), sad pained
an goober he re leshaig ream Ogle= to Ms=
with the agemeg *pow gad Mgt End the
wafted= to cm sr nese indigibris It wear
bays been equally wellikmil sal soreriate, kr Man die.
ail display of Nee esemrs, seenerml era el ea sr b
=ma skal ia Aelloothrg the gadget of the umbel ober se,
it In seldom bets en let to Naga is. Tbe it meat,
bewerekbr then blesehhes la the ohnerig to ef hem
..1..,:. viper wed Imam of Illealigl sad LAW=
lir, waste awry per The epas, se
ear ars well aware=aerif anterted
=els= to thearittlessiso ski:realters, oi
ekes M. Onsire is the mpg onerasat ; gad (although
ip it Is • term snorer of semen that wit onnonnee
Mfg we =et aim that Edgar oaddra was
:drto give reran =le ber =Mr
" war.
_" sal a Dew some;" nor MI br the
lovely tones se Ilse kork-velsed_Jerg, would dig lrfar anst,
" Bull' iris," lave beep erism=l. As for the poet of
Clionibiwo, Ma* Aranks• the deal riebiblima. nag se
divinely, the lin fiat is sir the beam arreitinksg
_it
hal die Breit 0 berg ".inerprell le lb My*
make." " Tel Me ard..;(424 irSoolest me Is&
.41: in umnisr. st
dawn bat likowise wen at =lane Miff= esehelloo,
abill, was nor Asks*,estop sib&
aly, by . Dora whe,in losrlieslar bag"
les orirefampwr Blau cad =liner kw hoe= kb
es • esartintar. Of litmligi we Mrs
111.17 .._ ttelimmil a illitliblerso in Mobgewsd m
1.1.4
tlari Barbie was mg offelloil, ad was es meal,
gea-
hen sai there by the aetist's teal at wriscriao
ha a" collard=. lie” Mat
this may not be the ere
eopermity sabred of =Wei Jenny Lind in the obszasir
al- flerreak. The opera was aot:terminard until past 11
o'reek.

CLERICAL
Palwasanal*.—The Bove. C. G. Aram, to Mow C,
Norfolk; M. I. lever, to Nth Cove awn Wllledlria 0., it;
B. B. a. Wamiiik toCadloalado C.; J. Z. laskwash, to Mained
C.; J. Queer laWdla at as C.; 13. Or 14 to Great Taammilli
C., an is Nate t W. I. Doom, to Palma awl laisialaa 0., ad.
alk ; J. De Ileiem te A
C., 0.; I. W. Dew* le Medea O.;
W. IL Dana, C., la Paha sB. 0. aid" le Nadia&
haw ;J. MEIL,ft Ovid Oholm to& la Wl* T. W. I.
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tit Wier: J. C. Todo. W C., Bondiki W. X.
Waft 1111140fOrl C..
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leg=aC7a=6:4a, Ili=alervide nit ;; Jeca-
mite 1.11011104 Mo. Ifforw., who Oa, with
What/Mit R., witThOo Wltioy C., amity and cant
orsodir, lobo 6791., with nano% pot, Laid Ward : vacant
la dna of Wm J. Potty.

- NAVAL
Paul IlotriT.—Loit sight% Otizeits Elm notice to
ciromool::rast ma the amp mit arra et MAL Wierkedie
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dew. It. Ms. 161.; erreath elms, Mi. Old.
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"Apar, ire, remeteL

MILITARY.
Powramoryo, Avo. 17.—Throe compostieo of the 9th Foot,
from Chatham, will Min the haadAnartars at Madman this day,

late inttiltszesta.
COUPS
OOFsm BANILHIIPTCY.
es.
Is an OM 'FLAK= O. iiminaL—TKl 'BUSTLE.
sours Bags —A *WWII band mend this bankrupt se a
Warm, WI this tens self ter the s lsioned 'belie of
snip= asil Let assisselos. It iqopetherttrir lessees
tweedes hwil hen apneas is the Usk end
she. woionsties Ifr Nimbi. Pries, P., he dr Gla.
maps Ins sad Coal Owansg, in whin lm(dw Wealtropt)
bad a sixth share. The dohs die by Sir ?sorb
amount to about 40,000 i, soil the meets were dansilest
upon what might be obeeiand dna the Coal aid Ins On t.
pany, it being a (pasties en to whether the portsmoldp was
still in existence, it berg gaged that it was iihmind in
1842, at which time the bennip (it was illegal) flOased •
yeetiafordee in the Indent Dined Own, Ist this we.
strongly denied by him. He had bias is prises he se ham a
period than fire years, and then was now • peat
is to who would bms side swipes. Thr °X.
for far the bankrupt said that it we. quits implied& he
Mr. lea (his client's sosSontaat) to faraMthe beissoodmet
without haring the bagels of the Glamors=
_Les and Call
Campsy. Ilenral posh hod ben tesdend, het is nisei
gqwsrnaee el the essemons 'nest of no ilsalespee
so penes was setrioVitassusieept the O&M
alma. ogdpee but if a Owns: wore plated,
there orns_4 gostlaman in the , aimed T. H. Cooks,
who wand semi the ollin.—Ups the pert of the Gle-
amy. oriwwww, it was stated not they were new to give
asessooWa might be mined, and • belemsoneet
bed hen psi to the Acid smigww—gge, Lig said it
wet weby dins to the year 1842.—dfoir sows IWO= die-
wmilon, dos we was adjoined, pro kind kr a seek.

111:100L11011. =MOM
aim' M. &Oise aims.
The Mimi sibrampti minim samiresed yesterday
imuslN MAO Chelosawell. Thin win 70

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prisoners for trial, of which number 69 were indicted for
felony.
Is or T/L1 GRAND JORY.—The leading
of the learned serjewit's charge to the strand
was their their exceeding inutility, as fat as these semions
' were concerned. The grand juries which had served on
former occasions had themselves declared against the sys-
tem, and had made presentments pronouncing its continu-
ance a source of great incoorenience, while waste of public
time, while it effected no good ver. In that
Tint he (Mr. &ailment Adams) fully concurred. He
by no means wished it to be understood that he advo-
cated the abolition of grand juries entirely; but, on the
contrary, he looked upon themes anotde institution, and as a
tribunal of tlie first importance in cases of treason, or where
any political question was at issue between the crown and
the subject. In manlike those, a grand jury fully worked
out the objects for which it was constitnted—i. e. to prevent
popular tyranny On the one hand, and government oppres-
sion on the other ; but to bring a grind jury to that court
was a shameful waste of time—it was a great impediment to
the administration of justice; and, instead of conferring a
public Rad, the bringing of 1,700 or 1,800 tradesmen and
gentlemen- from their -homes and buoinemes every year, to
serve in that court as grand jurymen, inflicted much private
inconvenience and annoyance.

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