The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-29 00:00:00

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111 LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1848. [THREEPENCE.

ntral account of its labours. M. Louis Blanc does not appear
to have lost one of his illusions, notwithstanding the unfa-
vourable reception which all France has given to his theorise
According to the hon. president of the commission, the
downfall of whet lie is pleased to call the rig,one of Kota.
gonism and halt, is imminent, and society only aspires to
enter with full sail in the waters of socialism. " Perhaps,"
he observes, "perhaps the fall may be retarded by some
temporary eomproutires, snit for our part we shall
.not
refuse to prop up with all our er that old edffice
which is on all sides splitting and cracking. We may
lee believial in what we say on this subj. ct—we to
whom, since the revolution of February, this perili,us
at ti unxrateful task Ilan only procured almost supers
buena a fatigues, abuse, and calumny, calumny too limn
then very persons whose ateurity we protected at the
risk of our popularity, and rometimes at the peril of our
tires. But let no one deceive Minx If—the time is passed fur
vain palliatives: a desperate situation dem Inds extreme re-
medies:* No. hook find, the situation is not ro d. sperate
pfliMillS would wish it to bethought ; Francs: is not 'et at
its last ; rutin and M curity, anted by a large dose of
liberty, will be sufficient to restore her to health ; the consti-
tution of the patient is strong, and the pulse goes well, al-
though a little feverish. We answer for her cure—on thi'
eonilition how. titer, that care to taken nut to make use ul
M. Louis Blanc's remedies.
The funds muttered a slight decline to-dat upon
yesterday's prices. The'Pareses closed at 4:00 and
the Fives at
Bank shares underwent a heavy fall, closing at
1,37:,, which, minpared with yesterday's pricee,ahowed
a fall of 120
pe
francs.
Panes Alla,. 2S. —Nctir Loan, --; Three ttbeate., 451; 1.10.
rive per C. Wm., 07i; Four-and-Balt, ; inner, beta's.
rases pia., G6l Ike. 1512, 176 i, 1140 ThrerA, —; TWO-31115.i-
-11,a; —: N Kenn*, LaseßOM= Luan, ati ; Tre.oury
Komi% —; Rant Shays, 1372 ; ent, em London, Do trans-
sedons.
tzorsrs.—Paris amt Orleans, 571 25; Parr. and Rouen, 375;
Itou .nd Have., 2.10 ; ATMIDSM amt Marwil,es, 20U ; Stns.-
buurg awl -.Mr, it 5 ;Centro %lemon, 245; AMiellit atm I;,,ulogne,
; hunk sus, 355 : Nerth, 313 75.

IRELAND.

(By the Niectrif 7', t.gompli Company's Efpresi.)

DUBLIN, FUIDAY EVENING.
A meeting of the magistrates of the county of Dub-
lin was held this day, when a declaration of loyalty to
the qui en, and^n address, calling upontlic government
to prevent the indiscriminate possession of arms, was
proposed by the lion. Mr. Preston. An amendment,
calling for remedial measures for Ireland, was moved
by Mr. Filabinum,but the original motion was carried,
b a majority of 48 to 18. The adoption of the address
isy considered tantamount to proclaiming the city.
Sir It. Howard has been returned fur the county of
Wicklow, by a majority of 13.

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SEIZURE OF SHIPS BY THE DANES.
The news from Denmark today gives the particu-
lars of an obstinate battle between the Germans and the
Danes. Schleswig has been taken by the Pruodims, and the
Castle of liquor(' has been evacuated. Thu details will be
lomat in our other columns. The following are our latest
reports of the Shipp ng movements iu the Baltic
'• ELSINEUR, April '_t3.—List of Prussian vessels lately
rapped by the Danish government in the Sound and
Grounds, and which have been sent to Copenhagen : —Gute
lluffu nog, Lpschin.ky, from Dm-IWe for Belfast; Hermitic,
Burgwart, trim Stralsund, fur Carlisle; Flora Witt, from
Malaita, fur Baltic ; Fairy. Fraude, from Meme'l, for Ilu
Iteurietta Augusta, Betide, from Memel, for England;
Marmite Bertha, Strieks, from Memel, for hall;
Blunt, Aseaendarti, from Danisic, for Landon; Isaac,
Lanshoff, from Stettin, for Portsmouth; Lien°, Scha-
uer, (rem Stettin, for Bordeaux ; •Johannes, Hagen,
tr. on Stettin, for Beistul ; Pilot, Las.kow, from
litTsund, for Rugenwelde; Freundschaft, Wicuard, from
Memel, fur England; Pelham, Lange, from Stettin' for
Etiglabel ; Moja, Martens, from Memel, fur Mull; Eingkeit,
Kasten, from Stettin, for St. Watery ; Laura, Nelson, from
Stettin ; Caroline Otilie, llaucke, from Stettin, for
England ; Charlotte, Stief, trout Maud, for Eng-
land ; Ileffnung, Dalt; from Memel, fur Exmouth ;
Murton', 'Linke, front Dionne, fur Liverpool; Fear Not,
11.e.eke, from St. Jago de Cuba, for Stettin ; Iswil, BAR"
'rum Barth, liar Englund; Edward, Krause, fie m Liverpool,
for Ste tin ; There-a, Dann. berg, from Liverpool, fur
Danish: ; Pauline, Wiencke, from Bordeaux, for Stettin ;
Geselle, 'lieu, from Bonk:sus, for Stettin ; Stadt
Hoenig, lrqui Liverpool, fur thotilie, besides two Wigs and
a new famine stilted yesterday in the Groan-Is, names un-
known.
The fallowing have also been detained and taken into
Copenhairen :—Durthes, Hoppe, of Swipe; Brant, Metall-
feldt, ..IDantsic ; Von Wickmaun, Limitation,
St Dantssie;
Richard, Vas, of Stettin; Othello, Schroeder, ofStettin ;
Fanny, Beckmann, of Memel ; Adler, lithicadt, of Memel;
Hibernia, Michaelis, of Memel; mmanuel, l'rehn, of
Stitt iq.
CCKIIAVEN, Mutt 23.—A Danish frigate, under easy sail,
off the eel, and a Danish corvette in the Channel, appa-
ren ly coming from the W, st Indies, were stew by the
Ernst anal Gustave, Soo:l%re, urrie, d here.
Ilsmeette, April 24.—1 t is reported that a Itootock
vessel, waiting to clear at Copenhagen, has not yet been
allowed to do no.
WYCK, ISLAMI or Fouti, April 21.—The buoys of the
Schma p
eluee the day before yesterday to be laid dean, and by
this time must be replaced —Shipping Gazette.

I am enabled to inform you, oa official information,
that )loldavia is in full insurrection. The revolution
is conducted as in Franco. Wallachia is about to
follow the example.
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The Madrid mails of the 23rd have Arrive'
contents ar.., without intertst.

We have further advice% from Italy. The Pair'.
of Florence, of the 21st, mentions the arrival of 94i
Sicilian volunteers by the steamer Palermo. The .ITher,
of tee same date, states that 1,500 ricemontese are
at Piactuza.to join the Tuscan troops that have passed
the l'o at Ihres:ello. Haig:trial, a nth proprietor of
Mantua, having invitee' the Piedmont( se officers
to a banquet at his villa at Mascaria, betrayed them
to the Austrians, who made them prisoners. Bulge-
rini has tied. 'rhe Tuscan and Pontifical troops are
at Borgoforte. A new attack upon I'cschiera is immi-
nent. The Italia Centrole of Modena, of the 13th an-
nounces that the Austrian troops stationed at ('olorno
have given up their arms, in virtue of a capitate' inn,
and left that place under escort for Modena and Bo-
logna. The ex-Duke of Parma arrived at Bologna on
20th, where he intends to wait the arrival of his
general. No public demonstration took place against
hi n. The 22 ..Ifar:pe, of of the 22nd, ansounecs
officially that the King of daples has declared war
against Sicilv, in consequence of the decree of the
parliament &daring him dethroned. Udine has
been transformed into a formidable fortress, well pro-
visioned and garrisoned. The Fiedmouttse artillery-
I men have arrived at Palma, which is now in an ex-
Icellent state of defence.
'I he Milan Ga:ette, of the 22nd, publishes the fol-
lowing bulletin of the l'rovisional Government:
" The Tuscan columns under Gen. D'Aario Ferrare,
have rdoined the head-quarters of the army. They
amount to 5,000 men, '2OO horses, and a pieces of
artillery. There are among them about 1,500 velem- I
teers, amongst whom are many young men of family,l
of Sienna and Florence.
"The corps of the University of Pisa was expected.
It is said tha' the citizens whom the Austrians took
as hostages have been set at liberty. The governor
of Mantua confines himself to demanding pro-
visions for his troops, and all the oxen in
the neighbourhood of the fortress. The city is
quite tranquil. The troops are in want of salt and
forage. The great dampness renders the place very
unhealthy, and many of the troops or the garrison
arc ill."
l'rivate letters from Bergamo say that a corps of
Austrians has occupied the bridge of .Mosticerolo above
the Clie in the Tyrol. The inhabitants of Valteline
and Vallcauonico have been much alarmed.
'rimy fear an invasion of our territory on the side of
Touale. To reassure thepm, w ith , the Minister of War has
ordered a body of troo' some artillery, to re-
inforce the volunteers coming from the adjacent
vallies, to hold this important position.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
ENGLAND.
A weikly council was held at the Society's-house,
in Ilaituver,,itt,re, on Wednesday lest, the 2Gth of April:
prc sent, Mr. Raymond Burker, in the chair ; Mr. Abusek,
Mr. Burke, Mr. G Dyer, Mr. Freehody, Mr. Bran .reth
Gibbs, Mr. Fisher llobbs, Mr. Iludson (of Castleacreb Mr.
Kinder, Colontl M'Douall, Mr. Reynolds Solly, and Mr.

Tweed;
The following new members were elected : Edwin Green•
wood, Swarelitfe, Ilarrogate, Yorkshire; John Ramstrattom,
Mihail] Grange, D incaster ; George Worthington, jun.,
Liverpool; Chun Sewell Read, Kilpaison, Pembroke;
Charles Map., illoreton, Collishall, Norwich; Edward
Waters, Arming all, Norwich ; John Cross, Manor Farm,
Wentworth, Ely, Cambridge ; William White, Secretary of
the York Eau:tiers' Club.
INFIXI.NLA ASIONG HOltSVS.—Colosel 111`Dostall in.
formed the council that a most simple and a lfectual mode of
treatment fur the influenza among horses (exhibiting itself
by a severe chid, with hitlionmatory affection of th; nostrils
and lungs) had teen adopted with unvarying success by the
veterinary surgeon to the '2nil Life Guards, the detuls of
which Colonel TiltDouall hor d, at a future meeting, to he
able to lay before the council : in the meantime, he might
state, that the phut consisted in keeping the bowels of the
horses gently open by administering one.'ourth of the
usual dose of medicine on four successive days, and at
the some time in making such arrangements (by at
of hay soaked in hot water, or otherwise) as would
cause the horses continually to breathe the steam of hot
water. The effect of this inhalation of aqueous vapour
was to keep the mucous membrane of the breathing
organs in a state of continual discharge, by which the
ale parses were kept free from accumulation, and the
intlammidore slmptorns rapidly removed. Not a single
hone affected with this disorder hail been lost in the Trill-
meat More the old system of bleeding, blistering, &c., had
been discontinued and the plan Col. Tilghman then refes nst
to had been adopted ; and the recovery was generally effected
in a few days.—Mr. Hutton, of Castleacre, having about 70
horses on his farms, had constant opportunity of observing
the nature and prnrress of this distemper, and his experience
' fully corroborated the statement of Col. M'Douall. Mr.
Hudson had found the most successlul treatment to consist
in allowing rest to the horses, in giving them cordial balls,
and in placing but bran-mashes in their mangers; and,
in order to promote perfect recovery in the horses laid
up with the complaint, it had been his practice to allow
them to remain for a fortnight or three weeks quiet, and
without work.
MIsCELLANEOCd COMMCNICATIONS —A paper front Mr.
Wagstaff, of Gordon-c illuetrating the principles and
advar.tages of axles, wheels, and drays, of his invention,
included in the construction of a cart which the Duke of
Richmond hod entered for exhibition at the York !doling
of the society in July next. A statement from Mr. Diddle,
of Grosvenor-park, Camberwell, of the application of wind,
as a moving power for machinery, in his ..Ealian engine. A
ru;gestion from Mr. llullock Webster, that drains on strong
clay subsoils, at various depths, should be inspected atcom- this
season of the ',ear, and the results reported. A
munication from Mr. Dramwea, of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, on various refuse substances produced in chemical
. works, and adapted fur the purpose of furnishing manuring
elements to the soil.—From lily. Nutt, of York, a letter sug-
gesting prizes fur Poultry at the Ensuing Yerk meeting of
the society.
of The council ordered their thanks for these communica-
tions, and adjourned to their monthly meeting, on Wednes-
the day, the 3rd of May.
ink

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TOE NAVAL AND NIILIYARY BIBLE SOCIETY held 1
its 6Sth anniversary meeting yesterday morning, at the
Ilanover-square Rooms. The Marquis of Cholmondeley I
took the chair. end Capt. Bazilgette,R.N., read the report,
which stated that the distribution of Bibles and New Testa- ,
meats, principally by sale, durine the twelee months that
bad just elapsed, amounted to 17,513. Of these, 11,902 had
been issued to merchant seamen; 3,191 to the bargemen
and canal boatmen throughout the kingdom; and the re-
mainder to the milita: y and naval sersices of her Ma-
jesty, as well at home as abroad. The cash re-
ceipts during the past year amounted to 2,5211. 12s Id., end
the diebursements to '2,3391. Ss. 2d. leasing a balance of
1231. 10s. Sd. (which includes fast year's balance of
1411. 6s. 9d. in the hands of the treasurer).—On the
motion of the Bay. Mr. Gribble, the report was agreed to,
and ordered to be priuted for eirculation.—Several resolu-
, tions were then proposed by clergymen, and naval and
military supporters of the society i these resolutions, being
ward tar word the same as thou of the preceding year, were
1 ; adopted.—Attir which, a vol. of thanks was passed to the
. I Marquis or Cholmondeley, and the meeting vparetell.

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ARRIVAL OF THE SOUTHAMPTON PORTION
OF THE INDIA MAIL.
The Oriental Company's ateam-packet Ilindostan,
Captain Lewis (Lieut. Langton R.N., Admiralty
Agent), arrived at Southampton to-day.
Her dates are :—Alexandria, April 11th ; Malta,
17th; Gibraltar, 23rd; Corfu, 11th.
Among the passengers by tho Ilindostan are Sir
C. Maclean, bad from Malta General D'Aquilar,
and Captain D'., Aquilar, front Chiba ; Captain
Grey, ILA., promoted.
Her cargo consists of 7.5 packages of dollars, value
sterling 16,400/. ; gold coin, value sterling 25,1031. ;
23 bales of silk ; 172 barrels oft gum; 6.5 of merchan-
dise; 120 packages of general ercandise.
The Ilindostan brings 11S passengers, and left
an immense number at Malta waiting for the next
ship. Most of them have arrived from Sicily and
other disturbed places.
An extra steamer, the Iberia, leaves Southampton
to-day, for the purpose of bringing home such
passengers.
;es SvoicEs Aram—April 20th, off Aleriers, a French
steamer, standing for that port. A.M. on the 23rd, the P.
and 0. ship Parha left Gibraltar for the Mediterranean ; and
H.M. troop ship Resistance, for Malta.
MOVEMENTS Or HEIL MAJESTY'S 81111.5.-111.1. st.-v.
Odin was at Alexandria, waiting the issue of political events,
in case of the demise of Mehemet Ali. Ibrahim Pacha is
much ht 'ter in health since his return to Egypt. At Mes-
11.M. ships Thethis, Harlequi Porcupine, Hs cate
(at.•e.) At Malta: 11. M. ships Hibernian,
(commander-In-
chief ), Trafalgar (flag of Rear-Admiral Barri Ceylon
(Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis), Vanguard, Rodney, Superb,
Vengeance, Queen, Terrible (st.-v.), Bulldog (st.-v.),
Oberon (4.-v.) Sir L. Curtis is to shift his hag to the
Trafalgar on the let nf May, to return home.
MOVEMENTS lit' FOREIGN SHIN; Or WArt.—H. S. cor-
vette, Marion, from Marseilles, was towed out of Valette on
the morning of the 17th; destination not known. A steam-
vessel !eft Malta the same evening, supposed to be for Trieste.
As the French packet arrived from Marseilles on the morn-
ing of the 17th, the Hindostan was detained by the coos-
manthr4rechief two hours, for his depatches.
MOVEMENTS Or THE OILIF.NTAI. COMPANY'S PACKETS
On e
S the 14th April, the Aria left Malta for Alexandria, with
thouthampton portint.l of the 3rd,

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SHIPPINO.
MAIL' AllltlTllD.—Dublis. 3 ; Waterford, 2; Donagha-
deo, 1; French, 1; Flanders, 1.
LONDON, April 29.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E.,
light breeze, mud Lay weather.
l'ErmittEm, April 26.—The Hannibal (late Long). from
Quebec to this port, Wilk W;l4 driven into lirandstford
(Norway) in Fclauary tor, scull only one man on hoard,
arrived here yesterday, with con‘idcrable damage to rigging
and sails.

OEsictls.—Sir : The appoint
went of the committee of inquiry upon the expenditure of
departments altos an opportunity also for con:ideration of
the anomalies which operate with so much prejudice to the
engineer branch, and with no great partiality and advantages
to thestor, and other civil branches of the Ordnance, which
I beg to be allowed to bring to notice through the columns
of your extensieely circulated journal. AI will be readily
understood, the duties of the clerks and clerks of works,
embracing as they do the professional acquire-
ment. of architects, surveyor', builders, and accountants,
call tor active, zealous, and continnou. exertion of superior
attainments, whilst the duties of the storekeepers' clerks
simply demand the knewle doe of accounts posacssed by every
young cc nt lemon of ordinary capacity, without anything ap-
proaching to the application of body and mind, which must
neee...arily be exerted by the cividans of the royal engineer
department. Its the discharge of engineer duties of the
Ordnance the clerks and clerks of works lir:. employed at all
military stations at home and abroad; they arc moreover sub-
are
jrct to frequent removals front place to place, which
attended wi h ruinous erpenses and losses, to which their
travelling allowances are not equivalent. Storekeepers'
clerks are not subject to such change*, unless at their own
desire, or on promotion ; and generally the latter are in the
enjoyment of official residences and gardens, or allowatces
for house rent, in which but a few of the engineer branch
participate, and the allowance of houre rent granted only to
the clerk' of works in London is just now ordered far dis-
continuance. tinder such circumstances it would reasonably
be expected the salaries of the two branches here alluded to
would at Last be nearly similar ; such, however, is not the
cues ; and so gnat is the disparity of the advantages in re-
gard to their pay and allowances, that frequent memori
ds
h,,ve been brought forward, exhibiting the inequitable
waking of the classification or scales cf salaries, &c.,
without. however, effecting the object sought fur.
In elucidation of these' fact, it should be stated that the pay
at first of the clerks of both branches is the same, e.,
4a. Gl. per diem; but the increased f pay for long
in sery
thirteice anen
d
good conduct of the storekeepers' erk. is 100/.
years, whilst that of the engineers' clerkfter s is only
911 d
. of five
fa in
twenty-five years, or Is. per diem a aeo
years, added to which the former are eligible to promotion
asdeputy-storekeepers and etor.keepers as well Ulf to dui
office of actitg-barracitmaster occasionally. The engineers'
clerks, having no line of promotion open to them, sellout suc-
ceed in any improved position, even with the influence of
much interest in their behalf. The clerks of works hays a
classification and smile of promotion, their rates of
pay bring is. Gd., 95., 100. 61.,
still and
less 12s.
taper
diem; but their increase of pay isan
that of the engineer clerks for their long service
cud good conduct, being limited to 111. ISt. per annum after
21 years' service, or 191.55. after each period of seven y ears,
besides which the first portion of their service (of from four
to five years) is not allowed to ceunt for increase of pay
for their length of service and good conduct ; so that before
a clerk of works has • claim for such increase it is quite
passible an ordnance or storekeeper's clerk has resehra the
maximum of the salary of bis class. This statement of the
facts is not set forth with an invidious feeling, or a desire
in the least degree to prejudice the interests of the gentlemen
who are so for unite as to be appointed to the store or civil
branch, hut with an earnest hope that it may have the effect
of placing those of the engineer branch in the enjoyment of
equal advantages and of removing other distinctions preju-
dicial to the interests of the service as well as standing or po-
sition of she clerks of works and clerks employed under the
corps of Royal Engineer!, and who, being made amenable to
the Mutiny Act, are entitled to equal respect end cot 'ldera.
tion with the Stoltketpere claim—Sus Tara Tolearri.