The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

TEE ?BENCE REPUBLIC AND THE CAUSE OF

ITALY.

Two more letters have been published in reference
to the Piedmonterak discussion touching the conduct of the
=government in 1848; one is from M. Jules Bulf-
ant do Cevour, in reference to the count's ;Teeth
on the 16th inst., in which he declared that the French
champions of revolution, Ledru-Rollin, Bastille, and the rest,
had reamed with disdain to afford Piedmont men, money,
and arms, and even a general, when asked for. M. Bastille
states that no spplicetion for aid wu made to France by
Piedmont before the 9th August, when Milan had been sur-
rendered and the Piedmonts*, army had retired on the
Ticino. It was thee, be says—when the provisional govern-
ment, of which Ledru-Rollin formed part, had ceased to exist
for about two months—that M. Rice' wassent to Paris to ask
for • general and a French corps if arma, to be paid
by Frame, under the military command of King Charles
Albert. That proposition, so framed, being militarily in-
acceptable, the French government refused to comply, but
without any mark of disdain. M. Butide also denies the
exactitude of General de ta Marmora's assertion, that
General Cavaignac had declared that France would not get
into a quarrel with Austria to pkese Piedmont. M. Beath%
does not give the denial from any personal knowledge of the I
hot, but because such a reply, be declare., was not in
accordance with General Cavalgnatia charac'or. The other
letter is from General Henry Dembinski, who observes that
at the moment when Piedmont applied to the French Re-
public for aid against Austria it (Piedmont) refused to
afford the Hungarians an active 00-operation against
the common enemy, thus forgetting that "the canes sup-
ported by the Hungarians against Attstria and the Italian
cane itself were mossearily indivisible." At that period,
the letter says. Gummi, who governed Tuscany, had offered
• corps of 10,000 men formed from the inhabitants of that
country and of the Roman States. General Dembinski pro-
posed to General Chnattowski to incorporate them 10,000
rem.ults in his army, and to send in exchange 10,000 of his
troops to effect a &avant at Fiume, and march thous to the
help of the Huogariruts; but the other refired, dadering
that ha could not detach such a force from hie army, already
scarcely sufficient for himself. " I regret," observes General
Dembinski. "not to have communicated my project to Ring
Charles Albert himself, for his chivalrous soul would have
comprehended the grandeur of my idea."

RSOIMILATAL inerning wee Mimed
a return of a copy of the War-olllce letter &dicing to sane-
lice the recommendation of the general conuanding-In-chief
ea the subject of reglreentel bands. A statement is pr hated
In a tabular form, flowing the probable ultimate charge
which wool annuillly fall upon the publk the adoption
of the proposition. The following was the Warpoilloe Weir
mite subject Wer-olike, October 10, 1857.-8 W ,
g to your letter ef the UM June late, relative to the
position of regimental band-eteetirr, I am directed by Lord
Pawners to ualut yen, lit infoneelies of his Royal
Higher, the isvOldif, tire Ids ha&
ship Myhre carefaUy =Min aseteimel
therein, regrets thatleammit art is the
Foram' by higbinekmfaileb, ahmientiCr.
comparing glalmawati wadi *We l* wirm a the pab-
lie at mulleins! ellrep of MIRK pig issuat. I have, &A,
(dined) J. B. Osegart.—The Mho Illsaniery."

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY (IONIAN?:
(TRIM DAL)

A meeting of shareholders in this company,
adjourned from Friday last, was this morning held at the
Won, 29, Great George-street, Westminster, for the ur-
poss of finally deciding upon the propriety of proceeding
with a bill now before parliament, giving power to wind-up
the company and withdrew the deposit from the Court of
Chancery, or of proceeding to carry out the undertaking.
Mr. W. A. WILKINSON, who presided, reminded the
meeting that on the lam occasion they bad agreed to adjourn
for the purpose of receiving the decision of • gentleman who
wee expected to join with Mr. Jay, in the *Attract for
making the line; that decision had just been received, and
he WM surprised to find that the gentleman to whom he
referred declined to do so. The question now was
what they were to do. My Jay was quite willing
to proceed with the contract, and it was quite pos-
sible that Mr. Jay might find some one to join Dim
in the contract for the line ; but, at all events, it was quite
certain that parliament would not allow them to withdrew
their deposit, so long Jay wee willing to proceed
with the contract. Het herefore begged to move that the
bill for the abandonment of the railway be not proceeded
with. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Jeats seconded the motion.
In reply to question from a SMALLHOLDER,
The HAUSMAN maid the entire amount of the contract
for worka from Paddington to the Post Office cost 760,0001.,
and the contract for that portion between Paddington and
Fluvingdon-street, was about 540,0001. The intention at
present wee to mewed with the latter portion of the line
only by which they would avoid the purchase of a large
amount of valuable property in the City, and se their
borrowing powers would come into operation, it would, to
complete that part of the undertaking, be only necessary
to have a subscription capital of 600,0001.
Mr. Buncuzii (solicitor to the oempany) confirmed this
statement, adding that in addition to the valuable property—
the purchase of which would be avoided by the line to be at
present executed—there would also be a similar saving by
avoiding the purchase of valuable property in Freed-street,
at the Paddington end of the line. By the time that portion
of the line was finished public confidence would enable them
to carry out the entire scheme either by the absorption of the
original shares or the creation of preferential stock. (Hear,
hear.)
. .

tO • ISRARINOLDER,
Mr. •Y expressed his entire satisfaction and willingness
to carry out the amino; and he proposed first to execute
that portion of the works between Paddington and King's-
mom, became there was only • small smonnt of property
there to punfirmas, and a large amount of work might be dons
for • small amount of money.
The motion was than agreed to.
Mr. BUILCHILL mid he hoped, although the meeting had
decided sot to abandon the bill' they would give him power
to make modifications if it should be found neoessary to
do so.

Mr. Pasts:use felt the full claim of the board to
the conlidenoe of the shareholders, and was anxious to supreme
that oonfidenoe in a formal reeolutims. (Hear, hear.) At
the same time it appeared to him that the execution of the
three-quarters of a mile of line between Farringden-street
and the railway would cost 600,0001., and he thought it wee
impossible to get • dividend from such sn expenditure for
so short • dWimes. He hoped, therefore, the directors
would not proceed with that portion of the has without the
direct unction of the shareholders. In conclusion, he

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moved a vote of thanks to the directors.

Mr. JONES seconded the motion, and after a conversation,
the coarse of which _ _ _ _ _ _ _

TheaiTzi.;,;.said the direetors would certainly seek
the senation of the shareholders before proceeding with the
second portion of the works,
Mr. Roo HES suggeeted that a more direct vote should be
come to, and moved, in substitution of the former motion, a
resolution expressing satisfaction with the ability of Mr. Jay
to carry out the contract, and calling upon the directors (in
whom it placed full confidence) to take such steps as might
to them seem necessary for executing the works between
Hines-cross and Paddington.
This motion was unanimously adopted, is was also a resolu-
tion confirming the tikction u directors of Mr. C. Gilpin,
M.P., and Mr. Austin.
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A ,ioirs---oiiiaiiiiis to the chairman terminated the pro-
ceedings.

THE PEOPERTY QU4LIPICATIOIV.

The following is Mr. Locke King's Bill to Abolish
the Property Qualifications of Member, of
fParim :
Whereas by the several acts and parts o acts hereinafter
mentioned provisions have been made for requiring, on the
part of members of the House of Commons elected for Eng-
land end Ireland respectively, certain qualifications in respect
of property ; and whereas it is expedient that the maid provi-
sions should be repealed, be it therefore enacted by the
Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the lords eMritual and temporal, and commons,
in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the tame, u follows :
1. The several acts and parts of acts hereinafter men-
tioned (that is to say), an act of the ninth year of the reign
of Queen Anne, intituled "An act for securing the freedom
of parliament, by fartber qualifying the members to sit in
the Hones of Commons," an act of Ms thirty-third year of '
the reign of King George IL, intituled " An act to enforce
end render more effectual the laws relating to the qualifies-
Hon of members to sit in the House of Commons," an act
of the filly-ninth year of the reign of King George
111., intiteled "An act for further regulating the
qualification of members to serve in the United '
Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland," and an
act of the sesidou of parliament holden in the first and
second years of the reign of her present Majesty, intitakd
"An act to amend the laws relating to the qualification of
members to serve in parliament," and so much of an amt of
parliament of England, and of an act of parliament of Ire-
land, respectively passed in the fortieth year of King Georg*
111., and respectively intiinted, " An act for the Union of
Great Britain and Inland," se provides that the qualifica-
tions in respect of property of the members elected on the
part of Ireland to sit in the House of Commons of the United
Kingdom shall be respectively the same as were then provided
by law in the rasa of elections for counties and oities and
boroughs respectively in that part of Great Britain celled Eng-
land, enter wailer provisions should thereafter be made in
that reaped by act of parliament of the United Kingdom, and so
much of an ace of the 41st year of the reign of King George
intituled, "An act for regulating, until the Ist
day of May, 1802, the trial of controverted elections or re-
turns of members to serve in the United Parliament of (heat
Britain and Ireland for that part of the United Kingdom
celled Ireland, and for regulating the qualification of mem-
bers to serve in the said United Parliament," as relates to the
qualifications of members elected I. serve in parliament, shall
be repealed; provided always, that the repeal of the said
recited acts and parts of acts respectively Wall not be con-
strued to revive or re-enact any act or part of act heretofore
repealed by any of the said amts or parts of acts respectively.