The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-18 00:00:00

to the House el Commons
Escniautts, an the 14• h
21st of Awil, 1849, the
Celonial-oHee to

ZOiotiias tote *don

patent, and that
invitation, adarmid a on .
governors on the 17th of May, 18m.
reason unlined by the Board et Trade
sash a step was, that their at/seeks.
=by "several persons qualidni
spires ribs sableet" to the
of thegessese.. Hari Om dose
trwir theme easersons inibtan,
i:ellatope Wins the pokier Ad the elsg he
to about se hie la parr therisplien ends pr,
ales is IM eskaiss g WWI be nneviiresees Itia
nolgeet; and hs humor* tbe 'see al Seems,
rinks ite girths great a bad suss.
Here the setter greats to bate tested, in Me
at least. till the 25th of Mara hut. Oa that;:Mr. WOOD, chairman el the Beard ef Wend
Revenge, celled apse three peokieese of •
Dr. THOMAS THOMSON, of Oisegow ; Mr. O&i*AM.
of University College, Loudon; sad Dr. Romani,
of the Royal College of Chemistry. London—to sir
mkt, and report ea Dr. Sooresie's These.
gentlemen reported en the 2/4.6 of illeone; their se-
port was transmitted by Mr. WOOD OR the 6th of
July to a pretense et materiel medico, and two
professors et medial; jurfiependenoa—Dr. PUMA
of the London Hospital, Dr. TAYLOR of Guy's Hee-
pital, aad Dr. COMPUTER of University College,
London. Along with the report of the chalks' pre-
figure Mr. WOOD gent Itelettelnent of the consumption
of treacle in several districts of Lanceshiee. Mr.
WOOD'. letter accompanying these documents on-
cheles with these weeds : " I have to request your
*aka ea the near cl the analysis and the qua-
, this aareirid." On this emeasioa also no intimation
uppers te have bun given to Dr. BCOFFSIN that an
*airy so materially affecting his reputation and inter-
! mete was about to be instituted. That something of
the kind was going on seems to have been left to be
Lamed from the applications made by the awaked
professors to parties working the patent for samples
of the sugar. Neither Dr. SCOYFIRN nor any
person on his behalf was enabled to ap-
pear berme, or make any representation, either
to the Commission of Chemists, or to the Commission
of Medical Jurists, appointed to judge in his ease.
BO far ea we have been able to learn (for on this
point the printed papers contain no information) Dr.
BCOFFILAN'S solicitors were first summoned to the
Fiance of the Cautcsueilt of the Exciter:ion ma
the 24th of July hut, and were then simply told that
the reports on Dr. Scoraate's process were SD.
favourable in respect to the treacle, and that it wee
intended to lay them before the Howse of CoIIISISEL
A representation was made that other scientific gari►
men of the highest eminence bad formed an opines
decidedly favourable to the process, and the CHANCaL-
LOR was requested to grant another interview
before he took any farther steps in the matter.
This was conceded; but when asked subsequently to
fix a day for the promised interview, Sir CHASM
WOOD requested that any communication on the solo
feet should be made in writing ; and several dor
rents having been forwarded to him, he intimated
letter on the 9th of August that he persisted in his
first rotation to lay the papers before the Hoene of
Commons. Perhaps it may be thought to throw sine
light on the personality of "the persons qualified be
impale their opinion on the subject," when we stele
that an extensive sugar refiner who does not use the
patent was tound in company with the CHANCELLOR,
of the EXCHEQUER when Dr. SCOFFERS'S solicitors
waited upon him, and was invited to remain when
they took their leave.
After perusing this simple statement of facts our
readers will, we think, agree with us that this is si
very extraordinary manner of dealing with the in.
tenets and reputation of an ingenious patentee. We
may add that it is a very ex•raordinary way d deal.
iag with the public interests; for if what is mid of
the efficacy of the patented proms by chemists sad
refiners be true, it will double or even treble the pre-
duction of sugar in our colonies, without any exten-
sion of the land in eultiention, andwitimut any impor-
tation of additional labour. A clear conception of its
possible importance may be conveyed, by stating that
the average production of our West India colonies
during the last four years has been 140,000 tons of
sugar per annum : end that Dr. Seorrean's presses,
if successful, would make the production 280,000 tons
par annum, or more than the ge production of
the last four years of slavery. The proceedings of the
Baird of Trade, the Colonial-office, and the Board
of Inland Revenue go to prevent a fair trial bet/
given by our planters and refiners to the
to deprive them of this advantage. Nor are ta1....
of the proceedings of the departments we have mimed
on our sugar producers and manufacturers simply
negative. Dr. SCOFFERNI process has already been
extensively and successfully adopted in the south of
Spain; its use cannot fail to extend from that coat*
to the Spanish colonies ; oar planters are already ceme-
Ipeting with the Spanish employers of slave labour at
a disadvantage • this disadvantage will be imineie
Durably increasedif they are compelled to oomph.
with their old processes against the Spanish plumes
employing a process so much mon efficient.
The very unfair and injurious treatment Dr. Scowl
Ens has experienced, will probably be defended, ee
at least palliated, on the plea that his is rem I
plate with danger to the public h th. Bat the
reality of this danger is precisely the question at issue,
a question which cannot be decided by such a partial
and clandestine investigation as has been instituted
ureter the aupie,:s of our government boards. The
report of the medical jurists proceeds upon the as-
sumption that the opinion formed by the professors
of chemistry is correct. But we have it under the
hands of two chemical professors of eminence in the
printed papers, that they hassurived at the conclusion
that the poems is perfectly safe.
Dr. Seoranit professes to have invented a process
by which the acetate of lead may be employed with
perfect safety in sugar refining ; the lead remaining
after the first filtration being removed or nentralim4
by its conversion through sulphurous acid gas into
sulphite of lead, as ineolubie and innocuous salt.
The chemists consulted by the Board of Trade ex-
perimented on one sampk of moist West India mew;
' on samples of loaf sugar, bastards and teasels
one refinery not using Dr. Seorntan's Reposes ; sad
in similar samples from two refineries sag the Ra-
ceme. Lied in very minute quantities was ford ia
all the samples, in those produced by the old pep
ceases as well's' in those produced by the new elm
The conclusion arrived at by the analysts is u
follows :
It appears from the foregoiag details that the raised
auger, bes4rda, and triode, generally acquire a tress of heed I
Iron the new proem, sellaket to be distiagulseed by
cheated teats. That the had bowl la the reined ssceognaer
Is Waste, the quantity ass ezesedteat that
serdred by the Maass& sad treseie it the endless" paean
et eassleeters. In the bastards a the now mesa the
=ltisa lead Is pained, bet mead* nose& the
sasselead. The he appeals to egessnlelo in the
lasssio, ine is me fen tam we Moe Sad es eepardaritr e
gererwry N used ma meow es emeelifirstifi us as prolossa •
iv the bowie de &trireme e. The ineppetios et the pro.
ens ea • large sash se dea that the kad may ben.
maned tam the wager to a point beyond danger, provided
the semetkas see meremidy arelsbed by prom esspetest
So apply the saeaseryshasaisal mem
Briar that lead was found in all the sugar ,in
these permed by an cad process as well as those
predated by the now. their:nod professors appear to
1 bar tasted their iodeatiso en a narrow monk basis.
sozannissd the sager at only or refinery em.
plc an old proem sod yet they jump at the
that, is the 'agars produoed in this class
ef eelleeries, the presence of lead is exceptional.
Waiving this isonsteleratiou, we would direct atten-
tion to en important fast overlooked by theca:Wye'.
They omit to Mate is what form lad erns in the
sugars. Prefeesor BRANDS makes good the omiedce
—r writes:

Au esseutial point time overlooked In Meows. Titus-
los Gabon, sad Hamann'. not 1 assoely, the mato in
erbisb bed exists It ordinary, es sesuposod with illesfero's
triode. Is NW honor It is soli to be bead Okay r ear
besot' et lead, width is p wane, milks is the latter it is
in duelists of sedpkits, oreerdbeg to UM szporinests
of Dr. Citeiwy, i hawses. Tbsse MI piste orbital,
Me ing isportout besqupos the questias at issue, ro-
guing esipionim la see otal time. I glad to see tbatia
tomer spas. reepooting insolubility of sulphite .4
sad the goodbilky et the soperodos et all men of
tam srm by us= salyilusses d/, ore siodllsti
Moms Menses, Gabs% red Isdloor. boorobjhoss.
eilikalitios wit b tho sulpeito aild4tdr
poled' ea width the eatsly of foofts's Wont
Professors MURIA and ORZOORY aro net shoe in
the opinion that sulphite of lead is inneenonts. Pro-
fewer TAILOR, one of the government refiners, says
in bis talatios it poisons :—" Dr. °MORT states,

INDIA AND CHINA.

THE OIfEItX,ANDMAIL.

We have reedvaill the Mewing telegraphic des-
patch from oar esouspewaft at Meets, dated Sept.
16, 4.30 a.m.: -
The Europa arrived at 9 o'clock this naming,
having left Alexandria at 9 a.m., on the 10th, half-
an-hour before the departoro of the Ripon for Rag-
land.
The Hindostan arrived at Baez on the 7th, with
forty-three passengers. The dates from Calcutta are
of the Bth August. India was tranquil. The cholera
had broken out in China, and the ()overuse of Macao
had died of it. Mr. Bonham had returned, but the
result of his mission to Pekin had not transpired.
In Alexandria the cholera was on the decline; the
deaths averaged about six a day.
Trade in exports dull. Imports in good demand.
Calcutta exchange, 2to.

WM pitDroty traequiL
!Ousel, September 19
WI flight of the Bier/toe :—The fugitives ma off
is three travelling ealsoltes, at four this norm Mg,
and by half-past four had passed thre*r
Sondershausen, the last village within the Hes-
sian borders. Toe general impression is that
this journey is intended to provoke an insur-
rection, and perhaps the nomination of a provisional
government by **Permanent Committee. If this is
the expectation it will be dirappoioted. The greatest
precautions are taken for the piece of the city, and
the law will be as anxiouely consulted and absolutely
obeyed as hitherto. The guards are doubled; the
highest courts under the government, as the most re-
gular and legitimate authorities remaining here, have
seized the falling reins of the state, and a battalion of

militia stands an"a er arms to eappress any appearance
of disorder. But no disorder is to be frond. Groupe of
curious people stand in the streets, more for the purpose
of helping one nether tocred it the strange news of the
Fleenor's desertion of his post than for any other rea-
son. At nine o'clock this morning the civil and
military authorities mot for the purpose of taking
measures for the administration and government of
the state. At the same time, the standing oommittee
of the parliament repaired to the offices of the ministry
to satisfy themselves that the current reports were
• The
y foond that the ministers had gone with-
out leaving any instructions. At twelve o'clock an
estafette arrived from the minister lisynau, addressed
to Gen. Bauer, declaring the removal of the govern-
ment to the province of Hans; and instructing that
officer to publish a government order cancelling the
ordinance of the 7th imposing the state of siege,
with the exception of section 2; to discharge the
war reserve that tad been called out, and to remain
at his own post till further orders. The chief burger-
insister issued at two o'clock the tenoning procla-
mation: _ . .

------ -
The unexpected departure of the sovereign and his minis-
ters has liven rise to some difficulties, which the chief
bareormeister is able to announce may be considered as
entirely removed by the perfect agreement of the civil and
military powers. Fellow townsmen—Peace' Your strictly
loyal and orderly behaviour bat hitherto excited universal
admiration. Continue to deserve this reputation ; for, fel.
low.citiszns, the victory of our good cause is both near and

attain.
Cassel, Sept. 13. HARTWIG.
After the issue of the proclamation, &communication
by the Minister of War, announcing the transfer of
the government to Henan was published. General
Bauer keeps his bed ; the late troubles have terribly
shaken the old veteran. He is anxious to send in his
resignation, which yesterday be was not able to do.
It is quite time he was placed upon half-pay, as he
has served fifty years. Yesterday be had a lung inter-
view with Jordan, who pointed out the penalties he
bad incurred by Incoming an ketrument in violating
the constitution. This had the effect of hastening his
previous resolution to retire. It came out this morn- i
log, that yesterday evening ammunition was served
Out to the life-guards, who slept all night upon straw,
and in their accoutrements.
An estafetts from Menden, a frontier town of
Hanover, brings weed that the Elector was there by
seven this morning ; he sent for the commandant of
the place, and inquired how many troops could be
mustered on the border. The latter replied that a
piquet of 'observation, tionshelog of 160 men, stood
on the frontier, and that Munden's garrison contained
600 teen. The elector proceeded on his way to Han-
over, thence to travel to Frankfort through Cologne.
The foHowing correspondence is dated Camel,

Sept. 14 :
" Sin•e last night we have remained without
a regular goverment or responsible ministers. The
Elector will, without doubt, proceed to Freaking. le
order to take from that place, and also fresh Beebe.
beim—which, lying close to Frankfort, is included in
his own territories, and might therefore become the
seat of government—further measures against his
' state. Yesterday evening orders from the Elector
arrived, directing the removal of the government to
Haulm, and instructing General Bauer to repair to
Bockenheirn as soon as possible, and bring with him
all the officers he could. No conflict is to be appre-
hended between the civil and military authorities,
but some difference arose respecting the form in which
the order of the government should be published."
A letter from Frankfort, of the 15th, says :
" The Elector of Hesse entered this city to-day at
noon. His consort, the Countess of Schaumburg, with
her children, have resided hers three eight days, and
have occupied one of the two palaces which the Rio-
ter inherits from his father. Yesterday, carriages and
&eremite arrived from Cassel. These signs appear to
indicate an intention on the Elector's part to reside
bere during the coming winter. At present it is un-
decided whether the sot of government shall be
Henan or Bockenhelm ; the commander-in-chief,
however, is coming to the latter town. No trace of
the state of siege is discoverable is Henan : the pro-
clamation imposing it wee torn down as soon as
stuck up. General Helmschwert has not yet under-
taken the command there, and the civil commissary
sent from Cassel only remained a few hours on the
spot. The reserve was disbanded to-day. The autho-
rities, the eitisees, and soldiers are on the best terms
of intercourse; and since the decision of the high
wart the latter are resolved to lend no hand to the
collection of taxes or other measures ordered under
the new decrees. The people are resolved to give no
pretext to those wbo would ergs foreign intervention.
The Frankfort Ober Post dread Zesturog repeats the
statement that orders were given to the commander
of the reserve battalion of the Prussian guards sta-
tioned at lianas to remove those troops on the procla-
mation of the state of siege.
AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna, of Sept. 12, says:
The non-arrival of an answer to the Prassiaa note
addressed to Austria on the 25th alt., is the conse-
quence of indecision or delay at St. Petersburg; for a
despatch from that court is all that is necessary to de-
termine the transmission of the Austrian reply. The
' note is already drawn, and is conceived in a concilia-
tory spirit. If lam well informed—and I believe I
am—it will admit the proposition of Prussia, so far
as that the Vienna cabinet will come to an under-
standing with that of Berlin on the aim to be pr-
imed in the free conferences so ardently desired by
the northern court. This result will arwards be
explained to the Diet at Frankfort, and the plenipo-
tentiaries there will suspend their sittings during the
direct negotiations. A remarkable activity has
reigned In the Vienna Ministry of Foreign Affairs for
the beat few dap, and something decisive is generally
expected. The cabinet, too, is holding [regent sit-
tings.
The Oesterreioliiiehe Correspondent oontaine the
following paragraph:—" We learn, from an authentic
source, that, notwit6tanding Marshal Haynes' was
in nowise inclined to raise a kraal oompkint oa se-
ems of the harsh treatment he experienced in Lon-
don, the imperial ambassador hie determined to
prosecute the case judicially."
PRUSSIA.-

_
BERLIN, Erre. 15.
Order has jest been given to withdraw the Prussian
battalion now occupying Backe nheim, a small Hessian
town, as Haremspaug has given orders for the removal
of the seat of government thither. The government
does not want to spree the protestor of that minister.
The owe of the anxiety to remain neutral is
doubtless to be found in the fact that there is ground
foe expecting that no state will interfere as long as
Pem abstains. Should no foreign government
intermeddls, a make will have boss avoided which
might have had dieagreable results for all parties
gene/med.
It mom very strange to the inhabitants of Berlin
that the Ms =dhow given by the Bing to the con-
servative &paladin should have taken place, not in
the prefttme nf the teepessible ministers, bat of
densest nellselarly active member of the
ressfigary party. But awash in the conference his
NINO* said be tidy required that confidence should
be pima In him, mad that the reward would be •
ha Shaving up of all the present reafasion, this
appears to thicken rather than diminish. In
Ilialtisabarg-Behwerin, the landitasede, the UM-
halal nobility, have protested against the constitution
siepted by the Grand Duke and parliament. This

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, tke protest. Tbs dtgpute
, ' arbitration, and this has
.41i "- II • . tiOII is invalid. Thu" hu
in its end by the path ofipeace, and
Ce lasttwssestslaligetrjritintk out.
Albert of Saxony, heir to the throne of
~ was prevent the other day at a review
to army ln 'Bohemia, during which he
'wounded in the high by the kick of a
' 119 w, censideri out d danger. The
Us gone to unich.
_ ..n ministerial journal' naturally enough
declare for Raseenpflag, and assert that it is only the
revolutionary party which ii in league against him.
The reactionults hers, qtra Tory kncy with that mi-
nister : his west of tact rains all, is the complaint.
Even the Neue Prussische Zeilung now accuses him
of unnecessarily disturbing settled forms.
The intelligence from Schleswig proves that the
army of the ofn-hies, although it was unable to pos-
its' itself of the strong works at klissunde, lout no
battle, and has been able to advance its position.
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by the Board et Trade for taking IMP WIN as we Sear Poeitiodtifitrise; betefran. out nut waist, 4i wesia ret wept. la .
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Ilse sableet" to the Seamus nature den of a court of appeal W the gauenment boards suite that attar the sem at the Elector and his mi- - jie:2ol 6 e
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