The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-07 00:00:00

tic engeog.

OUTGOING MAILS.
The malls yid Marseilles, to the Meditarraa,,, it I.:, ylon, India, Hong-Hoag, tte., will be Made 11,pn4
evening.
The mails (or British North America, Bermuda, and
the
ust 9 United States will be made up on the
m aiining -
Aug.
The West India HMIs, excluding Honduras, N oat., yte.
vannah, and Jacmel (8:. Doosiege), sadiorledme tikt.
zueia, New G„nada, &ad Grey Town (St.J
made Nicaragua)
will be made op on August 17.
The mails (or 11 b, Honduras, Nassau, I Chili and Peru, will be made up on August 17. sersei,
anTile
Augus maib t
for Lisbon, Spin, and o:hr&ltaz writ 4 am.
on 17
The mails for Gibraltar, Yalta, Greece, the lonise le'vH
,ysuds nopt, the lndi
morning of August 20and China, via Mouthamptqe, s,,ji
ey
on ,
The inaaa for ?leak() lard ba sat: up on gepe mixt. 2.
M mails for Mader* the Brasil., at.d Burmos Ayres, lll
be made up en the evening of Sept. 4.

T.. DA. NIGH WATIR AT LONDON MIL I IMP.
71.-Kosa... 111. I.a.
)logs:tas. ..... 2a .:e.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, ACrj,•lT 7.

WITHOUT a suspension of the ordinary law, of
nature, the Lambeth Condon could not have faded
otherwise than it did. Sir CII4IILES NAPIF.It
menoed operations by paying a most auspie.ocsly
timed visit to the Treasury ;he selected Mr. llsty for his confidential adviser, to make outa sub chart
of Lambeth for him ; and he asked the lirrot to int
him in nomination and give him a character. The
°minces patronage of the Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr. ILswr.s, and the Times, was a load heavy erougtl
to have swamped a far more sea-wait:ly b•vire than
the political reputation of the gallant Lduur4l. so
wonder he foundered.

In one mist important respect the reea:. of the
Lambeth election is in the highest degree •1.
707.
It proves that the metropolitan constithe I .tS It 0 let
have grown too intelligent and judicious ei4t
by the rattling clap-trap and humbug of ato v. tate.
chievous class of candidate..

Sir Citintes Nnelen, as a private indie:rlsel
not exactly suited to inspire mention
on the whole a very likable charter
clan, he is brave as his own sword; eller: !;,;%%,1
practical within the range of his rater i:5..34
comprehension; an awkward easterner al a er. 7 of
naval administration; a smart letter writer: s
shocking bad ship-builder. He is vivacieu., , •
enterprising, clever; but possessed by a d,:re.
eccentricity amounting to what the fixect.
bee in his bonnet." Ho is a NAPIER all over.
In politics Sir CIIARLIA is all that Fuchs eh.eracte
is capable of being. He has no fixed poll; :a.
ciples; he lacks depth and comprehension
to be able to form or entertain them. I'oli77cs ore :a
hises'imation merely a game by playing st
smart fellows may promote their protessiona:
A rude natural spirit of generosity mak, s I. in 7 ,v
the game fairly and above-board ; but he is 7- of
the high prieciple, the delicacy of per:tie:el...
reach of thought, that would teach him :•
gradation in playing it as a gems a' all.
political what the heroes of Cirsin 7..
novels ale in private life, a Ivry.
with a kind of honesty that does not r 7 ioi:r.7a
taking part in some very equivocal erite-pr-,..
In his own profession Sir h., a
soldier of fortune. He has hired I-i- t 3
fore'gn powers. Ife has not been •••
to the cause he served as S:r ..a

has been quite as careful to exact ;
" provant." Bichie Monipher, when !
Glenrarloch's "sifitication" to pentie K • .1
prudently took care to band in his own a'• 1.4 .;;
and Sir CFLUCLES, when off the Tagus with t,,0
run, did not forget to have hie ow-n &marl d., v
the Purtuguess government paid up. •hrco.ih
sive attention to the public bus!ctFa un wt6.h be was
gent.

A similar spirit has animt,d
political career. In parliament i t

_ .
in a way that ratified his Mary:.
But he did not he itate a moment to

mend of a squadron as soon as otfercd I, rr
his poet in the House of Camino: q as r
of Marylebone. The elec.:ors of that bor

it no espy matter to prevail upon him L.)
his seat, thoughlmwas not ins condition to

. .
.e hole

its duties. And the tone of regret with
alludes to his simplicity in vacating it, c
convinced the electors of Lambeth that hid •

making him again a member of
worth the while of government to 0:
him by giving him employment, he would hir
to their shoulders with the tenacity cf s
Man of the Sea.

Sir 'CHARLES deems it a Eafrnient proof
tieel itdependence that he can tell the t.
Lambeth he is in disgrace at the Admiral y.
tunately for him the electoral bey thr
kingdom have of late years had but t o m 1:t
rience of a class of lond-talking radiols, who c
by playing the part of ind-peed
certain extent, to make it better worth the 'A
government to gain them than to reward !!

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Ar.d

unreserved subserviency of others. 31. m ov
peculiarity of the present cabinet than a
may be the avowed enemy of one -eetl,
the accredited organ of another. Th.. r
of the Colonist-office in the press has Fern
reckless and rancorous assailant of the Ea:e

If Sir CHARLES is in disgrace at tb Aft:re :s
not the less on excellent terms with the re i•• .r 7
and the C .lonial-offi:e. His calls upon Mr.
are, he alleges, merely the pleasing inter:J.:, of
private friends ; but he acknowledged on the hustings
that he w, nt to the Colonial-office •• to ask Mr. H
for some ixformation respecting the '.,Jrty;,th of Lam-
beth."

The electors of Lambeth appeared likely t)
on the claims of several liberal candidate. lc this
apparently critical posture of atfai.s. I I:
NAPIER Cone forward still furth.r to divide eld
he did so after taking counsel with Mr. Hao • 1:
Colonial-office. The course he adopted toes::: CJ:ES
of the Lambeth electors sae to tuake bread the.;,:h
vague professions of liberal opinions, but to gourd
himself by cautious reservations against the tisk of
ing obliged to apply them practi:ally to any qui-
tion that might inconvenience ministers. -h a
course, it was obvious even to him, war calculated
to gain the judgments of the electors, and therefore
he sought to bewilder them by "inexplicable dumb
show and noise." He came to the hustings with the
Union Jack thawing from his carriex.:e, and enlisted in
his service the whelo of Asrcers equestrian troop.
The time has been when such childish parade might
have had an effect even in the metropcf is, but the
day has gone by. Of the 1;200 loungers assembled
to enjoy the excitement of the nomination, rather
more than one-half ate understood to have held up
their hands, less for Sir Clistmes *smut than for
their old friend and favourite, Witoncomee: ; but
when the teal electors came to give their votes, Sir
CHARLES, in sporting phraseologr, was" nowhere."
is saisfactory. inasmuch as it indicates that
elections are ceasing to be mere saturnalia of tippling
freemen, got-wallopers, and long-shore men, and
coming to be regarded as the earnest business of think-
ing men. The electors of our large metropolitan consti-
tuencies at least no longer clamour idly m the wake
of men who beat up for their votes with flags and
bands of music, as showmen attract customers, and
recruiting sergeants cajole raw ploughboys. 'fluty feel
that in electing a member of parliament they are dis-
charging a grave duty to their country and them-
selves, and they eschew candidates who appeal to
their folly by frivolous devices and irrelevant claims,
having had but too much experience of the course
I pursued in parliament by this class of legislators.'
There is another feature of the Lambeth election
upon which we may congratulate the country. 'The
liberal interest was divided at the outset on the
claims of no less than half-a-dozen professing re-
formers. Of these three went to the poll. Yet no
protectionist or conservative candidate ventured to
show himself. Where is the re-action of which we
have heard a" much at certain meetings of the
squirearchy and the agitators who call thentseivee
tenant farmers?

Our of the most barefaced attempts at rtlisial
legislation which, within public recolleetton, bee been
practised on the House of Commons, received pert•.al
ezposuro on Monday night, iu time, we eineerely
trust, to be effectually checked. At two 'Adak p.w••
of Friday last, a motion was made for leave to Anal!
in " a bill to amend the laws relating to the Customs."

• •
was .aides to the object or iota ntion
Within a kw minutes the bill was
Ih laid llpan the table. and ordered to be
j. fireire of the night of the rune
r ‘. Tr the lr'l was printed for Ms wof lus-
o!. •19 ttwved, u a thing if MUM. I. reed it a
It all read a second time accordingly,
.:ar Aqractlng no notice wheever in the house,
r.,mref the halt only receiving mention in one
the' mornirg papery. The bill stood for
nigt.t. In the interval it had
had attracted some attention.'
tzir J %Mr, (; tit ‘M detected the extraor-
TT, r of tt.e itiounrc, and put a question to
6 • 0. lilt On of the EXCULQVIIII which led to •
i^ hyry•
bo credited that an attempt could be
sr,e tmie to pas• through parliament a
h,,En: for its design. to . ~ive the Board of
•
. tiefrotte and irresponsible cobte;!! Mr I
• !rule and comm-r...e of the em?ire. Yet
I:‘% flythe effect, but th. abrilute object
r.t eeseing clause of this new bill. This
tke length • f providing that all the
e_ and orders tnade by the Board of
y,• s I transmit of the powers of acts of Fortin-
:he ie.:is:attire has found it necessary to
eorrinue to have the full effect of
" enfiiikring that of late years the
. • „,stem of the co:ntry has ucdergoee
.ould of itself have been a monstrous
this ass not all. The ciente had tot
..,.„,.,divetrit a prospective effect. wall

•
rr pored torevive all the monstrous
te•
~,v modern enlighterment has swept away,
~ • farther proposed to give the
;4‘..1 ..tont for the future, complete power,
parl ament, "to alter, vary, or
• and regulations, whether con-
I' •
ra- or not." and to make others ris
••• • toy OR to them may

1.. in fact, giving the Board of
- knot " carry out," bet ab-
. . acts of parliament. Anything so
r - ^.‘rr remetutkr to have met with. The
it the very last board in the world
. :r. trze powers—to endow it with the
i/ 1.-edr, and Commons would be
to ruin th. A hole trade and commerce

••I', .e =cot be too fully informed on this
• se print 1.4 eaten.° the chum which the
F.
.:t.:: of the Excliepr tit lent himself ne-
w. . to propose, ir,d which, with his usual
• -r. LC :lit boldzess to defend. It rues as

, .
.1. • .tif • Tenn:es, °Men, regulations' and inetrae-
.rer cme to time been aide by the
:.; ‘te's Canons, in patience* of the power
••,a by etrcio nets, caned in earl is see-
:, • : c', rer.e of isbieb ere ben since been n-

: Lot+ enacted in lieu thereof, sad doubts have
r or:t tulle order.. rstrulathas, and iastrue•
„,. ef !teal fore* and eflteieney —be it therefore
rula, orders, regulations, sad instructora,
. m at. 4 MN Sby or under the authority of the
•:.: • .t, to. ander sr is Inanassee of any set or seta
- • • C ,•t moo or II Tlll4O or Davkatiou, ottheu rA
. '.•arc b ors repeated, shell be sad eon-
, r t'ree sad *des•, unless and until the mite stall
ree.:'aded, sad new ruler, ordain, regulations,
• • .• ion d, sad all sets whatsoever done or to
r.orart o• say such orders, rides, ngulatioas,
• •' 01l he valid and st anal sad the said
• •. r, 4 etsMorited front ti no to lice t
• otArs rules, orders, regten,intp and
• • 'ot '•oche silt' roeuent and yes/edition of
• • r 'we MU, and to alter, vary, end rescind
• . s• • • 'ors is li thereof from time 1a tame,
iihtear erpedinet.
• . said that Sir enaxnEs WOOD defended
Ile was, as usual, the only member of
. • 7 -en', the only member of the honer, who
• . • ti do. Upon what did he rely ? " The
• • : e. those," he said, " was to remove rechni-
.. •Ttere was a large octavo volume of
• • .! i.tra:ations in the Custom-huts', most of
been in force for 150 roars, and
• was very desirable to give full and com-
Far better would it be to put the
.. Wining in the fire. But be that as it
•_• rules and regulations contaired in the large
- •lime are exercised at pewit under the re- •
-lees of parliament which limit the powers
ard. This bill has for its object to substi-
.: ..-nited for limited authority—irresponaibility
degree of cheek.
r.ry clear that the CUANCELLOR of the
.ER hay not assigned the true reasons, or any
: -e the true real: n', for introducing this mon-
• and indefensible measure. What are the
•es *lnch have induced that officer to sttemp•,
...a perfidious way, to smuggle such a bill
.zh parliament at the very ewe of a sessioo,
,•1 it a record time withent its being printed,
within twenty hours of the time that it was
ly laid upon the table? There is very little doubt
..c real object is, to sustain the solicitnr of customs
prosecutions against the London Dock Comps-
•. The custom horse baye seed in certain instance.
ns framed in conformity with statutes
..!: of the legislature has seen fit to re-
:. I:.t:r acts therefore have been illegal They
• alts to chitin an ex pot' facto law, which shall
t.y it.dcar.ify them for all illegal acts si done,
*:.ail enable them in a wart of justice to
ant :heir illegal acts were lawful!
• -re the more confirmed in this view by the
• . ;..retied by the CIRNCELLOR of the Excuz-
.. I.m•st every member in the house having
•ed against the clause, he tried to arrange
• . tae principle of a concession by sacrifi:ing
;art of the clause anti retaining the first, or
• ••'•• por:ion of it. This, however, was ob-
: end ultimately the consideration of the
• •-• i• postponed. The proceedings of the Cave-
t:.ust be narrow 4 watched. It is obvious
It :a ml•et,lef in this bill, or he would not have
way to obtain for it the sanction of the

h-lew BOARD.—Our attention has been
Mt of injustice we have inadvertently
towards the President cf the Poor-law

• •-ziped our recollection that, although
hr....al report 0 the board with the ap-
....v resented within this few weeks, the
' Aas presented to the House of Cammons
-a...lay, and distributed to the mem-
' of etnuary. The delay with the
we are assured, been owing solely to
• of the Messrs. l !owes to meet the ex-
demand made on them during the pre-
e for type suitable tee Bvo publications.
tvl woe of our yesterday's remarks will
▪ rai,d our readers to credit our assertion that
..,,-.raiste Mr. Baines' high administrative
d that we regret Laving inadvertently,
rpeq:oned his promptitude and pone-

tyAY.—By lottery from Rome we

atiitary which is to be held early in the
"r Archbishop of Colo, ne, and the Bishops
'a Otters, auto be prom•.ted t the earninalate.
tt• i•resect Bi•kop of the Landau district,
ties receive the like dignity, but upon the
!..st be resides in R Ane which he hu con-

Ih. .trebbishop of Munich was to have been
"•‘.) treated cardinals, but be could net
r ured conditions of takiou up his abode
' . u likewise stated that the cardinal's
• T.-.a.ea to the Archbishops of Toledo sad

CIIARGE OF THE BISIIOP OF
• Sstardey aftercron the Bishop of Win-
• trienaial visitatioe charge to the clergy
••• •t S• tisvinur's church. thuthwark, when
• 4 atten4..nce of the clerical and lay h•-
• ' `carry, who appeared to tepid
• • • n• glade to the recent pr ceediege is the
• •*
i" !It fi,r) aux and the Bishop of Exeter.
~...d Leanly lour hours is the delivery, and
cornaerc.4 by observing that it was
• • s cce he had aisle his first charge. end
• •"11 In the havoc that death had made in
• e
9.* Cues. 'll.at, too, he observed, had
• .4... • .1.6.1 peri.A, daring which a hurricane
••, b.s.rope, shaking the most mighty
. ' II" ,F 'vends...ion, and involving the
l'• r.,•,:est, the wealthiest, in one common
• prslive ref. tied at great length and
• ..•I •••r to the wore peaceful prow.ae i• this
• • . • %ie. of • century, in tn. rapid advance-
•": art The eutholic Entancpation bill,
• . ' •! f d:weetere, an.l other religious acts were
at 1 hi. letel.hip thew west at ereet length tato
. '.1,14..e sad spiritual feweseratios. He ex-
.• ''o rvise to c 'Ping a Convocal..• on such a
• Lem, likely b. engssdir the want feel-
: ,'• .• "•1 to roasidite the meat deeisloa of the
• ' •4. jo-sA-Ilme. awl sot ea a law ; sad then
.• •,": "Amor
44topicr, concluded hs visitation
t• "„ Iv+ sad Warp, then rspsireid to the
his.: 4"
'441. where• splimilid handless was pro.