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

lONIAN ISLANDS.

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SIR H. WARD.
TO THE EDITOR Of TILE. DAILY KERN.HEWN
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rilrrxd ridmi has
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afterwards dissolving it by an order in " -
But hero the: parallel will cad. Sir }toward Dug
las bad it in his power to manage the clettion;
prorogued e dr
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pae iritt:lL.
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and the mat assembly were his puppets, to do his
will and vote as ha pleased—in feet, just the
that Sir If. Ward found them on his arrival, to anit
prove all hie acts, and offer him thanks atd c NT'
tulations for the wholesale flogging and heti:Litt.
their countrymen in Cephalonia. But 'hues are now
changed. The vote is by ballot, the people can.
chcor.o their own repres.ntatives, ..nd the new it,tem•
bly will be but a repetition of its predeeess.rs, ait4
greater irritation. the plain fact is, that Lei leer by
roma nor policy can Sir H. Ward gove'n tnee 106E4
Islands. He does not possess the administrative
faculty.
This unchecked power of prorogation vested is the
Lord High Commissioner, and invariably need wren
the government is in a minority in place the ker
seed more oens.ituional coarse of auttli4 th• govern.
merit measures to the wishes of the maj, a
result of the fixing for a perpetuity the gesernment
salaries and capersys. liai there he oe a hellort to
look for, 5)11113 snare complaisant nisthoi of bringing
matters about would have !en to and. A' present s
well fed tyranny exercises its peelers ad: out el.s.
eretion or restraint.
lem convinced that were Sir H. WArd allowed to
remain in these islands, he will man ge within a
short spate to dissolve the tits which hove se long
pleasantly bound tog-ther E-glish and looiou r.eiety,
and will change the mutual reiation betweer :he
rison and the people into that of the A .stns..s in
Italy. At present the feelings of the I
and out of the assembly, is not anti-Er.gla
•is
wished to make you believe, but anti-Ward ; Art
can it be 011143w:3i, when we reflect on the
cruelties he has committed on our country mei.:
IVliy is this? What does E- glen i gni:. 4r,
fluent* or finance by the exhibition of r.:.c
on ea small a p 'potation ? Circu.nserled 11,e ',re
in territory, capital, aid pull:Mal cons... y
not put us under a gore steer who wit: all . v rt . rrs
to go on quietly—ado te i!: cot reek ;
himself with a court, or permit a hti.,
placemen to make him their t0...1 in keep' g
Doug commotion and contest of inter„
tendency is to retain Ile molvts
Indeed so greedy is than ;Arty of place r.
Lever leave it. An ear. given iLstact.c
Matted In the case of .hu preset: As em
h.vicg the right to choose tie it own • tae
or.co repainted an lonian gentleman. la:
then to b 3 dons with Mr. Fra-er, r t v
years had ti led that (tike? Sir l!. We .1
as a compromise that neither should it
the Assembly has now two s(
eour:e, two saeries), and the wo• -
Eras‘r appear s!,;Led to every ac: !
men who must ha gat rid of by the
No sooner, however, do! s an lonian AEb-ritys .
fest such an intention, than It is accu-cd of ant.-
Engl:sh tendencas, and the Lord liigh ner
replies to the appeal af the En••,:sh hereuu,7"...,
immediate dissolution of the Ass,.-mYy hes e, ri.
tuned to represent the desires ntal the sv..irs et .:s
cf..nstittomts.
All this is but a repetition of what W d.);:e r
Howard Douglas I() years since. But why, i .:c,
should we never falcate-, and ale; .tys be vr,ing
to had eximAts ? We have had only two ,n, a ..v,; )
c mid perfirm the fur.ctiots of the I. rd ilia I
Caumisrienership without rx c:i content.
Both of these refused to give an car to the.
bureaucracy and arli.led as interference or 0.,
bcry -watt the ii tatces cf tho eatintry-, a- h ;th
of them were fel:awed cn their el.: ~,stare ny the
blessings of the people and the el is of the de-
jested crew of place-hutte re and 1.. ec - Lord
Nugent, as everyone kr, :)r:, left P...
than he came there; and, tee far L-r
aft rd to put up win the charge O.
winch has d kin to this con. t-y, wni:e he re-
plies by aski: g, "What has tun t..s• iL.,%!t of -
strong measures? What Las II
them bar hated in the Ilhion
through Europe r
I: is such mildoces nod upelnese t':-t coestita'.. the
quaiitleatioas of a waveri.or for tic \l'.:ro
such ...rather man sent to, rezeirt,... d
would be heard of to :nor: amo:
We were tald by Ea: (frey to i io toe approval
d Sir II Ward's ac's he t: e aesranbij ; yet,
front the first sit' ing to !Le last, se tind him di7e-tly
oppz.s.d and condem:cd in tr. is A)4e•..b.y, a Ice cd 53,
free votere. Taus, the ti:st "nun e
' oath, which he enforced, ate! act.s.h
anconstitutioral. Then, we had the addre-s of re.
mo:lstranee, the reply, a 1 the sus Immed•as.'y
upon 66, Laowed toe
freedern, is the assumed right et .1:-• eer.a.e to
judge upon the qualification of T.. of the
tenthly. sad their thrusting memo r upon ti
which it had preciously rejected either f.r
laity of election or other cause. Next came tl.
posi ion of two secretaries up :a the
because it whited to get rid of one ; aril,
intention of the Assembly to inquire into
outrages in C..phatotia, tor which, thou,:h cot
sibly, yet in reality, Sir H. Ward p-orrgue's t:
for six mouths, with the intention of finally
log" the question by a diesctutioo.
This, however. etenot be dote without an erd•-: is
council, before the issuing of which, Mr. Matte's :no-
tion for a commission of inquiry will, I
intervened. Ida trust, Mr. Edltor,;that Sir W.l-4
will not bo allowed to escape public not:cc in
manner ; and that, in this questioc, whcrtir. ..ny
rate, no other political interests can he sippe:ed
implicated, the Commons of Ecgl ttd wid tee. jest:(:
done to a weak and oppressed people.
I have the honour to be, sir, your rime! oh 1u o:
servant, AN it/SIAN.
Erechtheum Club, St. James'e-square. Jaiy

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TUNIS.—The Est accounts tree 'Cu
ult , state that the cholera. which had for e At
in the rr,,rener, hsd broken out with ,treat
capital, end that the clealss were Ikl ael,F•
household, and principal etlirere, retired to
some Ica tucs from the town. fr.is Moorish
played their usual apathy under such i*
Jews were in great consternrien, and many
sseinit a vessel arrive in the roadstead, rash. d it, as
silted on being conveyed to liana.

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FEARFUL ACCIDENT OX TUE YORE Cc • S. ttt-
liouorott R.attw.sv —An accident of a tt.i'y •r•
character occurred on the r.irk and Sctrh•rou:h it •;.
t.
on Thursday last, by which a lady of hid, pendence, nvnel
Martin, met with a terrible death. She ha.i !wet
at IL:Waste, near Y.irk. and let her re...le • •

and 4 .with the intention of takin;
1,%-ilts of the riecr Ouse. Som afterwse• .b. '4 A.

by a grielcmon wall:mit on the railway car the s•Aduct '
crows the stream in question, and at the same tame A • fo:n
was approrching at *rapid rive towards York. ste rem
evidently unconseiouo f its coming uf., hasi: g her pors•ol
beLre hir, and was waking leisurely nlong the p.-riu five:
way between the line of rails until the .lone driver 4.0'3
the whistle alarm, which attracted her attention. when
seeing her danger she turned round and ran back wi•li the
intention of escaping ; untertunately, however. tlte ten ..
too close upon her, tor in the neat moment or a t the enctuo
struele the unhappy lady to the ground. and the whole of t.rh-,he
carriages, seventeen in umber, pissed see her body.
was dreadfully mangled ; her t,sly in tact WAS literally cut
to pieces. It was with much difficulty her retool could be
identified. Not the least blame could bas repute Ito the
engine driver, who did all in his power to prevent the occur-
rence. An inquest was held oa the b' ly on Saturday. aced .t
verdict of Accidental Death was recorded.
lelnt AT liRI•4TOL.—A suicide occurred at Bristol
on Saturday. A PlllPitel ship, called the Ileruseis, upon
her arrival in that port was rummaged by the custom-h.
officers, and a quantity of smuggled tobacco being tcund
is
ties and committed, in default of payment, to gaol. ha
clothed. possession
strait nstoufnTrarethe eumembersstom olrawthee, crew,te they
largey ae ware
circumstance, together with hie being obliged to make a
large expenditure for the ship, preyed on the matte of her
eommender, Heinrich° Lange, a native of riles, and due*
him into a melancholy state. For four or five days he re-
fused to take any nourishment, and on Saturday. hiving
fastened himself into his state-room, he first cut his thrort
and then inserted the muzzle of his ride In the wound, end
forting the trigger with his toe, discharged the piece. The
' noise attracted the attention of some members of ha Mgr,
who hastened to the spot and found hint wt the ground in a
dying state, and with his person covered with blood. lamb:-
ation of the distressing occurrence was promptly communi-
cated to the Pewits consul, M. Vesgir, and the pone*
authori•ies, and en Inquest was held on the body. The Jury
attar examining several witnesses, returned a verdict that the
deceased destroyed himself while in a state of temporary
insanity.