The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1850.

down into the warehouse, end tuned this oath. They
forthwith arrested and rearthed it to the Old Bailey
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all-the principal ofkers of the and made
a whim dad the Mimeos hides days
afterward.tho gem i es ths temper
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and up [into the air] west all the Wow -"Wri7ira
was that the Oaslsierbesse cams tissadww mem
obliged to do the yeeipme owl astotiatidt W 7
had taksa six rayeaW ma 0 the Battey, and
to draw molsesthene ed theheutheals la grim se pe-
thata gassed dednedee l We ad swab may
the " preesedisee • are where the bear would
nor remain—in stain gm
The latest seizure at the Bt. Katherine's Docks,
was made last Saturday. Fourteen years beak
a large quantity of Port wine wee ranked off in
the wine vault for one of the most eminent home in
the trade. It is customary when wine is thus racked
off to collect the lees and washings of the casks, and
with the consent at the merchant and the Customs,
to destroy the same by turning them into the docks.
by some widest or another a cask holding about 13
foaorof these less and washing had been over-
alf, and stacked away with the wine which was
racked off on that oscasioe, Th. . Liverpool roe
came across it. Their taste in the matter of poet
does not appear to be critical. The stuff in the cask
was something between ditch-water and sloe-juice;
but they pronounced it "Port" With
.great eeramay
waggons were sent for to convey a "seisms of wine in
the docks to the Queer Warehouse." To the Custom-
house the Port was accordingly conveyed, and we
trust it arrived there safely in time for the Solicitor's
lancheoe, and that the Board did not fail to taste it,
with a view of acquiring an appetite. And we further
hops that, if they did, they did not require calomel as
a corrective.
Bach am samples of the " Doings in the Dock.."
We are glad to have an opportunity of enlarging on
their character. Throughout the whole proceedings
we have only one fault to find with the Dock Comps-
Me, which is that they have not taken the ball by
the horns boldly, and themeless placed before their
customers and the public full particulars of the abo-
minable annoyances to which they have causelseely
been subjected. We know the power of the Customs:
we know the injuries they are able to inflict on trade
where they choose to take offence; bet iii this ease
the Dock Companies stand in the position of agents
bound to protect the Intends of the merchants, and
it is really their duty to let the whole mercantile
world know what is going forward.
The public also have an Interest in this question.
The wholesale investigations which are going forward
at the docks cannot cost the revenue much less than
601. a day. It may be very ppleasantto the Customs
to haveasepportunityof appointing ghost of supernu-
merary Maus: and it may be very useful to the
=rofficers to be receiving pay for as long
politZble.But the public are paying an in-
mate tax to make up for other revenue deficiencies,'
and we see no reason why these deficiencies should be
increased by
.wasteful expenditure in investigations
which long since have proved futile, and which all
the regular officers of the Customs—all but the new
hands and supernumeraries—scoff at as ridiculous.
That the government have not interfered in the
matter long ago is very such to their discredit, and
we trust the committee which Alderman THOMPSON
is to move for on the subject early in the ensuing sew
sion will unhesitatingly let them know so.

stir about the past et hewer Wag withdrawn
dacieleselp
from them; sad a 111111 M Iblir part, ad-
, dread to the BI leeented the te.wat with
1 a gestOt for On. Nensayer,Alihterable
era the rimier S Modica the he til it
aidismal gamlL side a this allq=le
, tbat th. spas al • *ale admit that the
I we? fillfirser %aim the fall of Cisa. tellaatpaaL
It wait bite been quite foreign to a roam I
Meshed ken as easweeate of two days back.
The decree is theikaitour of this morning, is the
Mat decided step taken by Louis Nasea to
Nowt the faiapesaassa of the exeoative pow*. It
is tree that Gs& hoes wer is compensated dm their 1
of hie command et the first military division seise the
adore of Geo. Chstagimmier by a much lashes ped•
Wm as commasder-en-chief of the 14th sad 11I1h
military divisions, which embrace the departments of
Britauny and Normandy, stretching from Tom MI
Nantes, and from St. Brine to Napoleon-Vasa*. • I
command of so mush importance assigned to an Aar
of no military renown, ;and placieg him on a lent
with Generals Castellane, d'Arbonvills, and &stoles,
the military magnates of France, might be deemed.
ander ordinary circumstances, a splendid equivalent
for the loin of a subordinate command of Pars; but ,
the fact is, that Gen. Neumayer's personality disap-
pears altogether from this question. It is a military
arrangement of vital import to Gen. Changarnier, and
made not only without consulting him, but in the
teeth of his declared opposition. To establish
such a precedent is for the Elyse* worth any
price. Ch West qua Le premier pas qui route.
It is like taking down the pediment of a portico be-
fore the columns one by one are removed. If no
resistance follows, the next step of the Etyma will be
the removal of General Perrot from the command of
the national guard, which will be given to a more im-
=smithery personage. The generals of the
of the army of Pais will go next ; and thus
the Imposing military edifice represented by General
Manama, bit by bit, will be dismantled and
aboilned. Bat will the majority of the National
Assembly tamely look on while their hero is being
thus dismembered? The result of to-day's extra-
ordinary sitting of the Committee of Permanence
will probably throw some light on this important
question. Anxious to learn this result personally
from some authentic source, I went today to the As-
sembly. To my surprise, just at the momenta hen the
sitting of the oommusion termidated, at 3 o'clock, there
were not a dozen members in the Salle des Con-
ferences. While I stood In the Salle des Pas Perdue,
looking idly at Horace Vernet's bright paintings on
the ceiling, and at the bronze Lsoooon, in came 1
Changernier, walking with Lis lieutenant, Valazy,
talking low, with nervous smiles and twitches. I
attempted to read in his features the issue of the day;
I could only see that he was in a state of great excite.
sent, bat it was impossible to divine whether morti-
fication or triumph were uppermost in his agitated
features. Next came the grave Mole, with Monte-
bello, Heokeren, and Casimir Perrier. When they
had passed over the stage, Leon Faucher and Darn
followed. All were full of mystery, and looked
armed at all points with their oaths of secrecy, de-
fying interrogation. As for the twelve members is
the Salle des Conferences, they knew no more about
what the commission had decided than the man in the
moos. Not a whisper of surmise circulated. All
that I could learn was the result which I have man-
dated above.
The changes made in the military commands by the
decree in the Moniteur have only the object of carving
ent a command for Nenmayer, who, removed from
the command of the Ist division (Paris), is appointed
to the 13th division (Rennes), in place of General
Dovivier, who goes on the retired list. General
Nenmayer is also to hold the command of the 14th
military division (Nantes). General de Rostolao,
who has hitherto commanded the Bth, 9.h, and 10th
divisions, is to command in future the 7th, Bth, and
9th (Marseilles, Montpellier, and Perpignan). Go-
metal d'Arbonville, who has hitherto commanded the
11th, 12th, and 14th divisions, is to retain the cam-
send of the 12:h division (Bordeaux), and to unite
With it that of the 10:h and 11th (Toulouse and
Bayonne). Another decree of the same date appoints
[ General Camelot, who has hitherto commanded the
7th division, to replies General Nenmayer in the
[ estamsnd of the Ist military division.
it domes to be remarked that the appointment of
Gemal Cunha to replace General Nenmayer, is not
signed b either the President or the Minister of
War. It runs then : "By cecree of Oct. 29, &c."
It is erroneously stated in some journals that M. de
Peridgn: is returned to Paris. He is expected, how-
ever,ilrola Berlin before the convocation of the As-

emnbly.
There was a fall to-day of 70 centimes in the Fine,
and of 60 in the Threes. You will nevertheless see
by my letter that a favourable reaction is likely to
take place to-morrow from the conciliatory tone
adopted by General Chaegarnier.
Three ministerial councils were held yesterday,
the first at half-put 11 in the morning; the second,
' which was not complete, at half-put three; and the
third at half-peat Bin the evening. At the latter,
the resolution to displace Om. Numayer was adopted

unanimously.
It was Gen. Schramm, who proposed in the council
of ministers that Gen. Neumayer, instead of being
purely and simply dismissed, should be promoted to
another post. This proposition was agreed to by all
the ministers except M. Bineau.
It is confidently asserted that Oen. Neumayer con-
tinues to decline the new command 'deigned to him.
The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce has re-
quesud the Chamber of Commerce of Chalons to give
its opinion as to the measures which ought to be taken
to put an end to the fabrication of imitation cham-
pagne wine in Russia. This imitation is carried to
an immense extent in Russia, whereby the govern-
ment of that country is defrauded of duties, and the
producers of the genuine wine in France sustain a
great injury.
The Moniteur publishes the report of the Minister
of Justice, giving the statistics of crime for 1848. The
details are very long, but are interesting, except
in a few general paints. We learn from them that
the number of aocased persons brought to trial was
in the proportion of Ito 4,815 of the population. In
1847 the proportion was 1 to 4,06 J.
By decree of the President of the Republic, dated
the 14th, a supplementary credit of 109,300 fr. is
opened to the Minister of Public Instruction for the
expenses of the Papal bulls, on the nomination of the
Archbishop of Cambrai, the coadjutor of the Bishop of
Belley, and the Bishop of Angouleme ; and also the
expenses of the installation and first establishment of
' the three new cardinals.
' The electoral colleges of the Cher are convoked by
a decree for the 24th of November, to choose two ro-
t presentative', in place of M. Lourion,i resigned, and
M. Poisle-llesgranges, deceased.

PARIS FUNDS, Oct. 30.
Three per Cente.
Five per Cent& 92[ 00.
Ralik Shares 2,273 E Oe.

burly, have already oommenced their march into
Austria. Sundry corps Moe moved from the Tyrol

to thelionarlberi. -
The dates of intelligence are, Frankfort the 28th,
Camel the 27th, and Berlin the 28th init.
BADEN.

A correspondent lentos from Carlaruhe on the
26th I —We were all surprised this morning to hear
that M. Tauber, Minister for Foreign Affairs, had been
soddenly dismissed, and Baron Rtidt appointed his
successor. It was remarked that M. Kliiber wan
not present with the other ministers yesterday is
the Chamber during the important discussion oa
the convention with Prumia. People are naturally
'eking whetherßaden is choosing thepresent moment
to secede from the Prussian alliance. Doubtless the I
dismissal of the foreign minister is fall of meaning,
but it is yet too early to answer the question. The
Duke of Baden is a prince of strict honour in all that
regards promises, and moreover, M. Stengel, one id
the warmest supporters of the Prussian alliance, is
still in the ministry. M. Riidt, the new minister
was formerly intimately connected with Blittersdod,
be has lately, however, represented his sovereign at
Munich with much spirit and independence. The
commission on the military convention with Prue-
sia has, at length, completed its report to
the First Chamber. Two addresses to the Duke
were prepared and opinions were so nicely balanced
that tie outing vote of Prince Furstenberg alone
smeared the adoption of the one more favourable to
the Prussian alliance. The rejected address called
upon the duke to denounce the convention, and enter
into :negotiations tor admitting a federal garrison
to Rastadt. The'second address which was adopted,
concludes in the following terms :
The first chamber of you? highness's feithful:states has to-
day, in private sitting, resolved humbly to pray that your
royal highness will direct that ISO farther removals of Baden
troops to Prussian garrisons may take place, and the troops
of the Grand Duchy, now iniPrumien garrisons, may be re-
called as scones parade in acoordanes with the provisions of
the military treaty; they propose, at the same time, the
&mistiest of a corresponding number of Prussian troops now
serving in this state, the indemnity for the same to be
reckoned according to Art. 3 of the Ithervention. The
chamber prays your royal highness to direct negotiations
with the Prussian government to order to procure • reduc
don of the amount demanded by that government as charges
of occupation, and particularly that the charges on account
of the Baden troops In Prussia may be computed from
the day of actual arrival, and that thou' for the Prussian
trooped' Baden may be estimated in the some manner; also
that the number of the latter troops may be reduced as soon
as possible, in order to afford barrack room to the native
soldiery, and so minimise their cost to the country. Lastly,
your chamber prays that the government of your Royal
Highness will take into consideration how the privilege re-
served to your Royal Highness in Art. I. of the Convention
may best be exercised.
Banute, OCT. 29.—Voluntary Loan. 1061 ; New Loan,
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 ;National Debt, 861 ;
Commercial Marine Society's Premium, 120 ; Bank Shane,
971.
Vtirena, Oar. 28.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 931; Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., ditto, 821. Bank Shares, 1,143.
Eachangs on London, 11.66.