The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-21 00:00:00

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OUTGOING MAILS.
The fall far &IVA North Maeda and the Uaited
States will be wade tap this evening.
The malls rid IlanolUse, to the Mediterranean, Jaye',
Ceylon, lad* Hoog-Koog, she., will be made op on the
evening of Joni 24.
The mails for liabm, flpain, sad Gibraltar will be made
spew Jane 27.
TM Men ineledine Borwads, Harnenahi
Nassea, Herndon% New Weems. nod Maim, and excluding
them far Madeira, Nt. Jaan-do-Nieeragisa, New Oraes4a,
Chill, and Pen, will be made op at t►e sonnies of July 2.
TM mails for Maderia.the Brasile, end Buenos Ayres, will
he made ay on the meshing of Jail 4.
The mails for Gibraltar, Kau, Greece, the looks Islands,
hoypt, Ceylon, India, awl Chian, ens iiionthamptee, will
wads ne on the morning of July 20.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21.

THE parliamentary assailants of Lord PALMERSTON
seem reluctant to argue the merits of his recent ope-
rating with himself in person. They would fain have
the decision of the. Hones of Lords regarded as final
and irreversible. They have taken no stem to follow '
up their victory in us hones by a debate on the
same subject in the other, u has been the
general parliamentary practise in attacks on the
policy of a minister. And when Mr. Rozeoex last
night announced his determination to bring on the
discussion in the House of Commies, and Lord JOHN
allowed his the choice of the esrliest opportunity for
that purpose, Mr. Disaseet begged a lug day to get
up his impromptus faits a loisir.
The parliamentary agents of the despotic Coati-
nental powers find they have deceived themselves
as to the courage of the premier and the loyalty, of
his attachment to his colleague who presides over the
foreign department. The whole onslaught on the
Greek trausetions has been a personal attack upon
Lord PALMEILSTON. The inveterate articles of the
Times against him only speak the sentiments of the
foreign and domestic enemies of the noble lard. The
conspirators did not for • moment flatter themselves
with the idea of being able to substitute a ser-
vile for a liberal ministry ; bat they believed
themselves strong enough to raise a storm that
would make the Whip throw the Jonah PALMER-
erox overboard. They listened to whispers about
antagonism between Lord PALMERATON and the
GRITS; they counted upon \Vhig deference for the
hereditary aristocracy; and they fancied that a hos-
tile vote of the Lords would force the Premier
into arrangements for getting rid of their bele noire.
The cause of this inveteracy against Lord PALMER-
STON is his sympathy with the Continental liberals.
His Erglish adversaries sre those who would make
the foreign policy of England subservient to the ex
ploded ptinciples of the Holy Alliance.. The Greek
affair is a mere stalking-horse from behind • hich
they would shoot their arrows; and tl'e letter of Mr.
WYSE, exposing the mendacious statements of the
French foreign minister, and the correspondent of the
Times respecting his conduct after the arrival of the
Vauban, shows that this stalking-horse has been in a
great measure their own handiwork.
The gist of the bill of indictment against Lord
PALMERSTON passed by the House of Lords in it.
capacity of grand jury, is, that his conduct was die-
pleasing to the despotic courts. Lord STANLEY.s
mo,ion u prefaced by a recognition of the dity in-
cumbent on ministers to protect British subjects in
foreign countries ; it asset ta, indeed, that the claims
enforced against the Greek government were doubt-
ful or exaggerated; but its strong point is, that
the enforcement of these claims was " calcu-
lated to endanger the continuance of our
friendly relations with other powers." There
can be no doubt as to the " other powers" here
alluded to : they are the powers who hare for a time
crushed the 'liberties of the people in Hungary, Ger-
many, and hall., and their poor tools, the reactionary
politicians of France. Lord STANLEY and his ins-
jority would do anything to conciliate these powers,
and their quarrel with Lord PALMER-TON is because
he would not stoop to court their good-will by dis-
owning his sympathies with the constitutionalists of
the Continent; because he believes that Great Britain's
ability to maintain the peace of Europe depends mere
upon its pone/sing the confidence of icoples than of
dynasties end their red-tapista.
Lord Joux RUSSELL has the discrimination to per-
ceive that a liberal foreign policy like Lord PALMER-
STON.S is the only ore that suits a government whose
main hold upon public support consists in a belief
(however faint) of its liberal bearing in domestic poli-
tics. And he declares "he will continue tout, not
as the minister of Austrta—(loud cheers)—not as
the minister of Russia—(more cheering)—not as
the minister of France or any foreign country, but as
only the minister cf England. (A burst of cheering.)"
And, thinking thus of his colleague, Lord JOHN de-
clared his determination to treat the vote of the
House of Lords exactly as the political progenitors
of his assailants treated similar votes in the reign
of ANN, and some of themselves still living, in the,
year 1833.
The loud and repealed cheers with which these de-
clarations were received in the House of Commons

sears to leave little doubt as to the result of the dis-
cussion that is to commence on Monday evening next.
The House of Commons appears to be little influenced
by the solemn w ern ing in yesterday's Times that if it run
counter to the lords on this question it will reuder them
dangerously popular. The lords, by the way, owe
little thanks to the Times for the emphatic language
in which it describes the danger of making them
influential by rendering them popular. It is but a
scurvy way of showing gratitude to their lordships
for playing the game of the limes against Lord PAL-
Id6ROTON to denounce them as a body who can only
use power to thwart and impede liberal and good
government.

Tn Orion steamer, wrecked on Tuesday last off
Portpatrick, sailed from Liverpool for Glasgow with
nearly two hundred and fifty passengers on
board. The news of the misadventure as usual, in a
somewhat exaggerated form, reached Glasgow and
Liverpool almost at the same time. The protracted
agony of suspense of those in both cities, who
had friends among the passengers, may be easily
imagined; and though the loss proves to be some-
what less than at first reported, it is still ample
enough to leave melancholy vacancies in many a
family circle in both. The event has been produc-
tive of startlingly unexpected and wide-spread
mourning.
The most appalling part of the affair is the diffi-
culty of accounting for it. The night was clear, the
sea was smooth, scarcely a breath of air appears to
have been stirring. The rock upon which the vessel
struck, though not placed on the charts, is well
known to the fishermea and coasters who frequent
the vicinity; and the steamers of the company to
which the Orion belonged have for years passed and
repassed Portpetrick several thins in the week,
frequently
is
to land or take on board passen-
gers. It s impossible to escape the suspicion that
there has been gross misananacement or carelessness.
Ooe letter that has been published speaks of "all on
deck attempting to render the sable hours of night less
tedious by joining in the cheerful song or dance," at
the time the vessel struck. The expression is, in the
circumstances, in execrably bad taste; bat the state-
liest may nevertheless be true. Inquiry is impera-
tively called for.
We have observed above that the rock upon which
the Orion struck is not laid down on the charts.
Wbes we first read this statement in the published
letter of Lieutenant Oxs, we imagined that it
applied only to the common charts of ths:shipss bat on
tundeg up the Admiralty chart, published in Novem-
ber last, from a survey executed by Captain CHARLES
R03114%0N in 1846, we find no notice taken of this
danger. Oar readers cannot bat recollect the loon-
movable objurgations uttered of late by the Admi-
ralty and the Board of Trade against the masters and