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LONDON, THURSDAY JULY 16, 1846.

The triumphant return of the Right Hon. THOMAS
BABINGTON MACAULAY, as the representat;ye.9f the
city of Edinburgh, is a consummation of that inte-
resting election which cannot create the slightest
astonishment. A love for civil and religious liberty
has penetrated too deeply into the popular heart to be
eradicated by a sickly puff of fanaticism : the pro-
priety, not to say the common justice of the endow-
ment which has so stirred up the bile of certain ultra-
religionists is too indisputable a fact to be over-
whelmed by the prejudices of a feeble minority. Sir
CULLING E. SMITH has discovered himself to have
been the victim of an enormous delusion. He
erroneously conceive' that he was unfurling a gon-
falon before the citizens of the Scotch capital, when
the symbol of his principles of opposition was nothing
more than the fly-leaf of a halfpenny tract. It is
hardly credible that any candidate should have been
entered against Mr. MACAULAY upon a plea so sin-
gularly vexatious ; and the adventure partakes more
of the characteristic of rashness, because of the conso
nance which has hitherto prevailed without interrup-
tion between the political and religious sentiments
of that constituency and the Paymaster of her
MAJESTY'S Forces. Perhaps, however, we should rather
congratulate ourselves upon the circumstance of this
antagonism, since through its intervention another
most signal victory has been elicited in favour of
liberality. Perhaps we should rejoice at the appear-
ance of the rejected candidate upon the hustings, be-
cause by that interposition his successful opponent is
"set off" as by a foil. Nothing, indeed, could be
more gratifying than the manner in which this
pseudo-contest has been brought to a conclusion. Upon
the final close of the poll one thousand seven hundred
and thirty-five votes are found to have been registered
for Mr. F. B. MACAULAY ; eight hundred and thirty-
two only for Sir C. E. SMITH, confirming the elec-
tion of the former by a majority of nine hundred and
three. More than double the number of electors
were, therefore, polled in favour of the Ministerial
candidate above those who supported his antagonist.
That is but natural, considering the uniform affec-
tion of the Edinburgh population to the most coinpre-
hensive and the most generous of political policies.,—
it is but natural, considering the candour with which
Mr. MACAULAY'S genius and his integrity are there
appreciated—it is but natural, considering that a
career of judicious and popular legislation, and a
mind gifted with the most splendid abilities, was op-
posed merely upon the irritation of a single class,
merely upon the warp of a single measure, merely
upon the questi enable character of a single act of
legislative charity! We will dispassionately etaneede
that every individual inimical to the nomination of
Mr. -MACAULAY %as actuated s h.ly by motives the
'most conscientious—we \vat grant this much, nay we
will go so far as to believe it; nevertheless everything
proves those 832 persons to have been mistaken in so
thinking. The verdict of the national jury has been
given against them—l,73s individuals out of their
own constituency have proclaimed their bugbears to
be altogether illusory. And, as though in confirma-
tion of that announcement, Mr. MACAULAY, in re-

turning his acknowledgments and congratulations to
the electors, has declared that he believes his now
triumphant cause to be " the cause of true religion."
lie believes it to be the cause of true religion!
An intellect so keen in the perception of a truth,
and so analytical in the scanning of a sentence,
would never celebrate the realisation of his Par-
liamentary hopes by the utterance of a para-
dox ! Nevertheless, Sir C. E. SMITH and his
adherents assert their conviction that the policy of
the new Paymaster of the Forces is not only det►i-
mental to the interests of the Established Church,
but is subversive of all religion. These conflicting
opinions have been submitted to the decision of the
enfranchised citizens of Edinburgh, and by an ac-
cordance of more than two to one the views of Mr.
MACAULAY have been sanctioned. That approval is
a remarkable triumph for the world-wide doctrine of
civil and religious liberty, and this not so much from
the man and the principle involved in its con-
sideration, as from the fact of that victory having been
achieved in the northern metropolis. It will be wel
corned with alacrity throughout the country, and will
act as a salutary lesson both in England, Ireland,
Scotland, and Berwick-upon-Tweed. MACAULAY is
worthy of Edinburgh, and Edinburgh of MACAULAY.

One of those horrible occurrences that shock and
outrage every feeling of humanity has recently taken
place in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis, and
has terminated in the death of the unfortunate victim
of military severity, and of one of the remnants of a
barbarous and inhuman code. Although every exer-
tion appears to have been used for the purpose of

keeping the revolting transaction from the know-
ledge of the public, yet, owing to the

promptitude of Inspector LAWRENCE, of the
T division of police, and of Mr. BREr4T, the
Coroner's summoning officer for Heston, it has been
made the sulject of an inquiry before the Co-
roner, which, under any circumstances, must be pro-
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ductire of much benefit ; fur if the circumstances con-

Inetted with the case have been unduly exaggerated,
the feelings of horror and indignation that now affect
and disturb the minds of the public will be
api,eased and mitigated; ur, if they have been
truly stated, and: tl;e revoiting and b,.uta-
Using flatures should be found to exist, we
doubt not that the feeling will become universal, 4111
that the voice of public opinion will so loudly de-
rnand the abolition of corporeal punishment, as to
cause its total and spe‘dy abolition.
It appears that a private soldier of the 7th Hus-
sars, named FREDERICK WHITE, has recently been
flogged at Hounslow Barracks for some viola-
tion of military discipline ; that after the in-
fliction he was removed to the hospital of
the barracks, where he died on Saturday last.
No mention, however, was made made of the trans-
action, and he was to have been buried yesterday,
without any inquiry into the circumstances by which
his death was occasioned. Owing to the vigilance of
the persons we have already mentioned, the burial
was stopped, and a jury were yesterday even-
ing impanelled before Mr. WAILLEY to investi-
gate the cause of his death. The inquest
was adjourned until some day in the course of the
ensuing week, in order to afford an opportunity to
the friends of the unfortunate young man, to whom,
it appeared, no notice whatever had been given of the
inquiry, or even of his melancholy end, of being pre-
sent and watching the proceedings, and also to have
the several witnesses in attendance, and to give time to
a medical man, unconnected with the army, to
see and examine the body—precautions, which the
secresy observed and the frightful appearance of
the body, rendered prudent and necessary. It is
said that the back, from the nape of the neck
to the loins, presented a deep purple appear-
ance, and that a large piece of flesh, nine inches
one way and eight inches another, had been cut
away from the middle of the back, where the
greatest inflammation had manifestly been. We
shall, for the present, refrain from any com-
ment on the foregoing statement, as it has
been made the subject of judicial inquiry,
which will, doubtless, be conducted in
the inw,t
stringent and efficient manner. If, however, it
should appear that the death was in any manner
occasioned or .even hastened by the flogging, a
serious responsibility will fall on those who attempted
ttkeeliioll4ll eGeggilOidiag tOjililltell UP AIWA

without procuring that investigation which should
ever take place when a British subject has lost his I
life through any but natural causes.
We have ever been conscientiously opposed to the
whole system of military flogging. There never can
exist the imperative necessity which alone could jus-
tify so horrible an alternative, when the country is
at peace, and the regiment at barracks, when the
ordinary and more humane remedies of increased
drill, stoppage of pay, solitary confinement, or other
means within the power of a commanding officer,
will be found amply sufficient to preserve the necessary
diicipline, and to procure the proper discharge of
the regimental duties by the soldiers. In many of
the regiments that are so fOrtunate as to be placed
under the command of humane officers, the lash, with
all its degrading incidents, has been practically abo-
lished, and yet as full and efficient a control has been
kept up, and a better and happier soldiery
bear testimony to the efficacy of the milder rule.
The man who has once been brought to the triangles
is ever after rendered useless as a soldier; there is not
a single instance of such a man afterwards redeeming
his character and conducting himself Hell. The iron
has entered into his soul, he feels that he h--s
degraded beneath the rank of a man
before the eyes of his conmides. is o 14-,nger can he
tertain the proud feeling which wouldin-
duce him to attempt the zealous discharge of
his duties, and thereby to raise hinis‘if in
the good opinion of his officers and companions, and
thus to obtain the promotion which it might be rea-
sonable for him to hope for ; his heart has been
more severely tortured by the stripes than his body ;
he becomes reckless, and seeks forgetfulness in the
baneful vice of intoxication. A nuisance to his corps,
he is at last, perhaps, driven from it in disgrace to
misery and destitution. Surely, it is not in
such a manner that British subjects, our fellow-
coumrymen, who have taken upon themselves the
most arduous duties, who have yielded up a portion
of their liberties for the public protection, should be
treated.

Much has lately been said of the necessity of irn
proving the barracks, and the condition and comforts
of the soldier—of affording to him the blessings of
education, and raising him in the social scale. The
example of other nations has been adduced to us,
and the valuable results that have followed in
every instance where such a course was
adopted have been pointed out and commented upon,
and we fully and entirely agree with what has been
urged, and think that it is imperatively demanded at
our hands, not only by considerations of policy, but of
common justice. Let, however, the first improvement
be the abolition of flogging ; let not the mere whim
of a heartless and cruel commander be suffered to
blast every prospect, and to degrade the gallant
soldier, perhaps for some trivial and insignificant
offence, or breach of regulations. How can you ex -
pect the man with any degree of education, w ith any
moral pride, or manly feeling, to enter into
the ranks where such humiliation, such degradation is
possible ? It cannot be; you must remove the disgrace.
Let it not be said that the British army is so demo-
ralised, so insensible to every better feeling, that they
can only be governed by the intervention of the lash.
Wha'ever may be the degree of blame attachable to
any party in the present instance, we sincerely hope
that an earnest t-tfort will be made on behalf of our
military brethren, and that such practices may no
longer be sanctioned under the British flag.

A letter from Rome, dated July 2d, published in
the Augsb.trgh Gazette, states that the POPE the day
before went on foot, accompanied only by a few pre-
lates awl sotne Swiss soldiers, to the church of the
Salesian nuns, where the festival of the Visitation was
being. celebrated. The inhabitants of Rome were
surprised t ) see the Pore walkin4 through the
streets, a circumstance which had not been witnessed
since the days of Pope GraseGastELLl. his llouNEss
on his return was received with great enthusiasm, an.)
the acclamations of the crowd increased when be
condescended to receive a petition presented to him
by a poor man. On the Ist of July, the six car-
dinals, LAMBRUSCHINI, BERN ETTI, AMAT, GI ZZI,
MATTEL, and Maxim, met to deliberate, and the POPE
submitted the following questions for examination :
First—How and in what manner sh:.uld an amnesty
be granted ? Secondly—ln what way can the public
debt be paid off? Thirdly—Would it be prudent to
discharge the foreign troops? Fourthly—Would it
be better for the Administration to possess one or two
Secretaries of State ? Deputations daily arrived f:om
all parts with ad Tresses of congratulation to the
PorE. It was stated that the scientific men of Rome
would this year be permitted to be present at the
Scientific Congress at Genoa, and that the Congress
would be celebrated next year at Rome ; the system
of public instruction would be modified, and the cen-
sorship less severe, particularly on scientific matters.
The expedition to the interior of Africa, projected
by the late Pope, is now organised. It consists of
Monsignor CASOLANI, recently appointed bishop,
Father RYLLO, Dr. lisionLocueß, and ANGELO
VINco. The last two were to leave Rome on the
2d of July, and to traverse Africa from Abyssinia to
Senegambia, and from Congo to the Barbary States.
CASOLANI and RYLLO are to leave Rome in No-
vember, to proceed to Egypt, and from thence en-
deavour to penetrate into the interior of Africa.
The Courrier de Marseille publishes a letter from
Rome of the sth, stating that the PorE having re-
ceived information that some young men from Bo-
logna had been ordered to return to the city, because
some sonnets and satires upon the Papal Government
had been found in one of their trunks, has desired
that the order should be revoked, and expressed great
anger at this infringement of personal liberty for so
slight a cause.

The Cologne Gazette states that letters have been
received from Warsaw, which state that during his
recent visit to that city, the Emperor NICHOLAS an-
nounced his intention of immediatkly proAairning the
abolition of slavery throughout his dominions. It
appears from these letters that the EMPEROR, during
his stay at Warsaw, frequently perambulated the
streets, and visited the public places without guards
or attendants.

According to the Journal qf Frankfort, there will
be a meeting of provincial deputies held at Berlin
early in 1847, to con idera p-copositioo for roforming the
present mode of taxation, and for the discut,sion of vari-
ous linanci..,lque.Aions which will be subaliAed to them.

Ma iiid papers ur in,: 9th have arrived.
Tile Clamor Pato) ~tatei, that during his 5, tij
Paris, the Infante Dun ENaIQuB received visits at
his hotel from M. Gutzor and from M. ODILON
B

These papers contain intelligence from Lisbon to
the 31 instant.

In the Diario of that day is a dispatch from the
Civil Governor of Vivm, announcing the com-
plete restoration of tranquillity in the province
of Tras-os-Montes. A Spanish transport, with
286 soldiers on board, had arrived at Lisbon
on the 2d. She had left Ferrol for the West
Indies, but the soldiers had mutinied, and forced the
captain to convey them to Lisbon.
MADRID BOLSA, JULY 9,—The Three per Cents. were
done en the Madrid Bourse at 33 cash; the Five per Cents.,
at 20% ditto ; the Passives at 6%, ditto ; the Shares of
the Bank of Fernando, at 33b ; and those of Isabel,
at 200.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
Monday being the fourth anniversary of the la-
mented death of his Royal Highness the Duke
D'ORLEANS, a solemn service was performed in the
funeral chapel of Dreux, in presence of their,,,MAJes-
TIES and several members of the Royal Family, who
had arrived from Paris for this pious ceremony. A.
service was also performed in the chapel of St. Fer-
dinand,maast
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capital mass was performed for the repose of the soul
of the deceased Prince, and most of the theatres were
closed.

According to the Courricr Francais,
" a modifica-
tion in the Ministry is spoken of for the period at
which the Chambers are to be convoked. Marshal
SOULT is not the only one who retires. The retire-
ment of M. MARTIN (du Nord) is also mentioned.
lie is, it is said, to cede his place to M. HEBERT ;
and Al, DELANGLE, Advocate• General of the Court
vi' Cabsution, is to replace M. ULBERT as Procureur-
CT'eneral at the Cour Royale."

The Opposition papers are labouring hard to create
a sensation " by the Pritchard indemnity cry, but
witiasaut produciug much pct.. the4,caster

the Northen Railroad still engrossess public at-
tention.

M. FRISSARD, the Government Inspector of Railways, I
has addressed a report on the subject to the Minister of
Public Works. The point of the running off the rails
is indicated, he says, by a broken rail, and the mark
of a wheel for the distance of 108 metres. Having
described the occurrence of the accident, M. FRISSARD
proceeds as follows : •
"The causes of the accident are to be sought for either in
the state of the road, the traction, or in the material. With
regard to the first point it must be observed that the acci-
dent took place on a straight part of the line over an em-
oankment of seven metres in height. When an affair of
such importance is in question it becomes necessary to go
into a very minute examination, and are therethre carefully
examined the level of the road both lengthwise and across
it, and the result of this examination shows that the rails
have undergone no alteration from their longitudinal posi- •
tion, with tee exception of a slight depression caused by
the carriages running off them. This could not be otherwise,
for the embankment was completed before the winter of 1844,
and was made with earth and chalk. This embankment,
raised on a spot of peaty ground, experienced successive
sinkings, which were tilled up and afterwards reciaired but
little attention to keep it iii its primitive level. It therefore
clearly appears to us that the execution of the line was in
no w -ay connected with the accident of the Bth inst. Neither
can aiiv fault be found with the manner in which it has
two' kept up. That portion of the line having been given up
to the company from the Ist fit Apal, it has Niace had the
charge of keeping it in repair, and on this part of the line
greet care had been taken. At the spot where the acci-
Ant occurred the rails are displaced, the chairs are broken,
and from the violent shucks, the sleepers placed on new
ground were forced down, and thus caused the depression
ebave alluded to. We have mentioned this depression be-
eattee it has been stated without reflection and without exa-
mination that tee accident was caused by the giving Nvay
of the embankment formed on marshy ground. But even
supposing this ;.fight depression to have existed prier to the
accident, which it did not, it could not have occasioned it.
for very sensible depressions are frequently to be found at
the junction of embankments with works of art, and some-
inies the clearing brown of a locomotive has touched in go-
ing over those depressions without any incenvenience being
felt by the train. The condition in which the road has been
kept is therefore as little to be blamed as the execution. We
now come to the traction, and have to inquire whether the
too great speed of the train was the cause of the accident. or
a sudden check broke the connecting chain of the carriages?
The time at which the train passed the different statiens
proves that the average rate of going was rather slow than
excessive; the last distance from Arras to Fampoux, which
is about eight kilometres (about five miles English), was
gone ever in 22 minutes, which only gives 22 kilometres per
hour. But the average rate of going does not prove that the
slope of Out. 004 was not gone down with great rapidity.
What might cause it to be presumed is the disposition of the
first group; it indicates, in fict, that each of its elements must
have been animated by a great speed to pass beyond the ele-
ments which preceded it, and to get before it in place of re-
maining behind. The speed of the other groups was dead-
ened by ploughing up transversely a greater length of the
embankment. It may thus be considered that if in the de.
cline of a slope where the rate of going is usually more rapid,
a rise of a greater inclination is being surmounted, there will
be a slackening of speed at the headed' the train, whereas the
rear will continue to move with its primitive speed ; the
middle of the train would then find itself compressed, and
pushed out of the way. This hypothesis, which may explain
the three points where the train was broken, and the dis-
placement of the rail on the left pushed towards the empty
space, would not accord with the movement of other groups.
However, if the engineers, on perceiving a disorder in the
train, tried to stop the machines, the effect of the compression
may have added to any other cause of going off the rails. A
going off the rails may be occasioned by the rupture of one '
or several parts of the materiel; but how, in the
midst of these broken fragments. can effects be sepa-
rated from causes? The materiel has been exa-
mined with great care; the wheels and axletrees
are in excellent. condition; none of the latter have
lieen broken or even biassed ; some wheels present slight
marks of collision front striking against the rails, particularly
hcse of the baggage waggon which was first precipitated.
There have beets broken only a few junction-bars and some
uniting chains, and the suspension-springs of the waggon
just mentioned. It is impossible to say what piece was first
broken, and that is perhaps the cause of the accident, for the
rupture of a juction-bar produces oblique shocks. and may
occasion a going oft' the rails. Every one has rivalled in zeal
to lessee as much as possible the results of this deplorable
event. The authorities did all they could to ai:l in saving
the victims, and the last dutit.s were rendered with all de-
sirable propriety."
M. FRISSARD concludes with the following " sum-
ming up :"
" The catastrophe of Fampoux caliot be attributed either
o the execution or the mode of keeping ef the road. Tae
cause of it must therefore be sought tor elsewhere ; but how
can the truth be discovered by interrogating witnesses, pre-
je,iced and troubled. or fragment, flung together, itt the
ieidst of which effects are coefounded with causes. If, not-
with.standing all our researches, it has been impossible for
us to arrive at a positive conclusion, we have been able at
least to rectify many facts that were mislep:eeented and
exaggerated by inexact reports. The Cour R ,gale t,f Deuai
having taken up the affair, au inquiry, euteren into by en-
lightened magistrates, will bring to light many facts and
circumstances which remain unknown to us. The courts of
law will come to the aid of scia,ce by furnillieg new data
to resolve a question so interesting to public safety."
The report is considered by the National and the
Courrier Francais as completely insignificant. The
latter journal concludes a lung article on the sultjecr,
by giving the following as the causes of these dis-
asters :

1. On the parts of the line which required sleepers, only
four were placed in lieu of five, as all the rules of art demand d.
The Northern Company was informed of this necessity, but
in order to comply with it, it would have been necessary
to take up the rails along the whole line. 2. However
the Ministry did not fear to de:ignate for the company
the day of inauguration. The company, placed in the alter-
native of opening the line, or giving reasons for refusing to
do so, preferred running the chances of a disaster, which was
certain since it was foreseen, o depreciating their shares,
by declaring that the line delivered by the Ministry was
badly made, and that it was indispensaWe to take it up for
fifth sleepers. 3. Once that the line was opened, the
Prefect of Police imposed on the company the obligation of
delivering it to public circulation, or to declare the motives
for which such a course was to be suspended. It was again
not to depreciate their shares that .
the company decided on
delivering to circulation a line which knew to be defec-
tiVe ; it adopted this course notwithstanding the detestable
organisation of its service, which alone caused the disaster of
the 9th July. In all that the company is as culpable as the
Ministry: the former has given proofs of an inexcusable
e.tgeruess after gain ; the second of an unpardonable indif-
ference for the lives of passengers.,,

The Journal de la Somme states that in addition to
the fourteen persons killed as described in the official
report, three have since died of the wounds. The
Aid-de-camp of General OUDINOT is rapidly recover-
ing. He is now considered out of danger.
It is stated by the Univers that in consequence of
this accident parapets sufficiently high to prevent
the waggons from falling over the banks, and strong
enough to resist a violent shock, are to be established
on the bridges and other dangerous passages along all
the railroads in France.

The Prince DE JOINVILLE and his squadron ar-
rived at La Goulette, near Tunis, on the 27th. The
BEY invited the Prince to Tunis, where he remained
from the 28th of June to the 3d of July.
His reception was most cordial and courteous, and
Tunis was the scene of continued festivities during
the whole time of his stay. The Asmodee was dis-
p itched to Malta.on the 4th, fur coals. On the same
day the squadron sailed for La Goulette, but its
destination was unknown.
The Three per Cents. cl,.)sedon the Paris Bourse on Tues-
dav at 83f. 30c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 70c. ; the
Orleans Bailrod ,Shares, 1,272:70c. ; Bouen, 902 f. 59c.;
Havre, 7151.; Great Northern 717 f. 50c. ; Avignon. 878 L
75c. ; Vierzon, 630 f.; Bordeaux, sti6f. 25c. ; Fampeux,
407 E 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 487 f. 50c. Tours aim
Nantes, 500 L ; 'Paris and Lyons, 523 f.; Spanish Three per
Cents., 35i ; ditto Domestic Debt, 3 ; ditto Passives, 5.
The lohowing are the quotations for the new lines:—
Lyons ALAI Avignon Detiuitives, 493 f.; Bordeaux ditto,
480 r.

BININI SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EACHANGE, Jvu 15.

Itvitloo:e and Alipens, 12%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Esuelet,t), 11A }utch Rhenish, 6%—Great Western Canada, 41,4
—Lot.v.tin and Jew ,ppe, 1 Luxembourg, 2—Na-nur and Liege,
3%—Sorthertt of France Constituted, lAN —Orleans and Bordeaux,
s)i —Pins and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Paris and Rouen, 3tB
Rouen and Havre, 2s .

THE PENINSULAR. MAILS.
(From the Herald.)
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. -- The Queen, Captain
Russell, arrived off this port this morning. Her dates
of departure are :—Gibraltar, July 6 ; Lisbon, July
10 ; Oporto, July 11 ; Vigo, July 12 ; Corunna, July
13. The Albion was in the Tagus, and the Polyphemus
at Gibraltar. The Queen brings forty-four passengers.
LISBON, JULY 10.—The Miguelite movement is rapidly
subsiding. The fact is, the leading men of that party, seeing
the utter inutility of the attempt, have thrown cold water
upon the ardour of their fellow partisans by positively re-
fusing to have anything to do with so hopeless an enterprise.
Not one influential Miguelite has taken any part in it.
General Poryas, who at one rime commanded the Miguelite
army, and to whom the insurgents naturally looked as a
leader, has set his face against the undertaking by joining
with the other members of the Trasos Montes junta in au
address to the Iliguelites calling upon them to submit to the
Queen's authority. Uuder ciscumstances so discouraging:,
they have of course given up the game for the present, al-
though a few insignificant guerrillas may yet continue to
wander about the northern provinces for a while.
The officers and soldiers who were implicated in the
Almeida revolt in 1844 have returned from their exile in
Spain,
were r
On reaching Abrantes, however, they
by virtue of the amnesty recently ac informed that
d to them.
they would not be allowed to proceed to Lisbon, as they
intended to do, for the
body before the Queen, and snapping their fingers at her, with
a" here we are again, and no thanks to you," but that each
individual would be furnished with a passport to return to
men behindpurpose of presenting themselves in a
his own home. Colonel Caesar de Vasconcellos, who is at
their head, scouted this proposal, and having left his
Government the "why and the wherefore" of so arbitrary
a resolution. In •that the whole body were
expectation
coming down the Tagus, an immense crowd of people
him, proceeded to this city to demand of the
had assembled at the Blockhouse-square to welcome
honour. It appears that this 2p
par
with bands of music and sky-rockets in abun-
dance. The disappointment at finding that he had come
alone was of course very great; nevertheless the whole
parently trifling question
store of rockets were set fizzing and cracking in his
is very likely topartial change of Ministry.
The Duke of r almella and two of his colleagues are
willing to give Iva-,
bring about a P
..) to Caesar de Vas-oncello's demand;
but the other two Ministers, Monsinho and Lau-
reiro hold out against allowing the emigrants to make their
proposed triumphant entrance ino ' t the capital, and as they
are the minority, and are determined not to yield the point,
they will no doubt be obliged to retire from office,
-
to too imcceale4ll44bly by Viecomat Saderwgiciwe 4

M. Agniar, both of whom are of the Septembrist party.
The discordance of Messrs. Monsinho and Loureiro, with
their colleagues, has operated as a perpetual clog upon the
movements of the Government, and it is well therefore that
they should resign, as their ineffectual attempts to repress
the growth of the democratic element of power only serve to
keep up a dangerous state of irritation. The Duke of Pal-
mella's policy is far wiser; it is to laisser oiler, to let the
people take their fling till they are tired of it, after which he
will manage them his own way.
He is occupied with a slashing plan of financial reform,
the completion of which has been delayed by differences of
opinion between the members of the commission appointed
to frame it. In consequence of this, the commission has
been partially reconstructed, by the resignation of two of the
dissentient members, Visccunt. Sada Bandeira and M. Lopez
Branco, and the appointment of three new members, Messrs.
Avila, Garrett, and Polyczn po Jose Machado. There is no
doubt that it is intended to ethet very great reductions in all
salaries and allowances, including those to the Queen and
Royal Family, as also in the number of civil employes, and
to bring down the army to little more than half is present
force.

The Government is much embarrassed at present; the
collection of the revenue in the provinces is at a stand-still,
and the only resources are those derived from the Custom-
houses and tobacco contract. A bold measure like this,
therefore, seems almost inevitable. The bare mention of it,
however, has created so much alarm among the public, that it
will, prubably, not be resorted to but in the last extremity.
The July dividends on the internal debt are now in course of
payment at the Board of Public Credit. The holders of
bonds of this portion of the national debt are safe enott.4ll;
whether the t4eivi bondholders are equally so, remains to
be seen. Bank of Lisbon notes are still at a discount ..f
about 2i percent. The bank continues its payments, but to
a very limited extent.
It- is pretty certain now that the meeting of the Cirtes
ca'inot take place on the first of September, as intended, the
plan which is to regulate the elections not having yet been
agreed upon by the Ministers'. This deby has created much
discontent, and is littiiinned by public opinion to the oppo-
sition of Messrs. Mousinho and Loureiro..

A Spanish transport entered this port last week, having
on board between 200 and 300 soldiers, who had talt-n
part in the recent Gal Udall insurrection, and who, 'as a
siuuishment for that offence, were condemned to serve
in the island of Cuba.' She was on her way to
that island, in company with several other transports,
under conv..y of the brig of war Nervion, when the soldiers,
aking advantage of the disappearance of the brig of war,
rose upon the crew, and obliged them to bear up for the
T4.us. The Spanish Envoy, M. Brabo, has demanded them,
:ts:deserters, but the Portuguese Government has refused to
give them up, and they have since been landed, and are now
in safety.
With a view to the perfect restoration of tranquillity, a
decree, of which the following is the substance, has been
issued by the Government, :
Atticie Ist. The districts of Oporto, Broga, Viana, Villa
Real, Braganca, and Aveiro, are to form togethta one ad-
ministrative circle; and those of Vizen, Coimbra and Guarda,
another similar circle.

2d, Each of these circles is to be placed under the direc-
tion of a central authority, with the title of Superior civil
Chief, to whom the administrators of districts are to address
all their reports, and whose orders they are to obey.
The promulgation of this decree was followed by the
appointment of Viscount Beire and M. Fonseca Mo-
gathaes as civil chiefs of the two circles respectively,
and they both proceeded immediately •.o enter upo.i the
exercise of their functions a-= such. The measure, however,
is far from being likely to produce the desired effect,
for by the telegraphic accounts received yesterday it appears
that M. Fonseca Mogathaes, on arriving at Coimbra, was
received with a sort of charivari by the people, and all the
civil governors who were to have been subordinate to
have reigned i heir offices.
The Five per Cent. Inscriptions have got up to 53.

THE LON DON JOINT-STOCK
BANK.-(GENERAL MEETING THIS DAY.)

The annual general meeting of this Compaty took place
this day, in the. Board-room of the Bank, Princes-street,
ninsion-house, w.ien there was a very full attendence of the
proprietors.

The Secretary, Mr. F. HEWET, having read the adverii,u-:-
unlit ennvening the meeting, Mr. Clirigiie took the chair,
and the usual preliminary b4,iness having bee,' tra,usacted,
the follow lug report was read:—
Ti,e
directors have great. pleasure in presenting to the
shAreholdtrs the halt-yearly statement of the allairs of the
B mk.

" It will be se, n by the annexed accounts that the net
profit, at. er providing tore the current expenses, proportion of
bin ding, bad debts, mid rebate of intetest on bills not yet
(hie, amounts to :31,1321. 3s. 7d.
"T i.e result enables the directors to declare the usual
dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum, tree from ieconte-tax, anti to carry a surplus or,-lit
,f 13.132/. 3s. 7d. to the credit of the guarantee
which, wilt the addition of interest which 1i s accrued
thereon, will increase that fund to 110,873;. 15s. 2d.
"The directors think it d,sirable to cal the attention of
the sharehoLiers to the fact, that in the lialtyeat's accounts
now presented, the gross amount of the profits of the westein
iiranch is included with those at the head otfic, an l
the current expenses a that ',ranch have bt,e likewise
added to those of the head office. On former occasions only
-he net. profit of.the .western branch was included in the
accounts.

4. The dividend will be payable on and after Friday, the
24th July in=t."
The dividetAl was then declared.

On the motion teat the report be adopted,
Mr. Mt,ORK obj,eted to the very large amount (13,1321.
3s. 7d.) that wascarriedover to the guarantee fiord, which was
already sufficiently la►ge_ He also objected to the annual in.
crease of the expenditure, of which the proprietors never
received any detailed account.
Mr. CORNET wished that the directors would state at what
point the rest in the guarantee fund would take place.---,
(Hear, hear.) They would then have an increased dividend,
or receive a uorms.—( Hear, bear.)
The CHAIitmAN said that the subject should receive the
very best consideration of the directors. It was only during
the last three days that they were able to estimate what sur-
plus fund there would remain. There was a feeling on the
part of the directors that the establishment should be placed
t:nm thereforeofthe considered
guarantee
uhumai h.lesofi,llloT oughtlib teo bb'esisthaentdnintfilme3u-

The report was then adopted, and after passing a vote of
thauks to the Chairman, the mteting separated.

EXPEDITIOUS JoU;tNEY TO

NORWICH AND YARMOUTH.

A special train left the Shoreditch station this morning at
three minutes after five, to convey the passengers to the
Norfolk steamer, which was appointed to sail for Rotterdam
at a quarter before nine o'clock. The train propelled by
engine No. 32, upon which were Mr. Borthwick, the engi-
neer, and Mr. Scott, the superintendent of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company, consisted of four four-bodied carriages,
containing about sixty passengers, and a new and powerful
break and luggage van recently introduced on this line. The
train reached Bishop Stortford (32% miles) in forty-six
minutes, and Cambridge (574) in one hour and twenty-
-seven minutes, including a delay of four minutes at Bishop
Stortford for watering. Here an additional carriage was put
on to accommodate twenty passengers, who had been book d
at this station, and seven minutes were allowed for the re-
freshment of the London passengers. Brandon, 31 miles
from Cambridge, and 884 from London, was reached at
eighteen minutes past seven. The Eastern Counties Railway
ungine was here detached and one belonging to the N0r6,11:
Railway, under the special charge of Mr. Marshall, the resi-
dent e,!gineer and locomotive superintendent of that Com-
pany, was coupled on. From Brandon to Norwich, 38 miles
Neere completed in forty-seven minutes, and from Norwich
to Yarmouth (20 miles) in twenty-six minutes. The total
distance of the latter place from London is 146 miles, and
this was accomplished in three hours and thirty-seven
•ninutas, including stoppages, or without stoppages three
hours and sixteen minutes, about 48 miles an hour. It is
but right to state that the. passengers expressed themselves
highly gratified with the complete ease and comfort. with
which they travelled—indeed, the almost total absence
oscillation or jarring motion was the subject of general
43se rvat ion.

Immediately upon the arrival of the train at the above-
h:Amed towns, and likewise at Ely and Thetford, copies of
his morning's Sun; Times, Post, Herald, Chronicle, and Daily
News, were dispatched by special me4sengers on horseback
to the houses of the principal residents and the various
hotels. As soon as the passengers were embarked, the Nor-
thlk put on her steam and left Yarmouth in splendid style.
and the promoters of the "Pleasure Excursion to Rotterdam
cid Yarmouth," fully expect to deliver copies of this morn-
ing's London journals at the Hague and at Amsterdam ! ut
an early hour this evening.