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    Mr . Samuel Laing , M . P ., has , it is understood , resigned the chair of the board of this company ; remaining , however , in the direction . Mr . Laing was , it wilL . be recollected , a salaried chairman ; and now that he is no longer able to give his undivided attention to the affairs of the company , he has very properly relinquished the salary g iven with that view . Yesterday being the 5 th of November , the usual search was made in the parliamentary cellars to discover the shade of Gruy , and prevent the blowing up of the parliament . With lamp in hand , and with solemn step and watchful eye , every nook and corner was examined for the

    discovery of combustible materials calculated to blow up the New Palace of Westminster and tho peers and commoners of the land , but none were found except some rubbish connected with the lighting and ventilating processes of Dr . Reid . The shade of the ancient Guy was searched for in vain , and after a fruitless effort in the subterranean regions in the New Palace of Westminster , the searchers returned to the carpeted chambers of the upper stories covered with dust , and nearly suffocated with foul air , to report Guy v . on est inventus , and that the lords spiritual and temporal , and her Majesty ' s faithful Commons , had no cause for apprehension .

    The committee which conducted the late election o Bradford , in the interest of Colonel Thompson , have f decided to petition against the return of Mr . Wiekham . They feel that the election of that gentleman was not the fair expression of the opinions and wishes of the electors—that it was accomplished directly by a conspiracy of the Roman Catholic voters , and indirectly by corrupt and false votes . The votes of the former cannot he removed from the poll , but those of the latter can , and by their removal the act of the former rendered null and void . On this account chiefly , so we believe ,. have the friends of Colonel Thompson resolved on a petition . An intimation of their intention lias been made to the chairman of Mr . Wickham ' s committee , and a meeting of that body was held yesterday , at the New Inn , to consider what steps shall be taken in the matter . We have not heard the result of their deliberations . —Bradford Observer . Several of the passengers in the Australian steampacket Melbourne , who came home from Lisbon , had internviews with the directors on Thursday , and their statements of the accident which befel the Melbourne , together with the general condition and accommodation of the ship , were received in detail . It is said that the directors intend to send out another captain to take the ship on to her destination . It may be stated that the commander of her Majesty ' s steam-sloop Inflexible , Commander Woolridge , has had too experience of being the mail agent for more than a year in the General Screw Steam Company ' s ships to the Cape .

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    KUKOPKAN IJOAGUK AGAINST AM . K 1 UCA . " Kiiom tho moment at which the Democratic Com veal ion of Baltimore proclaimed Cj ! ( moral I'ierce to be the candidate oi" that ; party for 1 . 110 Presidency oi' the United States , wo have nevor « Md , erta , ined it . doubt of hi . s huccchs ; and our conviction on Ui ' point has been materially strengthened by ( ho divisions mid blunders of the American WiiigH . " Wo assure the reader that wo are

    not quoting from any old number of our own paper , but from the Times of Wednesday W It is satisfactory to us to observe that the leading journal is , and has been , so well informed on American affairs . We have no doubt that the writer states the literal truth , when he says that he has seen the result from the commencement But let us continue the prospect in- the Ian guage of our contemporary . "As General Pierce is known to be favourable to low tariffs and

    liberty of trade , no doubt can be entertained that the period during which he may probabl y conduct the affairs of the United States will witness a vast and rapid extension of their own resources and of their relations with , this country . On the score of the internal policy of the Government no apprehensions need be entertained . " The less so , since . , as the Times has so truly indicated in the foregoing passage , prosperity of every kind , to the commerce and to the arms of the Union , lies before it in its path .

    Tlie sole want of confidence to which the writer confesses , is in the foreign policy of the American Government , which is expected to require " an unusual amount of firmness and prudence in the new President . " We have as little doubt that these qualities will be demanded in the new President , as that they will be supplied in Franklin Pierce ; but we view that necessity without any of the apprehensions conveyed in the

    tone of the Times . Ihe prospect , indeed , excepting to those who are fastidious for this working world , or too timid , is one of the brightest , both for America and for Europe . It is true that new impulses have taken possession of the American . Republic . "A new President , elected at the very moment when the passion of conquest and aggrandizement seems to have possessed itself of the nation with increasing violence , will naturally find it more difficult to control these mischievous

    and unprincipled tendencies . " Strange terms these for a writer of the nation now holding so largely by conquest ; but let that pass . It is true that Mr . Fillmore " seems to share neither the passions nor the enthusiasm of his fellow citizens , " and that in that respect he signally differs from Franklin Pierce , who enlisted in the Volunteers with the expectation of serving even as a common soldier on the field of Mexico .

    Although we may take exception to the manner in which the Times notes these facts , we are willing to compound for any annoyance at the terms , by satisfaction at seeing that the force of the facts themselves is appreciated by the leading public writer of England . At all events , the public is taught to understand the strength , and direction of the political forces in the West . The necessity for that knowledge is urgent ; ^ as the crisis may come at a day ' s notice . The Times most usefully draws attention to another point : —

    " Among other circumstances that may tend to the gratification of these passions , it seems that the Navy J ) epartinent under Mr . Fillniore hus gradually formed a squadron of unusual strength , now ly ing ready for use in the harbours of the United States . The expedition against Japan is ntill the motive or pretext for the equipment for this armament , and we have no doubt that thi . s squadron does consist of a line-of-bnttlo ship , three or lour uteain-frigntcs , und . some sloops of w » r , equal in their respective lands to the vessels of any nnvy in Europe . I jut , compared to the existing naval forces of Koine other countries , . such u squadron is inconsiderableand we ( should watch with interest ,

    amount-, ing to wonder , the advance of such a force , numbering in all but 211 ) guns , against the unknown but not inconsiderable powers of resistance of the Empire ) of Japan . In the present aspect of affairs with Spft" > , we are , however , l > y no means . satisfied that Japan is the true destination of this little fleet ; and it will certainly be extraordinary if this important detachment of tint American navy be sent acronn the Eastern ArclnF'atf ' and entirely out of reach , nt a time when the reliitiouH of the United States with any European power aro unsettled or insecure . "

    Wo believe , indeed , that the squadron * # - tended for Japan ; but the remark ol our coiitemporary , that , uh a time is near when a prcsc ' who it * imminent nearer homo , tho squadron vi scarcely ho Hcnt ho great a distance , in tJiat ^ man who understands puhhc movement , tho United States will ho arrested niit" « w »" tentioiiM by any throats on the purtof ^ 1 » 'J > backed uh those threats may bo by 1 | - \ yo more properly ho called , no one can 4 '* 1 " * ' int can only regret to hco the Spanish Oovernmw * taking up a false position of discourteous ropu

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    SACKED n . VltMOKIC SOCIETY . The first performance of the twenty-first season of this society took place last evening at Exeter " Hall . In the autumn of 1850 , naany of our readers are aware , important alterations were made at great expense in the body of tho hnll—such as the removal of the Hat plaster ceiling , and reconstructing it of wood in a carved form , upwards of twelve feet higher in the centre than formerly—tho removal of the four square pillars in front of the great gallery , so as to obviate the objections against the want of ventilation , and dillieully of . seeing or hearing—and , ( lie tnking down the central portion of the wall at t lie cast end of the hall , before these alterations the . Sacred Harmonic Society had threatened , in . ' ¦• pile of" long associations and the central posit ion of the hall , to seek better accommodation elsewhere , inxl possibly even to build a , new music hull more worthy of the metropolis . The alterations we have mentioned , however , elicited t lie unanimous approval of the press , the public , and the musiciil executants . Since ; tho last season , the deconition of the interior , which had been delayed so long to allow for the ell ' ecl . s of the constructive alterations being t horougly tested , bus been nee miplished ; and advantage has been taken of the removal of the organ ( oincren . se the power , and to add to the varied resources of Unit instrument' . 11 t- c < ms , bv a comparison of measurements , that Kxeler Hall is now capable of displaying a more extended orchestra than any oilier building in this country , if not in Kurope . All these , alterations are understood to have been made at I he sugi ^ es ! ion of M . (" oslii , under whose direction the prosperity of ( lie Sacred llurnionic Society lias steadily increased ; and we are graliiird to lienr llr , \ l , \\ u- , subscription list , of the present season exceeds any previous year . We must be permitted , however , ( ci express wluit . we believe lo be a very general cpinioii , that , neither in vent il ; il ion nor in facility of entrnnce and egress , duet Kxcler Hall yet approach Ihe ideal it is supposed lo represent . Last season , we remember , at the concerts of the New I'lnlliarinoiiie Society , ( be licut was often quite overpowering , and the sense of the dillicull y of get I ing out in ciien of linddon illness or faint ing , ng ;^ riiva ! cd the discomfort , and turned a pleasure into a torture . We trust ( bat when the dog-days relurn , in IMfi . 't , these miseries will have , been got . rid of by the recent nllernl ions , which have certainly innde Mxctcr Hall one of the noblest musical buildings in Kuropc . 'flic lull was opened yesterday liy ii private performance , on the organ by I \ Jr . Krownsmith , the organist of the nocicly , and in the evening t-lie- season was inaugurated l > y a selection from Handel ' s Hitinsou , including tho Dctul Mttrch and the chorus , < 1 lorionn lit to , lo tho memory of Wellington . The fragments of Mendelssohn's dhristus follow ed a . display of the new powers of Mm organ , and Spolir ' s I , a si tlu < l

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    SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 6 , 1852 .

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    There is nothing so revolutionary , "because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep thing ' s fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —De . Abnold .

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    portion of the next session . " Good heavens ! here is pleasant intelligence for Derby and Herald . A part of next session undisturbed ! What if the Radical party do have leisure " to amalgamate its own members with Lord John ' s more intimate supporters H" What if . Lord , John do take time to consider tho course after he shall have heard Mr . Disraeli ' s great scheme ? The Derby Government is at least promised part of a , session undisturbed . It is true that Lord . John ' s plan is confessedly unknown , even to his friends ; since he will not shape his plan until lie knows the plan of Mr . Disraeli ; and if JVIr . Disraeli shall propose to act promptly , . " Lord John , on his side , may act

    promptly too ; and then tho fraction of a session may be denied to undisturbed possession . Still the mere talk of non-disturbance is pleasing to Ihe heraldic mind ; and accordingly into that open session if , marches with its large promise of what is to be brought ? forth by " tho existence , for upwards of nine months , of a . Conservative Cabinet , united , " and f he daily debating ol' two , three , and even four hours , in Cabinet , Councils . The very arithmetic has a , a imposing effect . Nino months of Conservative existence , and fourteen days of protracted incubation . Instead of riilicitlii . s nuts , really one might almost expect a whole Honk of ridic . uli , mitres !

    it foresees that the Opposition will not oppose ; the Opposition is already beaten . The Herald cites the Globe as confirming its view 3 , in so many words , that " no party or leader in the House of Commons" can be benefited by the premature expulsion of Lord Derby ' s Government . " But " this is not all , " exclaims the Hera Id ; and then it quotes again : —" We most unaffectedly trust that the present Cabinet will be able to hold its own for at least a considerable

    Hume ; " and foresees its own vanquishing of the Times . But it tells us more , and the more is valuable . The Cabinet whose knocker is tied up , and whose monthly nurse is sent for , is doing well . The Herald is even descriptive . The Conservative Cabinet , we are told , is " at the opening of this present November , cheerful and resolute in countenance and attitude . " This is very cheering . But the Herald has yet further hopes in store : ~ tt »» in . /» it

    months , united , and now these Cabinet councils are held ; so says the Herald . Assuredly the monthly mirse must have been sent for ? Yes , that is the " joyful fact" ! Filled with the coming triumph , the exulting Herald proceeds to deal out Homeric taunts against all and sundry . It makes merry with " Paddy ; " gibes at Cobden , " chapfallen , though cleverer , a little , than the impudent clique of which he is the voluble spokesman ; " cites as its authority for saying " it won't do , " " the venerable patriarch of reform , Joseph

    WHAT WILL COME OUT OF IT ALL ? Cabinet coiancils have sat from day to day during the past fortnight : and these councils sat , says the Morning Herald , two , three , and even four hours , and yet the Times is silent . Why ? because they indicate in its own vigorousphraseology of a former day , a " great fact , " and the Herald proceeds to describe the fact . It is indeed momentous . " The Cabinet has existed for nine

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1852, page 1062, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1959/page/10/