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      and whether the food of the whole pegple shall be texedfbr the advantage of a class . „ , ,. IJo government can be entitled to ; confidence which rpfusef the constitutional rights of the people ; nor can Jn y government deserve support which would tax the first necessaries of life . - " There is no uncertainty as to the relative merits of Free-trade and Protection . Throne means abundance and con tentment ; the other scarcity and sedition . " Neither is there any uncertainty as to the relative rights of electors and non-electors . The one is the might of the numerical few ; the other the right of the tax- irgmany . v \ ' _

      pay _ ,. _ , _ Free-trade can only be permanently secured when sustained by a broad extension of the franchise ; and the franchise is a constitutional right . Such , then * are the interests at stake . Let no pretences mislead you . Otheii questions , there are , great and hearfc-stirringj but each should be decided by the fiat of the whole people , and . to that fiat we desire to appeal . ... . „ ., „ candidates for the of

      Test your House Commons ; not as "Whigs , or as Tories ; not alone as Free-traders or Protectionists , but also by their unequivocal pledges to support a broad extension of tfe franchise , a re-distrflration of electoral power , and the protection of the ballot . Remember , those who repose no confidence in the people , are entitled to no confidence from the people . Electors , —Yours is a delegated trust . You are placed in an advanced position , and it devolves upon you to decide between the political freedom and the perpetuated thraldom of your unenfranchised fellow citizens .

      Non-Electors , —Prove that you are not " unthinking masses / ' Organize in each locality . Unite with and sustain the efforts of liberal , electors by every legal means . You have numbers—you have energy ; have firmness and determination . Electors and Non-Electors , — -Your _ Ainion , honesty " sustained , will result in tire ^ oyerthfow of class legislation , ^ iH advance ; commercial freedom , elevate the industrious to their right position in the state , arid secure the peace , the prosperity , and the contentment of the whole people . Signed oh behalf of the Council , Joshtita Wjllmsijet , President .

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      PRESERVATION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE . As the time for removal draws nigh , the efforts to preserve the Crystal Palace multiply and strengthen . Meetings to petition continue to be held from day to day ; and they are attended by men who are fair specimens of the different classes of society . At the Westminster meeting , in Willis ' s Rooms , on Saturday , for instance , the speakers were Mr . Geesih , Mr . T . Atkinson , Dr . Lancaster , Mr . J . W . Marshall , Mr . Geach , M . P ., Mn Beale , Mr . G . Smith , Mr . Grosjean , Admiral Sir George Sartorius , Mr . D . Nicoll , Dr .

      Daniel , Mr . Jacob Bell , M . P ., Sir C . Aldis , Mr . Bonny , and Mr . E . Smith ; with Mr . Jackson and Mr . Miley against . Mr . Nicoll noticed the evident feeling of the public . He felt assured that if the people thought there was a real intention to destroy the palace , there would be an expression of but one opinion from the Land ' s-end to John o'Groat ' s that it ought to bo preserved , and that any government would feel bound to defer to that opinion . The opposition at this , as at other meetings , only sufficed to test the real feeling of the public . Indeed , some of the best arguments for retaining thebtiilding are supplied by its few opponents . Hear Jackson : — - *

      _ During the whole of the Exhibition last year ho Buffered in a pecuniary point of view from tho ceaseless hum ( cries of " Oh ! " ana laughter ) , and tho countless crowds of cabs , omni buses , and vehicles pouring through the streets . ( Laughter . ) They wore now told that this popular agitation was to be kept up , and tho tradesmen of Westminster , and of St . George ' s ,, ami St . James's , wore to bp ruined . ( Laughter , and crioa of " Nonaenso , Jackson I" ) In a persona l poin t of view he was reluctant that tho building should stand , for , if it did , Piccadilly would bocomo a nuisance ( " Oh , oh !) Last Saturday , when it was opened at 1 « ., tho crowd of vehicles was bo groat that no one could dnvo up to his doors . ( Laughter . ) In a public point of view also ho disapproved of it . Tho tradesmen and

      houso-Koopora of tho metropolis were looking forward for « omo relief from a diminution of taxation ; but if the Chancellor t * YV 2 xoh ° q uor we > ro to be called on for 200 < XXK , —( Cries f « IS o , no ; the place will bo Bolf-Bupporting . " ) If he Ww wron / r ho would fall back on tho other ground . * j JJT W ! n hia opinion it would prove a total failure , and the only parties to bo bonofitod would bo tho contractors . They might all recollect that whon tho Colosseum was erected in tho Kogont ' a Park ; tho first projector spont iuu , OO 0 J . and was ruinod . It was to have boon on a similar plan to the Crystal Palace , and twolvo acres 6 * . land wore to have boon added . Poor Braham , who was now singing at Jixotor Hall , spent 20 , 000 ? . on it , and ruinod himsolf . ( Urios of « Question . " ) As a frequenter of Hydo Park ho considered that it would suffer very much from tho rotation of tuo building . (<« Oh , oh I" and laughter . )

      Miley is not less useful in showing the straits to which opponents are reduced :---He maintained that the building was injurious to the health , Balubrity , and enjoyment of the park , let any one go there , and he would find , in the first place , twenty acres covered with the building . ( A voice . —" Only eighteen . " ) Well , then , there were eighteen more trampled down , so as not to produce a particle of herbage . ( A voice . - ^ - " That ' s Uotten-row . " ) Forty years ago the

      Serpentine waa limpid water—let ' any one look at it now . ( Cries of "Question . " ) It was now the common sewer of Bayswater ; and the noxious effluvia arising from it were retained in the hollow between the hill on the north side and the Palace . ( Much , laughter . ) He begged to Submit his amendment , believing that the continuance of the building would be a breach of good faith , and would bo forty acres of the lungs of the metropolis taken away from it ; ( Great laughter , and cries of " Oh ! " )

      The amendment was at first seconded by Mr . Garbanatti , of Oxford-street , but he subsequently withdrew his support , on the ground that in his opinion the salubrity of the park would not be affected by the retention of the palace . The amendment , therefore , fell to the ground . Manchester pronounces in public meeting on the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the retention of the Crystal Palace . Sir John -Potter opened the business of the day , and referred to the petitions sent

      from Warringtou , Salford , and other towns . He said it had been suggested the fund contributed by Manchester could be made of great benefit in supporting the Manchester Free Library and the School of Design . Mr . Bazley having been called upon as a Royal Commissioner , said he was not authorized to say anything ; but he reminded the meeting that the money was given unconditionally , and with the understanding that it should be applied to some kindred object in London . It must be recollected that the Continent and other

      parts of the world contributed magnificently to the Exhibition , and he could have wished some institution could be raised by the surplus from which , they eould derive some advantages as well as this country . The suggestion which had been most favourably received at present was , a great industrial institution in London at which people going up tp London could study and receive diplomas—marking the progress they had made . The Bishop of Manchester objected to the fund being broken tip into small sums to the contributing towns , and as to a great institution like that Mr . Bazley spoke of , why should young men go to London to receive diplomas ? Why could not commissioners bo appointed to go round the country to make examinations and grant diplomas on the spot ?

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      THE PATE OF FRANKLIN . THE SHIPS SEEN" ON THE ICE-FIELD . A FimxHEii report has been made to the Admiralty , by Captain Erasmus Ommanney , R . N ., > respecting the two ships on the ice seen from the deck of the brig Renovation , on the 20 th of April , 1851 . The documents are , a letter by Captain Ommanney ; a written statement , and also a report of replies made by Mr . Robert Simpson , then mate , and subsequently master of the Renovation , under examination by Captain Ommanney , in the presence of Commander J . J . Palmer , Commander W . Ellis , R . N ., and Captain W . Caldwell , Inspector of Police , at Limerick ; and Remarks on the passage to Quebec , by Mr . Daniel Gorman , master of the Jessy of Limerick . From these documents we compile the following very brief resume" ; selecting those points which are new , or tend to explain obscurities . A privnte letter by Mr . Simpson to his uncle , Mr . E . Landells , of 294 < , Strand , also assists us . Mr . Simpson is at present at Limerick , in the British Queen .

      The persons of tho story are Mr . Coward , master of tho Renovation , a man of good character , with whom Mr . Simpson had been four years before tho voyage to Quebec ; Mr . Simpson himself j evidently a young man of superior naturo and faculties , with high testimonials to his character ; Mr John Supple Lynch , a possengor on board tho Renovation , and Davis , tho seaman at tho . wheel . Davia ' a share in the evidoncO is nlight : ho only looked with his naked oyo ; but what ho could aeo thus confirms tho other reports . " Mr . Lynch , " says Captain Oinmannoy , "is a person of intelligence and good education . In Ins youth ho passed

      throe years at sea , and since has been engaged in business and agricultural pursuits . While employed under tho Board of Public Works oh a pay-clerk , ho recoivod a reward for his gallant conduct in defending himsolf against a party who attacked him for tho purpoao of robbing him of about 1200 / . of Government money under his cluirgo , whioh ho was instrumental in saving . " Tho Renovation ( loos not appear to have been well found in tho appliances for noting occurrences at eca , or making communications . She had no chronometer , Tho only spyglass on board was old , and very indifforont . Thero was ono gun , a two or thrco-pounder ;

      but probably no powder ; and the gun was not fired . Mr . Coward appears to have been very ill ; and when Mr . Simpson reported the two ships in sig ht , he " groaned out" " Never mind , " or something to that effect ; but gave no authority to alter the course ; against which lie had previously given Mr . Simpson strict injunctions . When the vessels were ¦ in sight , Mr . Lynch urged the mate to approach them ; but we have already stated the reason why he did not . Nobody on board knew of the reward offered for the discovery of Franklin ' s ships . After Mr . Lynch got to Quebec—lie is still in Canada—he urged Mr . Simpson to go back' and look for the ships ; he having a strong impression that they were Franklin ' s .

      The Renovation left Limerick on the 6 th of April , 1851 ; it being the first American voyage both of Mr . Coward and of Mr . Simpson ; though the latter had been frozen-up in the Black Sea . On the 20 th , the brig was probably 80 miles northward of her reckoning , which would make her nearly in the 47 th parallel . She was running some seven knots an hour . The ships were sighted about 6 A . M . on the 20 th . They lay on a field of ice , five or six miles off , about five miles

      long ; the most elevated part was not more than 30 or 40 feet high—the ice being probably a heavy floe , with a hummock upon it ; not a " berg , " as it was first called . In that part , along the eastern edge of the Great Bank , is always found a steady current setting to the SS . E ., at the rate of two miles and a half an hour ; icebergs are usually seen there , and there were many in sight at the time . The current had probably brought them from a high latitude in Da , vis ' s Straits .

      The large ship lay on her beam ends , her decks flush , her lower masts and bowsprit standing , her hulk deeply imbedded in the ice ; she looked like a wreck . The other was higher on the ice , upright , in good condition ; her topmasts on end , her yards across , her running rigging unrove . The bottom of that ship appeared to be not coppered ; the bottom of the other was not to be seen . The ships appeared to "be painted all black , with white masts . There appeared to be no cutwater . Any person in either ship must have seen the brig . Captain Ommanney thinks it desirable to send out to Canada , for information from Mr . Lynch .

      It is known that three whalers were wrecked m Baffin ' s Bay in 1849—namely , the Lady Jane , of Newcastle , the Prince of Wales , of Hull , and the Superior , of Peterhead . Inquiry is being made as to the particulars of these wrecks .

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      There has been published in the Times , an extract of a letter from Captain Penny , giving his opinion on the subject of the ships said to have been seen on the ice in the spring of last year ; given , however , before the last report : — " You ask mo what I think of the two ships seen upon the iceberg . I think they were ' country ships , ' as wo whalers call them—formations upon an iceberg which doceivo even practised eyes .

      " To place ships in such a position by tho process of freezing into an iceberg would require 30 to 40 years , and noo ice would have been broken up with tho western ocean swell before it had oven reached Capo Farewell . Ifot apiece of sufficient size would bo found to contain even ono ship , much less two . No iceberg of one-fourth of a milo would roach such a position : it must have been two pieces of icebergs , and the vessel boing five miles distant could not observe tho water over tho detached kro . " Wo have tho experience of tho elovon whalors wintorod on tho ice ; they all broke from thoir icebergs long boforo they reached Capo Farewell . "

      Tho subject was also alluded to on board tho Assistance ^ and Sir Edward Belcher expressed his belief that two ships had been seen , not on , but beyond tho iceberg , and that they were not tlio Erebus and Terror . No reliance , ho mud , could bo placed on the position or correctness of tho objects seen over a field of ico . Ho instanced a case which occurred to Captain Sir Edward Parry , who , with a shooting party in the Arctic regions , pursued what every ono of tho party would have taken his oath was a herd of moose deer

      until they camo up to them , after nearly n whole day s exertion , and found they wore a flock of ptarmigan . Tho opinion in however strengthening that these ships were Franklin ' s .

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      THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION . The vessels intended for tho Arctic Expedition have been , at Greonhithe to have thoir compasses actuated by Captain Johnson . Tho papors supply sovoral scraps of intelligence and gossip . Tho Asttistanao , Captain Sir Edward Bolohor , C . B ., haH on board a number of boxes , oach box containing four cylinders , and each cylinder 201 bn . of powdor , for blowing up tho ' ico whon required to forco a passiigo , through Wellington Channel , to tho open water aoon in Victoria Channel , by parties omployod in tho rocont expedition , after tho tftroo graves had been discovered on Beeohy

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      AWE 24 # 52 . ] * THE READER , 98 * ¦¦

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 24, 1852, page 387, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1932/page/7/