The Express. — London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY CONVEYANCE AND LODGINGS FOR TIM WORKING CLASSES -VISITING GLOM. LEEDS, JAtr. 9. Yesterday miller, a public =shag of the work f. /Mmes was held is the Netare Gallery of the Made Melt Leeds, for the surpou of aosforeesg with a dories. ties from the Ludo Esveutive Committee, to reforms. to the best mode of securing to all who wish to avail them selves of the opportuolty, a cheap useelues to Lrodos, sad cusfortabie lodainp whoa they arrive there. Mr. T. Wilt,., Mr. R. 8. Church, and Mr. T. Pint, &Waded u a de,)utatioo km the Esezigive Committee. The muticq wu well attended, and the interest takes is the preuerMare dearly proved that, amuse% Use worlds, /lalet/. the laterut is the ealsibsti•Ja hes Tully ismessed late. Mr. R S. Cacaca was seammously embed is the chair. a..el the cosferecee lased for shoat ewe MOM 4101 40 11 whit; time mast' yuestioas ware wised, awl amisissumrily - - eartered. Tr, CHAIRMAN, hating read thorn= essritalag the meeting, said he and the gentlemen a the platform bridled as • .toputatlea trout the Serbia= Comma= for this district, so sorer with tle waking closer os this Important aster. They most be quite ewers that Oho writ family of Bair= were ring to London this year, a= that, ova. sequently, eousiderable contusion rest arise, noire previous ins roseate wets rade for cinves;ag the people to the atetrop.. lie, and tor mitring them connortable when they got them. (Hear, hear.) T. her were most =portant sub. sets, tied Mr That would tapirs to the meting the nom munition= the Leeds =manna had hod with the Rtoyal Cosamossiosee, sad ales the SWUM they bad to return need to the mering to coarqw•oce. (Hear, Mae) Mr. I'. FLINT eommesoad by spologisine tar the abeenes of Ho. M. Cawood, tke scabs ogretery of the Leer Esbibluss Committee, who, he said, bad boss esespenedly called sway to Lodes ea the Unser of the Bahibitioe be having gre there with goads. men trim Leeds, Haddrisfl,ld, Brolford, sad IlelJea. l. make arrearmoula shout the spar for goods to he rat foe sabibetion from this dieter.. He should first of all star the anuagemonsts made with the royal commisooners, in refiner to rsolwsy wavelets= There were very few people metal who were not =ire that ea arragemeat fcr cheap terns bad been emoted late b 7 most of the railway eampuites in the kingdom ; sad the bat he held in his had sempreed all the looting railway amperes in the rag der, sad doubtless all the other railways would fiad it to be their tat to fall 'sloths arraegrisents reedy agreed yea. He word sta., what these orrangemean were, sha is i trdtil is d ir e II that Pile. e fi L e "d pess Ur:sells mut t h thought rt . f i bl e t re cl i ab: might In able to maks different sod more advantageous sevaormasts than those Rada by the railway contralti with the f.'s! eommissiateere, bet welt • whoa was alto. robot Wended, sod he would pet it to the meeting wheat= it was likely that sa aresagement so made with the royal onsolieloware too rd be disturbed. Well, the, the ansagement mode was contained in a document rat down ire frost the royal ersimnsidere, which states : • " Tar kern to entearage the early former= of ' sob seniors slabs' la the smutty, to *sable the labouring claret to travel to Larks sad back darisi the Barber= of 101, the railway companies sooold now sadertake to =my all persons so subscribing to local clubs at • siren nasal fan for beth journeys up and dors, oh= shell to as coos erred the existing Isis by parliessestary Vries for the jeerer is one diroWee, with ea abatement for do- • races. That I. respect of journeys to Leader the first 100 miles shall always be charged se 100 miler., sad when the dram* =all erred 100 mike, aa allowases ia the bra shall be mods os the fallowing male :—A distance of 150 mitre to he paid Or as 140 milts ; 900 lON SO It i 0; 300 as 250 ; 400 as 310; GOO as 360; sad in like propene= between the respective dander. That 250 ponengers for the whole jouru•y must be retried is order to ei gsge • special train, the hour of arrival in London bring mode as eon. roma am possible for the ezeursioniets, and the time of the departure for the retort journey being previously areasgod aosonline to circumstances, but in no car to ma= sis days from that of =firth" (This would give Just • week =log sad coming.) Mr. Plant continue. —" The darer Icor this district would be 200 wigs, titer foss they would bear in mind that the shares to London sad bask for each parses would be ernes shillinga (Ilear, hen.) Hs =obi farther stove that in amino out these arrangements there was a patter= in this roc= (Mr. Cook) who had been put is • posittas of consider able trust by lir Ilidlead Railway Company, and the whole cot Ike arrangements about the special trains from this district would, he was informed, be pined is that gestlemaal hands. flit same gentleman had made arrourrests for riper= a register Giros ia London of lodgings, os that the same party would arrange both fur the travelling and the lodging of those who visited the KalotAtion, and the visitors would have little or no trouble when they got to Loadoo. ("Hear, her." and *pp .use ) He *lipoid next call the attention of the meeting to another letter fern the executive com mittee to Loudest, ',rib, after calling attention to anargemesta for special trains (which be bed just red) slates, ' that the realities proposed to be afforded for dahlia' the working classes to visit the exhibition are wa rted eursively to tit se associated in clubs.' Let then all bear this is mind, none could avail themselves of these fool lines but those associated in claim for this purpose. It was le constoreuee of this letter that tha Leeds committee deter mined to bring this matter before the working people; and the meeting would therefore rive the committee credit for berg gristly cemeerned to afford them the greatest facilities for truer the exhibition. lie would next touch on the sass cements wide by the royal commissioners for **curio' good lodging. for the terror; climes while in London. This matter tint originated with the Leeds committee, who represented to the impel rommidonen the necessity of making some arrangements in London for the comfort and accommodation of the working clines. The subsides of the arrangements made he would state to them. The royal commissioners moult open a register cite in London, where persons hay.og accommodation might register the kind of rooms they bad to offer, del that they must submit to inspection if they would be retained in the list, and if the persons appointed to lesion build say lodgings were kept in that state which the royal oesamiationen could not sanction, they would be struck eat of the mister. But this would be more folly explained by Mr. Cook, who, as he had said, would have an office is Loads*. All present had business diernment enough to see--topecially as their chairman had said that all the (study of Ragland war. going to L Judea during the present ye sr— that it was very aresuity that the arranrinsents for their reoremodation sad contort should be aide as crept's as possible; sad that, if they lelt it to individar clubs to make snaagements with railway inspires from time to time and to open communications with parties to Lando; as to loolgiage, the whole thing would be subject to such an amount of confusion, dinurbence, sad inso cority, as would render their visit saything but agreeable He was net much a friend to cauterisation in general, but in a matter of this kind he thought it wise and proper, sad would be attended with the best results. The more simple the arrangemests were the better ; and the Leeds executive committee had come to the dezielon that the only way is which mat Ms could be properly managed would be by having an agency office in Leeds. A ansmittto of five would, therein', be appointed by the *repave cam= tee, foe the royal commissioners had said no COMBlBllititiol3 could be =tend into with say inept this committee. Taros the arraagarats, thee, both a. to railway convey. doe and lodgings hate eserflotration. the first proposition of the Leeds executive was that aa agency oars be opened for tug ditty= is Leda, to be continued daring the tease the Eibibitios ie open; that • commitir, to resist of he. members of the executive committee, be appointed to superistoad it ; and that they should appoint • therefor and • paid secretary. Broadly, that each tra velling club should eommesiere with this office through its chairman and secretary. Thirdly, that all negotiations with the railway companies and the clubs be carried oa throng b the Corral Ageney oMoe. Fourthly, that tho rater °Mr be epos daily, within retain hours, foe tba peeper of inquiry sod the conriounieatioa of inmematioa as to railway wars, lodgings, Le. TN ray parr who could have WM to this 'Mee, Ford, se be had intimated, be the askew or erretosy of the reereative clubs, • resting= which was anwhey for the cosvesieses of parties laving the anaage , mob te make. The., tha fifth raggestios was, that sack Mak _sit fit lest csaasaies with the - Coster Agency oar dinar pay dews a serials as m foe seek 60 of in membors ; ands thither sum set earitediog 3d. per head for seek meow her, who may she enilwat rickets, in order to defray the oars= of this cake. If the number of preens esavesid to Lout= was large, as it was expected to be, the con to each would be veto :6a, bet sissy retell word tiot =seed 3d. gosh, sad might be oely 3d. or I id. If the Leeds eseirative had had ay toads out of whisk they gear pay Utile =prise they wield have bees happy to epperepelata them, but the oely furl robed wet lanky lee the Eakihilion building, gad they had so coatrel err it crept ter the local =rears which might be renewed op to the time of despisers" peods to Load's. (Hear, bro.) The Math =maestro he had beten isdnated ; II was that the Carta Area= giro be under the dismiss of flee eseitlareh, impilisted by the Leeds ezernir ; three flee gentlomes to =Or a tasseenew aid secostary. Perhaps It might he greed why • tonsure wits to be assisted ? Per this resew : esprolog a aisle of 280 momhiw wished is make armegemear to go le Leaden ea the Sib of My. Before this Mall be dose it would be sesessery that the central egemaymmulatie should pay the meaty to the nil way eemosny, lake tie =hate sad bed them =se Os the dab ligneketilra roan tad be reeered he. the club; sad, far die onoutty, it was stersary to have • ✓epossible gores imported as tresoner. (Haar, leer) Mr., Phut coscluded by some marks es tka Brest ad gleriousl exhibition itself, and the reeds likely to melt from it, The time of it no, be theought,was exerdtsgly flavearable, for' had it been proposed 10 years ago, the the milting railways would not have dried them to take op to Lodes people by haadnds el thousands, or probably, a it ward be by milk=s. Not one of the leas: of the men= to be seen would be that bearitul Isaildlig--the pares of rystal, as it had been prop. Ely eallod—whica would, Ite.beilerik nitre due. a new style is losibliag wt oily proem OM racists, , bu' houses of ensure sad combat for the w Mr. Cawood, la e Letter jar received Tom bit= says (speak* of Itinnelf, lb. Xoleirman Parrs el Brads' ford, the Mayor of HAM:, sod other patios= ism `lrk. Ain), " we bays =prod the building, sad, to my the art of it, I must eddidly a/dueled= it far imposes say frearshis =printout we might prieraily Save formed. It is Impossible to compare it to anything prenonly in existear, because It is so perfectly arra The as. series, magaitude, worksansrp, sad the drink ere all equally wearer. Every one dor to see It. se I hays bale deubt that all who out ass is will avail reswerves of the oppertaiity ed =mg so." Aff other reeriptimes craved of this wenthdei appmfa the Mae ides; sad he bilisved dam itie the building to me, the baildiag elate wadi be meek all the price they would = l ra: Labs awl beck. (Hem, Use ' Thee, wind be as exhibition of the r dsee and Wiliam et maims, and' together of the Mabhante of all nation". the exhibition had, ammalles W the Econo. already had • bensficial biomes la snor* 4.. peme Europe; sad when the aremblam of `people of all emelens actually met together, they woOd be 14410 regal& sued other as fellow men and as bra en and th e wand Iseult would be, • vast contribution to the IMMO ptrmesent peace of the whole world. (Applause.) Mr. J. SPEED inquired whether the five gentlemen awed were already elected ? Mr. PIsINT—No. Mr. SPEED—Are koalas to be Molnded in the propmed ts onsamearea The CHAIBMAN—Catelaly. (Hear, hear.) Ms. COOL sold be led received an appoiatasat from the Midland Railway Company, his office baring reference to the whole of the Mena to London under the arrearnseets already described. Meson. Cottle and Calverley, of Wake• would be his coadjutors on this line to the north of, Chtererlield,tkosgh south of that tows he would bays the sole ramageescat. It was, perhaps, well that he should say that his appoistamat wield not Increase the cost of natant one farthing. A few dense°, he aaw at the Horne-ofttee Ale:- medal Beddrave, Bsq.,secretary to the executive commiesioa adthat gentleman w:sluid it to be anderitood by the clams that the rates of earthy agreed upon at • me* of railway managers were not rates fixed by the coma n. Mr. Renigrave added that there was so impression abroad that the royal COMM is•ioners bad proposed esrtain tans sad the likanileerS had adopted then; but the fast was, the railway managers met, and mutually agreed area the rates to be charged, and then the commienoners, as • matter of mune, gave their assent to them. These rates bad bees mutually arranged by the clausal's, and would set be departed frogs in the trains despatched altar the let of Jell, when the admission to the Exhibition would be re. daced to It (Hem, hear.) Part of his (Mr. Cocks') duty was to encourage the formation of artisans' clubs. The Utilised Company were actuated by a desire that parties should, as soca as possible, enrol themselves in visiting elubt, is order that some idea might be formed of the railway ac semmodation likely to be re golfed. It was 'opposed by well letsemed parties that 100,000 peewee would visit the Ezhibi tins from this district; so Waif they began in the first week of holy there would be four or five trains with 1,000 persons is auk, rennin each way every week up to the end of October. (Hear, bear.) Only the other day he read in a Leeds newspaper of the detention for three hours of • single excursion train, because proper arrangements had not been made prior to its despatch. If that could happen in ordinary times, and with a small train going a short distance, what must be the eoneerksiecoe if timely arrangements were not made tar so eseasica such as was now rapidly approaching ? (Hear, hear.) Theo trains would not only be required for eseiroyiag person. to London; bat hundreds and thousands of the foreignem who visited the exhibition would require railway mccmintodation to carry them over England to Inspect ear weeders in manufacturing industry, and the beaatim of nature. (Applause.) His intention was to get parties Sato London as early as passible in the day, in order that the game train might bring away them whom time had expired; and is this way as fast as apartments were vacated by one set of visitors they would be occupied by others, and every cleats( would find his lodgings ready for him. (Cheers.) Mr. Redgrave had informed hint that as yet very few lode iags tor Winns had been riginered ; but there was one admirable establishment registered—that of Mr. Harrison, who wee Attie; up as • mechanics' house, a budding erected sometime ago in Itanelagh-road. Thera would be in it two sleeping rooms, containing an area of 25.000 feet, and two other dormitories of halt the sir:. Them four rooms were calculated to provide accommodation for 1,000 persons per night. Every lodger would have hie separate bedroom, and it would be squatted from all the others by • partition seven feet high. The upper part of the apartments would be open for the purposes of ventilation. In each room would be • good bed, sad every man would have the key of his own dor mitory. (Hear.) Each room would be five feet wide and six and • half feet long, ouch • bedstead extending down on. ado of it, upon which would ba • hair or wool mat- Mesa, with ample blankets, sheets, &c. Then the dining room would have an area of 2,500 feet, and the reading sad smoking rooms would be of the sum else. (Hear, hear.) On the top of the building was • lectern 1,500 feet square, from which visitors could obtain an excelleat view of Old Father Tomes," and the commanding country. As to the victualling department, hot rolls would be baked upon the premise*, and the mode of charging for food would be such that every man would only pay for just what he ate. Mr. Hannoa's opinion was that a very di cent breakfast would be bad for 4d. or GI , and a good dinner for Bd.; and there would be so lack of provisions there, (or the contracts were already entered into. (Hier, hear.) The price of lodgings would be la. per right, including attendance. Boots would be cleaned for • peony per pair ; the barber would attend to their heeds sad chins squally cheap; and there would be • room for luggage, the chugs fee storage in which would be one halfpenny. (Hear t bear.) An omnibus would rue between the Mechanics' House and the Exhibition, the faro by whit& would only be Id. (Hear, him, and applause.) all than arrangements would be carried out under the ses. the Executive Committee, so that there could rinitallia of lleaht of everything being done well and efficiently. The MEM liberty would be given to the lodger', but are Medd lea taken that no one should be suffered to create an 1111111111/111610 • and there would be pinions there reedy to take use of thro e who through drink or otherwise should forget foe a time how to take care of themselves. (Hear hear.) Other establishments wool :no doubt be opened, lout Mr. Harrison's was the only large mechanic's house at present registered. He (Mr. Cook) in addition to the railway trees he bad an.lertaken, would open an office in London as a place of reference, where information about lodgings, and wouldother matters, be imparted to all legalism In addition to this, he intended to NOS up trine to various parts—the Isle of Wight, Paria, up the Raise, dn.— thus enabling those who had the means and the inclination to extend their travels cheaply and conveniently. (Applause.) He elm intended issuing a email publication monthly up is May, and then weekly, for the purpose of affording informe d= upon the Eshibiiion at a very low price. He regretted the backwardness on the part of the people to enrol them selves in clubs, thelteriag themselves under the plea that when the time came they would be able to find the money. Now, he frankly told them that if this was persevered in, and everything was left till the last, it would be utterly im possible to carry out the intentions of the commiseloners ; and the railway companies would be wholly unable to convey the parties who at the last would expose • desire to visit I London. (Hear, hear.) The greet object of the companies was to know beforehand the probable number of visitors in clubs, and be suggested to the dabs in this neighbourhood that they should adopt a rule in existence in some places, enabling persons to enrol themselves members for the pur. pose of registration, without calling upon them to pay their money weekly, leaving it, is fact, to their option either to pay weekly, or monthly, or quarterly, or in one sum. (Haar, hear.) Besides artisans' clubs, there would be other associatioas—ouch as the teetotalers and odd-fellows—who would probably go up in large bodies. The temperance seeletles was intending to go in • body, to have 100,000 teetotallers there at once, and hold • meeting over which Prime Albert would be asked to preside. (Hear.) Parties by diem trips would be allowed to remain is London six days; bat be bad a distinct understanding with the coos peay that_persoas might return in four days U they desired. (Hem) He hoped, before the elms of the exhibition, to see serangensmits made for • poorer cloak who meld not afford to spend three or four or five pounds—a class that would not object t t sleep in the carriages by night, SO that they could reach London and me the exhibition by day. (Hear.) This class la thought might pay • visit is this way for shoat • sovereign. (Applause.) Sward questions were asked by peyote la the meeting, and maimed by the chairman, Mr. Flint, and Mr. Cook. The plasipal points elicited in this way IMO that Mr. Moms (of Liverpool) has the management of the London Mg North Western trains; that though them are railway testis from this district to Lomita, yin , the Midland, the Oran Northern, and the London sad North Western, it is laleadadtbat theca shall be no sompetition between them, Ow dale of Huddersfield, Halifax, not being allowed to nem to Leeds for the purpose of patronising the Midland or Omit Northers, sad the Leeds clubs being debarred from travelling to L ondon aid Haddonfield, Mancheetar, &c. ow _4 the o- r 1 "at Mb rapt* Econoneslg liewsparv. *lke Mr. Curtain CARTER thought Mr. Cook appeared always then se a special pleader for the Midland Com may, sad was Myles Coma out to du what he Geoid not anamolish. Mr. COOS rid he did sot come there to compete with say ethers. He wee there as a invent of the blidlead Cempsay as ho bed already told thee ; sod the sompany hit that titers sort set only bees Ism panties, bat the whale mate, run be Mused to a mittens system, or the work raid set be der. (Hear. hear.) Mr. FLINT said test Mr. Co, k had reoriented hired( ra the street of the Midland Cranny, end attended the remiss to give garble infsentatioa ; bat *either hie appeussee then nor what they proposed to do would pro ofede th e Great Nadirs se tin Lead es sad North Werra es Ocpanies from segetiatiog with the Leeds spry. Nobody wools be fettered by the introduction there of Mr. Cook, bat they were at liberty to sat as freely or before. To bid (Mr. Pint's) rind, however, it was quite at.., that, attor Moir Mitre sgronseet, the sempesies would not interfere, esaiste. or dash with gash ether improperly. (Hem ) Mr. COOK, to the servant of the Midland Company, begged to rhino tbe 'Draft that that eesepsay WIN build. re Me beedred splearld OfilfiOft II for dm essveyeatis of yeereger to the abibitir. (Andric) Is reply to a yessikm, be said be hid hired, enured scoormedltha ter 110 peters is Mr. Harrisos•• eetablattsmit, end he should NMs ethers r they were regissered. By this mesas he wield always be able se emus the Leeds yesseneen a here ups their rend is Imartria. (Applause.) With regard to dr terms of adededon to the Eshibitioe, be had the heat warsoity tee pyre( that tiekete meld be bred to visitor seehling then as go bar the Nehibitioa orgy day is rap se ray stand is Lon&a. (*poison.) . Mr. T. WILSON, is reply to s working nos, said that orris lareging to dubs would be at liberty tither to mad theirelree of the lodgings which had been referred to, or they right at., with their (Meade Ma the metropolis, if they had any. The *bier is providieg them go was 61 terse AO eerier ef thane whit bad me fri er Louden. • (Rear, hear) Mr. 8111008, of riding tett rid that he belooged to a slab, each member of whisk we preened 369., raked by weekly payearto of Is , sad is. whisk they mere re, i revise 6 per teat. leis/est, proposed the first resentne. wind was IS "That W arrsogreests saaounced by the royal ormiesirmers te bar Wes sada by the rail way sempaellos, kit she rap einveyare of wueklag aaa so THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1851. London daring the Eakiiiitioa, belag available only to meek as are asseciated is clubs, this meeting recommends all working men, Ismailia! to visit the Exhibition and who have not yet enrolled themselves is any club, forth with to do so." • . ` Mr. Lvem, whfr . idttrkw 40,=4 1 the neolettios. observing .• d IT.faited Odd Febrile were now cameilenng Schuss for geiggpsil Logsdon is a body daringithe ilak*.des. He us , g working these elltt oats, f men so join one at th a Oa, . ,krith tolorim wow ones. „ A woaKING MAN void it appeared **op shaAvg should now charge 15s. for trips to Londouerhen every age Wag going, when last year the trios were oily 14s. (Hear.) Mr. T, DLAPHAttlgtrip agent}eadia-kost aseesesaal. this subject to the manager of this Landon and Nerlk Western lino. who replied, that it. was nueesary to Isok to the interests of the shareholders in this matter, and sake the beat of it they could. (Hear, hear.) The noolutioc, after some other conversation, was carried ananisnossidy. Mr. CLAPHAM proposed the second resolationt—" That i 3 order to facilitate arrangemenui between the clubs sad the railway sonspanise, from time to time, daring the open. mg of the oxtail:About, and also to open a communicating betwixt lodging•house keepers in Loudon. and P.ris enrolled in nein, it is desirable to embrace the arrangements pee posed by the executive committee Leeds (Ranee, subject sue modilleatioos as to terms and the management of the aging as may. an MOTO mature considers:lon, be found seeassary." Mr. JOSEPH DAVIS seconded:the resolution, and it was adopted sees. coo. Mr. ORIMISHAW then moved the concluding rewinds*, which read as follows:—" That existing clubs, throuroble to the proposed agency, be requested to signify the same is writing to Mr. M. Cawood under the hands of the chairman and auratary, on or before the 22nd Inst.; and that the exe cutive committee be requested to mature their plan, sad sub mit its the representatives of the clubs, on or before —" The resolution having beau seconded by Mr. Janes Sw Mr. SPEED PEED asked whether all the members of a club would be required to go at ones ? Mr. PUNT repli.d certainly not; for to do so would be sett( mely inconvenient. Many clubs were attached to mills,' all the workmen of which were enrolled. Now, for them all to go together would be the means of stopping the mill, and injure both muter and workpeople. The present year would be a very spending year in this country, not oily is the money absolutely spent by the workieg classes in 'babas L.oadon, bit also by the loss of labour owls' to the holidays mode for visiting the Exhibition. This stoppage of labour, on the one band, and absolute expenditure on the other, would he very extra• steely felt, both at the time and hereafter ; and if the and workshops were closed by the whole of the adults , going off together, the children and young persons, whose' employment was dependant upon the minion of the mills, would be thrown into great distress. This, however might be avoided by the workpeople in mills, factories, and workshops dividing themselves into convenient sections for the purpose of going to London. (Applause.) The resolution having bees carried uathimously, The CHAIRMAN congratulated the working claims upon having thrown off their apathy in respect to the Exhi bition, and mid he felt pleasure in witnessing the growing excitement attaching to it. Depend upon it, u the time approached they would all be anxious to go, sod these who had not made provision would be exceedingly mortified and azeneyed. (Hear, hear.) The }latently' Committee were =WSW to do their duty to the working elas=m, and he heed working men would do their duty to themselves by immediately forming artisans visiting club. (Applause.) Thanks having been voted to the chairman, nu meeting broke up about ten o'clock. BANQUET TO LOCAL SECRETARIES. We have received the following communication in support of a proposition which appeared in our impression of the 28th ult. : TO THE EDITOR OP THE EXIIIIIITION EXPRESS. Stn,-1 have read in your paper of the 28th ult., a letter soggestiag to exhibitors the inviting these functionaries to a bowknot in return for their exertions on behalf of the Great Exhibition, 1861. Now none know BO well as the Executive Committee, of which Col. Reid is el.airman, and Mr. Id. D. Wyatt secretary, the extent of the practical aid which the Ccmmission end the undertaking have experienced from i this body, comprising generally, it not universally, pro. firseional men, who have cheerfully sacrificed their time and money in the cause. It is a feet, which every one who has had to do with the matter knows well, that, in the name of the disuict committee in ars! cues, the secretary has been the party to get the 'dein of the Ishibi thin brought home to people in his neighbourhood, both as regards their subscriptions, becoming exhibitors, and the travelling clubs; that, too, frequently in the teeth, not merely l i of indifirrence, but of positive opposition. This being the cue, they may safely rely that the illustrious president and members of the Commission will take care at the fittiag time to forward any plan for =kitten them an honorary acknow ledgement, whatever it is. I don't think an invitation to a dinner is the most appropriate. Why should not those who have materially helped towards the developement of their own country's credit, productions, and resources, be protest, and take their part at anv inauguration ceremony w►ich may take place in May.-1 remain, your obedient servant, A COMMITTEIMAN. The secretary of the Taunton committee appears to have let about viedicatiog the value of the services of his coed. jetting in good earnest. He has addressed the following cir cular to various infisential persons :—" Jan. 1, 1861.-Bir, I am requested to ask you it you are prepared to add your name to the many other honorary secretaries who Ira desir ous of memorialising his Revd Highness, the president of ' the Royal Commission, soliciting his R oyal Highness to assist in recognising the services of the honorary secretaries of local commistees, in some each seceptable manner as ' alluded to in the above paragraph. Your early reply will oblige, g_ens faithful fellow worker in the great object, Eat.ua WHIT!, honorary secretary and treasurer to the iced committee, Taunton." LODGINGS. The following is the gnawer which has been returned by the exocutire committee to person requesting to know windier the royal commissioners nadertaka to find lodgings for artisans visaing to ue the Exhibition Office for the Executive Committee. Exhibiffon Budding, Hyde Park, 1851. Sir,—ln answer to your letter on the subject of lodgings in London for artisans during the ptriod of the Exhibition, I am directed by the executive committee to inform you that the royal commissioners Co Dot intend to undertake to find lodgings for persons visiting the Exhibition, or to in terfere with individual enterprise. The executive committee recommend that you should employ some London 'gent to secure lot you the lodgings you require, and the committee will be ready to afford your agent every information in their r_wer.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, DIOIT WYATT, like. It cannot be too widely known, and should be Imprensa on the minds of all who have the success of this great under taking at heart, that no ctrcular referring to the business of the Exhibition is of the slightest value or authority, unless bawd, as t►e above is, by order of the commissioners. The visitors to the building during the put week have been very aienterotta. liAttl3Clo, JAW, the objects sent from this city to the Lind= Estibiths ; h the work of a sculptor named Empalme'. The sleet* h taken from the northern sayasokrgy. It reprnenta the life, the struggle, and the fall of the As® (northern god) and the Einheriar (defunct heroes), as related in the " Edda." A part of the &fin which contains these filmes k executed in plaster ; the re mainder is drawn on paper. Roses, Ditc. 31.—The Holy Father has ordered that the expenses of the transport of objects to the London Exhibition should be borne by the slate. CUSTOMS DiPARTMEXT AT THI CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Board of Customs bars by Minute appointed the following gasolene' for special duty is Hyde Perk during the ensuing Grand Indintrial Exhibition :—Mr. Rolls, of the Landing Surveyor's office, as chief; ILL T. Farman, searcher, comp troller of accounts; and Mr. Id. D. Crssbie, chief clerk.. A numerous stud of clerk., weighers, ike., will also be tea -1 nested with the department for the pumas of examining the geode, Is., transmitted from foreign countries. It ls Intended that the duties of the department shall commutes ox Feb. 1. POLICE REOCLATIONS.—Varione reports have bun float ing about relines to the police arrangements in °anisettes ' with the Exhibition. Oa the one hand it has been useeted that as importation of foreign detectives was about to tabs place; on the other it was confidently stated that the polies force of the metropolis was about to be doubled. Neither of these reports can be said to be strictly correct. The arrangements, so far u they have been per. faded up to the present time, consist simply In the reorganisation cf the superannuated officers. At pre sent, we mar state on authority, the Police Commie- Sonars do not intisid to provide any further pollee forge than that we have indicated. It hu been finally deter mined to protect the immediate vicinity of the Ezhibitios Badding with military; but, whether or sot it will be secesary to import a foreign detective force remains, we are Informed, a matter for future consideration. Th. registrati It bunnies of the Exhibition, ceder the sassageseat and eoperfntendenee of Captain Ibbetsea, will belie:signed to the building itself on the In February. Tb. temporary hoardings by which the respective cow tries and dames are to be separated and indicated ese being Sneed mead the district. assigned to them. LINCOLNSHIRE PAPAL AGGRESSION ADORE/A.— /tithe, itt, for some reseal (says the Stanford Memory), time has cot bees a general minty usetiag as the subject of the Papal apittagoo, we Had that so whines to the Qaeea has beta eatatteival/ gazed. THE MANUFA C TURING DISTRICTS. • ••• COTTON MILL DESTROYED BT FIRE. • DAMAGE £22,000. ' " MANCHE/3 JAN. 10. At ea early hour this mortat4 one of the most lorloss Bros we have had for • Ines time in this district broke out at the mill of Muni Wallace, Wateturst, and Tbompoon, cotton spinners and manufacturers, Chepstow earegi, Oxford•rood, kterreberter. The mill of Messrs Welkin sag Co. we. apparently a nearly new erection ' and oats ca of the loftiest and finest pieces of masonry of the kind to look at in the town. It was eight storeys high, each storey befog of more than the average altitude for such buildings, was of substantiel proportions, with gnome faciers, string. seen" and pediment, arid had an Imposing appearance. It was filled to a groat extent with new machinery of modern in elation, end both building sad stock were consequently of the most valuable description. It stood on the northerly side of Chepstow-street, being bounded on the out and at the back by two arms of the Junction Canal, which here divide and nto at right angles. On the west side of it is the eztensive milt of MINIM Wadkin and Co., spinners and sewing cotton manufacturers, pert of this building abutting doe* upon the rear of Messrs. Wallace and Co.'s mill. The lire broke out 'bout a quarter before six. The hands began to assemble in the mill and light it up about holy -put five o'clock in the morning, and to make other preparations for commencing work at six o'clock—the hour now prescribed by the Fee. tones Act for starttog the machisery. A boy went up to fight the gas in the uppermost, or eighth storey, and after performing his teak returned to the 'onto= of the mill. No cog was with him, and in what way In performed bit lark is not known; but about a quarter to six o'clock the men who bad lighted the gar in the seventh storey gave an alarm of fire, declaring that he had been up into the eighth floor, and saw the whole of the far end of that storey is a blue. The whole of the hands were thrown into the utmost consternation. Fortis. nately one of the overlookers bad more presence of mind than the rest, and yenning to a cab stand he got into a vehicle and drove off to the fire police yard, and gave the alum there, so that speedy assistance was soon on the spot. Mr. Rose, manager of the fire polio*, hastened with two engines to the spot. and was followed to the /trembles very speedily by three other engines, and all, with their full appointments of men, were speedily in a condition to commence operations. The distance of the mill from the fire engine yard is not more than hall a mile. The mill, however, end especially that portion of it in which the fire originated, were most difficult to approach. By this time both the eighth and seventh storeys cf the mill were in a blue, but the part of the building which was burn ing most fiercely, and in which the fire was the most dense, was that overlooking the angle of the two branches of the Junction Canal. boors mentioned. The opposite sides of the canal are covered with buildings almost to the water's edge: the north shore having upon it the chemical works of Messrs. Henry and Co., arsenic manufacturers, the works of Nathan, Loyd, and Co., chemists and drysalten ; and the cotton mill of Mr. Alderman Sharderces; and the east shore the timber yard and buildings of Messrs. flay, Nash, and M'Kean. 'The moat appproachable side of the building was, consequently, the Chepstow-street side. But here the two engines which first arrived bad to wait for ten minutes or a quarter of an hour before they could get • supply of water from the street mains. Then, when they bad carried the hose up a winding staircase at that point nearly 90 feet high, and introduced the jets to play upon the fire, the part of the room in which the fire burnt most fiercely was still nearly forty yards distant-40 yards being nearly the utmost distance such jets will cover with any effect, even on the ground, and leaving out of question the height to which the water had to be lifted The state of things, it will bs seen, was most difficult, sod the result was the most disastrous. The floors had a slight inclination towards where the jet men stood at the door, and though Mr. Roes and his best men boldly faced the ft emu, and directed jets of water into both the seventh end eighth stories, it was under most disheartening circumstances; the water poured back upon them in a torrent, owing to the inclination of the Boors, and the Runes roared and fairly seemed to revel among the oily materiels surrounding the machinery and along the floors, mocking in the distance every attempt to reach them with any considerable stream of water. I have stated that the building had an imposing and substantial appearance, but I have been assured that the proportions of the materials on which the floors rested, and of which they were composed, were very deficient. The result was, that about seven o'clock, Mr. Rose and the men along with him at the Chepstow end of the two upper storeys were soddenly claimed by a noise like an explosion, and the next instant, to their terror, they saw about thirty feet in length of the far end of the two floors snap asunder and fall with the roof and superincumbent machinery upon the floor below. Nor did they step here: the whole of the !hors below sunk beneath the crash, a large portion of the eastern and northern walls fell outwards towards the canal, and the hitherto con fined and caged-up flames burst forth into the open atmo sphere, lighting up the h and discovering the whole of the north end of the buildiog • ma sa of ruins. Fortu nately the antithesis by which they had ascended was • solid anl substantial piece of stonework, and they were enabled to descend in safety. But with. the fall of the north end of the building the (lulu had access to the whole of the other storeys below, and the entire pile at the south end became ignited almost sinsultainowly. Whilst Mr. Rose, and the men under his imme diate direction, played on the fire from the south end of the pile, u described above, • party of his men with an other engine had played upu the north end from the chemical works of Messrs. Henry and Co., and the sheds of Messrs. Nathan, Loyd, and Co., but the we're of the canal, which they were obliged to uee, was thick and muddy, an d being difficult to pass through the valves the engine acted very inefficiently. They had, however, • very narrow eecaps of destruction by the fall of that end of the mill, fur the im mense wall at the north end when it tell out on on the napping wader of the floors, not only covered the whole width of the canal but the sheds of Messrs. Henry and Co. and Mews. Nathan, Loyd, and Co., in which they were stationed, entirely destroying the two sheds end levelling them with the ground. The corporal in charge had fortunately seen an indication in the bulging out of the wall of the mill of the com ing danger, and had just removed his engine and men, or it is probable that man l y lives would have been lost. It is easy to conceive that ter this occurrence the fire had full sway over the whole bsilding, and I regret to soy that the whole mass it now a heap of ivies. The firemen are playing on the ruins up to the moment I write, but they have saved a small range of buildings balongiog to the firm on the westerly side of the mill, and they hare p ted a single timber of the extensive mill of Messrs. Waelkin and Co., in such dangerous proximity to it, from befog itjured. Messrs. Wallace and Co. had an insurance on the build. ing in the Peasilz office to the extent of 6.000/.; on their valuable machinery and stock, in the West of Ragland aloe, to the amount of 4,0001., in the Alliance of 4,0001., in the Royal Exchange of 4,0001., and in the Manchester of 4,0001. Total, 72,0001. This amount it is expected will barely cover the low—indeed it is thought to fall rather below the total amount cf loss. The loss to Messrs. Henry and Co. the chemists, by the r destruction of their shed, is estimated at 1501., and of Messrs. ~ N. Loyd and Co., by the destruction of one of their sheds, is between 2001. and 3001. The greatest credit is due to Mr. Rose and his firemen for their vigorous efforts to check the fire. An immense crowd of people were at. traded to the spot, from the circumstance that the fire oc tarred just as great numbers of workmen were passing to their daily employa•ata as It broke out. The youth who lighted the gas in the top storey of the mill, and who is r supposed to have been the cause of the fire, has not been sees, though searched for, since the firs broke out, and whether he is keeping out of the way fearing blame, or , knowingly deserving of blame, is not at this m omen t ' known. Between 400 and 600 workpoople it is said have been thrown out of employ by this shidelag catastrophe. LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.— Tbe council of this society have issued a document, in which they say In consequence of the expiration of the sein ing income tax in the course of this year, and the prospect of • surplusresessue, there is little doubt that fiscal questions will occupy, during the coming seesion, an unusual share of the attention of parliament; and that the deliberations of the government and legislature will be seriously embarrassed by the confiictiog claims of numerous important interests, all eagerly seeking and urgently needing relief from their several peculiar burdens. Under these circumstances, It becomes of the highest importance that public opinion should he immediately and clearly expressed, In such a manner as may secure the benefit of whatever reduction of taxation may be afforded to the largest number ; or, in other words, to the poor and struggling classes, upon whom the present system presses with moot unfair and oppressive weight. The public health, the education and morale of the people, lad, not less than these, the opening of sew and extended sources of employment, ought to be the first objects of consideration with the legis:ature. Justice and sound policy alike dictate the adoption of every poe ibis means of mitigating that artificial and exaggerated competition, from which both employers and employed are new suffering to a lamentable extent in almost every depart ment of trade; and It fellows as a consequence, that all taxes Interfering injuriously with the national industry ought to be repealed forthwith. It is well known that this assolle. Lion has Ism advocated the entire abolition of all fiscal burdens or ?moieties* spot Wintry, and the enactment, in lieu, of • simple and equitable system of diver. taxation. Whither pubbe opinion be yet fully prepared for so great a ohmse may admit of question but the council coact'se that to barter health, and life it el( for revenue—to Perpetuate ignorant*, and brutal vice and depravity with it, for • price; or to deny to any man, by law, whether fiscal or other . mutton not, the privilege of honestly earning his bread by' any mean. in his power, are nothing abort of grimes against society, concerning the extinction of which there ought to be neither epistles nor delay." ATROCIOUS AND BILITAL OCTRAOE.—At the Cumberland seesloes, on Thursday. Richard Greeshow, Thomas Greenbow, John Hogg, and Willie's Hodpoo, foss able-bodied men, were charged with having committed a riot, and an atrocious and brutal result upon Wm. Thosp- Km, at Salutes, near Peoria. They wen sentenced— Richard Ormultow, the riegleadm, to six months' imprison ment with bard labour ; Thomas Groluthow end Hoag termer months' imprisonment with hard labour; sad liedpin to three mouths' Imprisonment with dud labour. CALENDAR OF O? lIRATIONS FOR THE INO WEEK. • (Prointhe Gardener's Chroniar.) "Alts sigh the Oommencoment of the winter is the time for extensive grand operations, and pertictt . =draining, entrain', and planting, whether in the kitchen garden Cr groins:le; yet, where it is required to be ' done, no time should be lost in setting about it; and during no period of the year will work be more acceptable to poor labourers than during the 11.41'4 cold trying period of mid winter and early spring. Planting may awl be done in mild ' weather, and where draining, trerehing, or moving soil bat to be carried on extensively, trap weather, if the ground is not too hard. often facilitates the work. The effectual drain ing of all ground, whether for producing crops of vegetables or for rendering pleasure grounds or plantations more dry and enjoyable, is of paramount importance ; and for this purpose the water should be removed to a level at least form Int from the surface. Clays, which, during summer, were hard and difficult to break up, will, now they are softened by the reins of winter, be more essily cut; and the draining may be carried on at lees expense than at any other period. Where large trees, such as elms, ash, or sycamore exist, it is advisable not to cut the drains too near them, so their roots often en tirely stop up the pipes, thus rendering useless the outlay of large sums, and ceasing much annoyance and disappointment. PaNT Diraßimest. GENERAL PLANT-HOENE —Eraotheoirms, Euphorbies Puieeettias and many other woody plants which look unsightly alter they have done flowering, may be tut down, and placed in say situation not too cold or damp, where they can be kept nearly dormant until spring. Geiser's, anti similar habited plants, must be kept near the light, even after their flowers are over; other wise they will be asuzli weakened ; and, while their foliage continues green and healthy, give sufficient water to moisten the contents of the pot. Tiring forward successions of the above winter flowering plants for supplying the drawing room,. The {Mains, epiphyllum truncstum, and varieties, FraneiXoeas, Ike , will now be advancing towards a flowering state, and should be assisted by being platted as fully in the lithe as possible. The autumn-struck gloxinias and some of the older bulbs which were dried od early last summer will now be coming forward. A few hyacinths should ha put into • grime, heated slightly at first. They delight in dung heat, and the finest blooms are always obtained in pix or frames heated with dung linings, and the plaits plugged in leaves or tan. Cuttings of any useful winter flowering stove plants put in now will be in a fine state for fliwering next winter. Where space is limited it is in many cases found necessary to do away wi . h the old plants as they cease flowering, first taking a sufficient number of cuttings to secure a succession. FORCING mar A kTYENT. Where extensive forcing ilcaTrr•.l;;;;it is indispensable that a good stock of soil and 1 be provided, and laid up ear. fully in as dry a place as possible. L ,if collected when dry, and thatched over, will not ferment until re quired for use, and their heating property is thus economised. It is but seldom that shedding can be. had for a biro stock a these ; but there are always some means at hand of keeping them dry, if only by covering them with fern. A rufficient quantity of tan should also be laid into a shed; and thus, by having all things ready at hand, there will be the greater chance of success in tbo various operations carried on in the houses and pits, at this critical and busy season. Peach-house.—ln the early house, where the buds are now swelling, a temperature of about 50 deg. by night, ',Mtn rise of from 5 deg. to 10 deg. by day, will be required, according to the clesrness of the weather. Give air daily,' and sprinkle the trees frequently during clear weather. Strarebrrries should now be taken into the forcing-pits once • fortnight. The pots should be plunged ia 1 , and the plants kept 'bent 1 foot from the glum, with a temperature of 46 deg. to 50 deg., which will be sufficient top-heat for some time, after they are first brought into the pit. Give air stall times, except during very cold weather, and sprinkle slightly with the syringe, when bright days occur. Melons. —Some seed of an curly kind should now he sown, FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES. Aviv. preparations should now be made ter propagating by getting pits, frames, soil, and pots ready. In taking cut• tinga of bedding plants, it is worth while to bestow extra attention on the naming and distinguishing of the different kiads. It is very tantalising to find the harmonious arrange• meat of your colours destroyed for want of a little more care on the part of your propagator. When the weather permits, let any alterations in the ground which have been decided upon, be persevered in with all possible despatch, keeping always in mind that success depends upon the careful manner in which every operation is performed. These remarks more particularly apply to the formation of the ground, the preparation of the soil, and the taking up and replanting of choice shrubs. If net done already, cuttings should be put in immediately of many hardy shrubs, as the jasmine, II serer ing currant s, honeysuckle, &r. Look sharp after the beds of crocus and other spring flowering bulbs, as mice are very apt to attack them. We use the common figure 4 trap, baited wi.h anything that mice are fond of, and find it answer the desired sad. FLORISTS . etowias. The mildness of the 6014011 is telling on stocks of poly anthuses and auricular; for during • tour we have made during the past week, we Sod that many have bloomed prematurely : amongst named varieties, this is to be re gretted; with seedlings, amateurs are so anxious to ascertain the properties of their elires, that it is rather desired than otherwise; but no decisive rep should be taken with them at this reason, unless they are radically bad—in that case, they may be pulled up. In connection with these flowers, the necessary compost should now be attended to, I the more simple the better; we are no advocates for sugar baker's scum, night-soil, &c., &e., which entered into the nostrom of Emmerton a•d others of his day. Well sweetened vegetable mould, with clean river sand, should eater largely into the compost ; this, with loam taken from an old pasture field, well turned in frosty weather, to mellow, and free from hares and their larva, is the beet to get together in quan tity for these flowers of anything we know. If stimulant must be given, let it be done in the way of top dressings or liquid manure ; but by all means, if the amateur wishes to escape diseased and cankered roots, with certain Ices, let him grow his pleats in the compost above alluded to. I ITCH liN °ARMIN. C TJCEMBIRS.—If io;il;;;;ootru7;:eonvenience for grow ing cucumbers, materials should now be prepared for making up a bed for them. Lot the litter be mined with I , and the mass turned frequently, to allow the rank steam to pass me' before the bed is finally made up. Those already &d -emoting most be carefully attended to et this dull season. By a proper arrangement of the ventilators, a constant Mr calation of air should be secured, and where pipes or flues are used the portion of fresh air which is admitted from the outside should, if possible, be made to pass over their warm surface before it comes in contact with the plants. Upon a proper attention to this point, the health of the foliage, and the setting of the fruit very much depend. A high night temperature and a scalding evaporation is very injurious. Root•house.—Take advantage of wet weather to examine and remove any decayed or decaying roots, and adopt ettl. dent measures for keeping out the frost. HARDY FILM OARDZH. Bbort fruitful shootsof y ehoicel7;ittrees for grafting should be secured, and laid in under a north wall. Long scions are net so good as those about 4 inches in length, which may be often found on a spur. In selecting these make choice only of thou varieties which have been proved by cape- Tient* to be well adapted to the locality. There a►e many varieties which do admirably one county, but are worthless in another. In purchasing new kinds, the above reason makes it advisable not to procure too many Plants of any one variety till its applicability to the soil and situation hes been tested. By procuring root-pruned plants on Quince stocks, this may be easily magined in a couple of seasons. Planting of fruit trees should be proceeded with. It is well to be at some little pains in preparing the ground for the reception of pears and other choice fruits. If the soil be deep and retentive, a stratum of mhos or some similar substance should be laid within 9 inches of the surface, to check the downward tendency of the roots. Loam from an old pasture, without manure, forms the best soil for the healthy and fruitful development of the pear tree. THE LATE VISCOUNT ALFORD, M.P.—The mortal remains of Viscount Alford, are to be removed from Ashridge Park on Monday next, preparatory to being in terred in the family vault of the Earl of Brownlow at Belton, near Grantham. A special train is to convey the body from Berkhampstead to Stamford, and thence by road to Grantham, and all the tenantry are to acceinpany the funeral from Ash ridge to the railway station, a distance of about three miles. The Earl Compton, Lord William Compton, and Lord Alwyne Comptes, are staying with Lady Marianne Alford at Asbridge Park, and will attend the obsequies at Belton. The Hon. Sir Edward Cast and the Hon. Captain Cast (the uncle and brother of the deceased Viscount) are executors to his lordship's will, and will also attend the funeral. The Marquis of Northampton bee removed to Castle Ashby in very indifferent health, which, it is expected, will prevent hie attendance on the mournful occasion, and we regret to hoar that the Earl of Browalow is so much affected by the demise of his eon, that it is exceedingly doubJul if he be able to be present at the funeral. CARDINAL WISEMAN AND HIS LANDLORD.—Under this heading the Sun of last night sale: " Sines the esta blishment of the county courts no case has excited greater interest than the action of Felder versus Weisman heard to-day at the Westminster County Court. A report having got abroad that the cardinal himself would appear in the defesdant's box, the court was crammed to suffocation. It wag an action brought to recover 331. 13a. dd. by the plaiatiff, a gtatleman residing at Bexhill, Sussex, for, as the instruc tions stated, You having taken certain premises, and left without paying the rent, or for any of the damage done; and all your effects having been taken away, and you being about' to wilt the kingdom, expenses in following you to London to obtain payment ; two bushels of coda left in the house, and not repaid os quitting as promised ; damage done to water direct, doors, wisdoma, dec., bottles cracked, breaking bell. rope, and nine pendulums off; injwing strawberry-beds, and as extinguisher taken away,' die. Is fact, the bill of particulars of cleaned would leave one to imagine that the Archbishop of Westatiester must have been very unmindful of his landdord's property, for the various items of damage sustained relate to almoit every utensil in the house. Upon the same acpeariai in its turn, it was intimated that the plaintiff ud defendant had sleeted to have the claim settled by arbitration, and oensequently, mot to the &twin of a county mart audience, his EISAMISCS did not appear." • TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATION.—Messie. ,70611 J. Hardy and John Shea have been requested by the joint ettnamittoes appointed by the corporation, harbour oommis- Mows, the committee of merehante, to proceed to London ass deputation to the oosseeisioners appointed to inquire into the epiestiesaof the transmission of mails between Eng ' lead and America—Cork Conititution. GLASS DWELLINGS FOR PLANTS. (From the (Pardefter's Chron far of this day.) lithe marvellous building now rearing its head in I. Hyde -park ;bad no other merit than that of exhibiting what can be dons in England under the influtace of a fixed ',solution, it would scarcely claim a notice in this put of our !journal; however worthy of admiration it might be, its structure would necessarily be left for discussion elsewhere. Bat it will be found, beyond all doubt, to have a most im portant bearing upon horticulture, as, indeed, its garden origin suggests. Whin Mr. Paxton consiruired at Chats worth-the :triennia-house, be laid the foundation of a series of changes in the plans of conservatotiis, the end of which will dJubtless be the .gradual removal of ail those lean-to, spas-cooled, or upright•fronted plant-houses with which gardens are now dicoratel. It will prohebly be found, too, that he will have introduced into very general use Shoes winter gardens which so many have sought (or and so few I have found. The difficulty that has hitherto beer. experienced in tusk lag a winter garden, has been its ex AMC The very term winter garden implies the endows of a considerable area beneath a glass roof; hut the moment • large area is spoken of, the architect cuts his eyes upwards, and insists upon the height bearing a oert-dn preportion to the base. Tied down by the rules of his profession, he is unable to acquiesce in anything at variance with what he color principles ; be gads it indispensable that a greenhouse of any magnitude should be constructed upon the same rules as a Gothic cathedral, or a Greek temple; and the result is a large outlay, not for the benefit of the plants to be cultivated, quite the contrary, bat for the support of a professional reputation, the true na ture of which is mistaken. The suppsied necessity of securing loftiness In • large conservatory, renders great strength indispensable in the roof, and in the walls that sup port the roof this involves mush &et, which being once incurred, of course leads to stone pavements, and carved fittings, and such other expensive adjuncts as are required to reconcile the interior with the magnificent exterior of the building. But that is by no means all. A large outlay having been permitted in a cathedral or temple of glue, the proprie tor is naturally unwilling to fill it with any other plant, than such as represent a climate entirely different from his own ; hence the tropic ere ransacked for all that is singular, or unusual, or picturesque in their vegetation; but such plants insist upon a high temperature and a very peculiar atmosphere, in the amens of which they refuse to exist, And this compels the further introduction of costly heating apparatus ; so that, between massive brickwork, ponderous iron work, and a labyrinth of hot-water pipes, it is fortunate if the building is prepared f r receiving plants at a cost of less than a pound sterling per superficial foot of the area. We entertain no doteit that, in general, the expense is far greater. At this rate, a plant-house, 100 feet long and 31) feet wide, would cost 3,0001. at the least; sad it would require nearly 44,0001. to cover an acre in like manner. But when we look at the Victoria-house in Hyde-park, we find that about 18 acres are covered for less per acre than a quarter the sum above mmtioned ' • and of this sum we apprehend that more than half has be- n on account of the galleries and aisles, required to produce the magnificent effect which we all so much admire. It is not heated, it l is true, and for that an allowance must be made ; but, giving any reasonable margin for heating, still the difference at coat is excessive. And it is to this that the attention of the country should be directed. The true principle to observe in the construction of plant• houses should be, as we think, to depend for a fine effect upon the vegetation they enclose, and nut upon the roof that covers it. If a grand architectur al display is required, there 'ie the mansion is which it may be properly sought; to at tempt it in a plant-house, is a misapplication of skill, which usually ends in a costly abortion, too atlid for plants and too flimsy for anything else. That being so, high roofs, with a wide span, should be discarded, the immediate effect of which is to obviate the necessity of massive wells and founda tions. If in their place is substituted the cheap hor , zontal ridge and furrow roof proposed by Mr. Paxton, with the light columus that carry it, the main element, of expense disappear, heating becomes needless, perhaps, or if needed, uncapensive contrivances may be substituted for the numerous water pipes now in ulnae, and an acre or two of winter garden beneath a Victoria-house, falls within the means of every wealthy person, and of every large city, in the United Kingdom. Nor is the reduc tion of coat the only gain to be expected hoot these Victoria houses. The cost, such es it is, is reduced to a sum which is liable to no error. The price of one "square" being known, the exact cost of any number of " similar " squares " is as certainable ; and thus we are left in no uncertainty as to whether the expense of our undertaking will be half as much more as the estimate, er twice as much. To tenants the Victoria house will be peculiarly valuable; because it can be removed in pieces, and put together again with the same we with which it was fixed. Whereas, from the manner in which plant-houses are now built, they are practically irremovable, and become the property of the modlord, in the absence of tome special agreement to the contrary. . . It miy be tree that Victoria houses are not applicable to all the objects of cultivation. Perhaps not. But there can be no doubt that they will answer perfectly for four fifths of the purposes sought in gardens. They will not do for propagating houses, nor for growing the difficult kinds of Orchids, nor for some of the more delicate operations of the gardener; but they will make admirable forcing-houses, greenhouse., conservatories, vineries, and hibernatories—to which let us add orchsrd•houses—a new name proposed by Mr. Rivers for buildings where fruit-trees mey be cultivated in pots under glass. In comfort and convenience they will prove infinitely preferable to the narrow spaces now occupied by greenhouses, because of the facility with which they can be mad* to extend over a considerable area. As to their internal management, it need differ in nothing from what is found necessary in the open air ' • gravel walks , lawns, shrub beries, will he as suitable as in the common flower-garden. In feet, the difference between the Victoria gsrdeo, or winter garden, and an ordinary pleasure ground, will consist in the substitution of camellias, Chines* scales., Indian rhododen drons, Cape heaths, pelargoniums, and New Rolland plants of all sorts, for laurels, lilacs, and Phillyreas ; in having crops of fruit secured against risk, and in the enjoyment of flowers and green I all the winter long, in exchange for mud, snow, bail, frost, and floral desolation. VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON are entertaining • select party at Broadlands, near getaway. Among the guests are his Excellency the Dutch Minister and Mdlle.Schimmelpeoninek,Visconat and Viscounts.. Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Mille', Lord De Morley, Sir Geo. Shee, Mr. R. M. Milan, M.P., Hon. C. Spencer Cowper, Rear. Admiral Dmlee, M.P. and ilea Bowls., dro. • THE REPRESENTATION OF NORTH NOTTINGHAM onths.—We (Notts Renew) are sorry to learn that the health of T. Huuldsworth, Bery , IH.P., is rapidly giving way, and that there is no prospect of his resuming the active duties he has so long, and in a party point of view, so consistently fulfilled. The honourable gentleman's numerous friends in North Nottinghamshire will receive theme tidings with sorrow; and, in the event of his resigna tion, will shortly have to thick upon electing • successor. It is rumoured, we know not with what probability, that the friend, of Lord Newark, despairing of his return for the Southern Division, notwithstanding the immense in fluence brought to bear in hie favour, will endeavour to transfer his services to the Northern Division. It will, how ever, be tor the electors to say whether such shall be the case or not. The constituency of the north will scarcely be rontect to put up with • candidate discarded by the smith. The times demand men of wisdom, energy, and experi ence ; and net mere titled lordlings, whose best preteasious are their descent from en hereditary aristocracy. GREAT PEOPLE WHO DIED LAST YEAR,—Louis Philippe, Queen of tke Belgiaas, Rm ern of China, Presi dent Taylor, Duke of Cambridge, Sir Robert Peel, Calhoun (the American statesman), Count Brandenburg (the Prussian minister), Duke of Palmella, Wordsworth (the poet), Jeffrey, and Bowles ; Miss Jane Porter, Wy a tt (th e sculp tor), Sir Martin Arthur Shea (President of the Royal Aca demy), Fraser Tytler (the histories), the elder Brunel, James Smith (the agriculturist), Neander (the German theologist), and Lieutenant Waghoru (the founder of the Overland mail). To this list might be added the names of manynther individuals eminent in their calling, who have teased to exist during the past year, but whose memory will perhaps live for ages to tome.—Rep orter. DISTRESSING DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC CHA. ithcraa —Yesterday evening an inquest was taken before Mr. Bedford, the coroner, in the board-room of St. Martin's Workhouse, touching the death of Mr. William Thomas Warren, aged 56 years, who died in the above workhouse, under the following very distressing circumstances :—lt ap peared from the evidence that the deceased was an auc tioneer and estate agent, end was possessed of considerable property. He also followed the bushier' of a market gar dener' and lived upon his property, with hi s f am ily, at Isle worth. The deceased was very eccentric in his n.anner, end frequently he would roam from his fimtly, and no tidings would be obtained of him until an advertisement was in *Med in the morning journals, offering a reward for his dis covery. This plan generally led to his returning home to his friends. About three months since the deseased again dis appeared, and advertisements were inserted, but on this oc casion the deceased did not appear. klis friends became alarmed at his continual absence, and advertisements were inserted morning after :sensing in the journals, offering • reward of a sovereign for his discovery, but no clue could be obtained respecting him. On Thursday morning last, shout 2 o'clock, police constable Pearce, Nu. 140, F division, found the domed sitting upon the step of a door in St. Martin's- lane. He appeared very ill, and was groaning as if in pain. He was unable to walk, and the constable wined him where he lived. He replied at • coffee-nouse is King-street, Covent-pardon. He also told the constable that his name was William Thomas. The constable endeavoured to take him to the coffee-house, but he seemed rrluctaat to go there, and he was ultimately conveyed to the above workhouse. Directly he was placed upon a bed, aid before a cur ious could attend, he expired. The deceased was meet respectably dreamed, and upon searching his clothes, no money was found in them. There was a letter addressed to Mr. Williams, Northumberland House, Strand. Mr. Bainbridge, Ike p arish surgeon, said he had made a post mortem examination of the body. Oa opening the head he found ander the membrane of the brain an unusually lugs; quantity of fluid. He attributed death to emus apoplexy, which had been accelerated by exposure to the Gild, and the night air. Witness had no doubt but that state of the brain had existed for years, and was likely to affect his mind.—Mr. M. Warren, the son of the deceased, said he was of opinion that his father had temporary fits of derangement. Ihe letter found upon deceased was respect. kg the sale of some property upon the Doke of Northumber. land's estate. The jury !stunted a verdict in accordance with the studied testimony.