The Express. — London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1849. PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM. GREAT MEETING AT SOUTHAMPTON. and enthusiastic meeting of the it he bitsestrrmikenipton was held at the Victoria Annuity E w a& es Tuesday evening, to welcome a deputation from the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Ar °dation, whist consisted et Sir Joshua Wthastey, M.P. (presi4eat Utile aseaciation), B. M. Willeos, Rm. (one of the members for the trfroadh). sad George Thompson, Esq., M.P., the eloqueut m ember fur the Tower Hamlets. The large room gem crowded to ovateow ; the audience included a large somber of Isoie., and hundreds of persons went away, „ A we to gain admittance. Shortly after seven o'clock the agmensee o; the deputation ow the platform elicited loud e w es (Amine. They wore accompanied by a large sambas el the ism ect iv. reformers of the teem, asampt warm we noosed the sheriff of the borough (Mr. kisherd Athlone), We Rem. A. Mimeos' and Thomas Morris, Mr. Allermau Brooke,_ Conselliers Clark, Tucker, Aldridge, ga l e.% Pane. Beabse a Mena, and Copel a nd, T. L . Berman. Rut., fte. Mr. Sheriff ANDREWS war called to eke chair, aad Sisal irtnitoesse tie Weiser of the meeting. T. L. HARMAN , Rut. (proprietor of the Hereepaleire yettepesidese). in aem remises ow the present themeless prof the r.pthestation its this so-caned people's house of podiums* aed ea the steps sthery to be takes to remedy usea st;theury state of Wag ee & moved the tint resolutioa, wikk was sesmotled by Mr. Coancillor Beath : 'I That whilst this meeting is of opinion that the natimal myendimee is extravagant, and ou.ht to be greatly reduced, it Cisme est sit a, , y material Imhof from the present her. deal el tesaties until the conetitutioa of the House of Com mons is thoroughly reformed, so se to nosier that assembly Ia face—what it is now bat is name—the representative and espousal of the waste and Valhi. of the people.' Mr. WILLCOX, M.P., came forwmt,amitlet loud cheers, to support the resolution. When lint he addressed them as • eaudidate for the honour of representing the Wrangle is melimaeut, he slated thee although be primmeed to gin • were support to her Majesty's present minuters, yet be held linnet' perfectly independent, and especially eat all questions concerning the people. (Applause.) He had been but a short time in the house before he arrived at the painful c..nelusica that es all matters connect , d with the taxation of the coestry sad the weasel expenditure the Home of Cum mom, es at preemie cmatituted, no more represented the people of litnelad than it did the people of Attie& (Hear, hear.) Nur was that to be wondered at. Constituted as s that Loa was, it would be taxing poor haul= nature toe highly to expect say other. Let them endue the composi tion of the house. It contained 'bow 90 men who might be said fairly to ripest' t the interests of the people. Upwards of 180 members were sitter the eons, the nephews, the won sins, the :Wakes by manias*, or the nominees of the arts. ocrecy—ell closelcosseeted with the army, the navy, the chums, or these is cavil employ at home or abroad. He was et the man to rail at the lleglish peerage. Us had been much abreed,aad had mimed win the peerage of lands ; and he never returned home , but , en cuesperistt telt *untied w ith their old aobility. It was not with individuals be warred, but with the system which rendered the House of Commons a 'mood House of Lards, somewhat diluted. I (Laughter and cheers.) There were two greet crying grievances ander which they suffered—first, the burdens of fasat , on cad its unequal apportimment ; sad secondly, the u ncontrolled sad unciatroialsle espenditure. With regard to the first of these grievances, in the year 1799 PM brought &mean a propositioa to levy • legacy and prelate duty oa all teal and personal property. He was immedialely told by his lords sod masters, the aristocracy, that Yu persisted in his measure to tax red property, the gocerite he peeked up his csrpis bag the better. Pitt was au estaser disary mad bat staving no desire to loss office, be barked back, and man, a duty on personal property, embeding real property. From that time to the pteseut personal pro perty had paid into the exchequer 98,000,6001. sterling, while real pmperty had not oontribu.ed one single shill ing. And then they say, see what an enormous stamp duty we play whoa we senator our lands. Bat are the rest of us free from stamp daty ? Not the nest ordinary trassection of commerce is free—we carry it imps in oar pocket—we an stamped in everythlag—from the merchant who psys his 201. for an in sumacs Kamp to the humble shopkeeper's 3d. receipt stamp. (Hear, hut ) Mr. Cobden challenged theft the other day, that it they would m-ve for a committee to inquire how much more they paid than others, he would second the motion. But they knew better-'hey (leaned on the some principle that the Irishmen at the Old B.iky declined SO he tried heturs Ood ald his country, " Because, your hosese, they Ic..ows too muds." (Laughter and cheers.) Oa the question of expenditure, the category was too !rightis fee him to allude to more than ono branch of B— ike n tval uthenditare. In 1836 the naval ex peadj tire was li•tle more than two and a kaH millioas stsline ; but from that time to this it had gem es gradually increasing, till last year it reached the ellea of seven and • half million& And this was after • peace of thirty-four years It appeared from aU this that peaae was • moat t ;pensive thing. sad that the longer the peace the Men expensive it becomes. If they went on in this way, he was afraid this question would arise—whether they would set he Waged to to to war, for the sake of economy. (Liteghter and cheers.) Us expressed the pleasure he felt is meeting his constituents on such an occasion, and before be sot down would give them the simple hut sincere asset des—the; to toe Saute of the inatutrial chums of the ethatry is hod nailed hie Dag to the mast. The hon. member resumed his seat amid much the. ring. The motim IMO then put, and anted unanimossly, as were 511 theme that followed. Mr. C maelll..r CLatiet. moved, and U r . W. /Amiss-nix ascended, the a. at resolution : That this attires; fully and cordially approves of the principle. apes whisk the Nation! Parliamentary and Fi r &Biel It 1 rut Association Is based; that it has entire can ideals is its &idiot and council, and meet heartily wel comes the g otlemes now present es its deintatios ; and pledges limb to forward its objects by all legal and oonstitu. thud m um. Sir JOSHUA WALMBLEY, M.P., was nest tatrodund to supping the resolutin, and was received with enthusiast:. applause. Toe hen. gentlemen said be deemed himself sine I pokily happy in having the opportunity of addressing that large and iuteLigent meeting, but the more especially eo cause he sew amongst them, forming some consider abla portiiin of the see. ti g, these whew counts. IMPS a,waye gave them encouragement—these to whom they looked for support—those who never appeared at such meting unless they were satisfied the cause was a jest one. (Apelauer," 11• rejoiced also to en each • large number of the upper s'ffil middle dames present—each alarms sprinkling oldie iedus . rious ethessameesst them. Ile rejoiced to see the working en n present, butane it w is their interest unstop*. Wally which the National Parliamentary Referee Association sought to promote. (Cite's.) Another cause of rejoicing to him was to see at the head of the [Ott ting ewe who not only oinkd with him the esteem of his fellow -townsmen, bat whose liberal ask, whose geaermity and political liberality, had extended itself eo a much wider circle than the tows of filAithan= 4 . (Applause.) Bat individuals must Halt into inaip whoa compared with the great obji ets X‘ey were met to promote. It was most fortunate' for him these objects required no advocacy—they speak for themselves must eloquently, most Limply, and most plsiely. They have for their end the amelioration of the lot of those who have long ruefully and quietly knocked at tee doors of the constitution in vain. The tow eled.... of which he was the representative, sought even banded justice far the imenfrenchised manse of the country. (Cheers.) lie would not conceal anything from that meet ing. He lo ;lied to further ref 71111 than the association ad vocated. He 1. oked coafidently to the time when man, as man, should enjoy the rights of manhood. (Loud cheers.) But, whilst looking forward to this, he was willing to coo cede—as he trusteil every reasonable man would concede—a litle to the prejudices cf ,then. He knew that the work ing classes were as tit fur the franchise es the middle dames theune.ses. As connected with the trading and mercantile lattices of the country, none deprecated more than they did this constant system of agitation. Why, then, it might be wind, no you continue to agitate ? Why, they agitated to put down eg it I.ion. (11ser.))They agitated Manse they knew mid felt there was at present • spirit of antagonism besween the representatives and the people. They agitated that the basis of their political rights might he so placed that agitation in futon mieht COLN, and the Mouse of Commons be no longer • mockery and • sure, but a just reflex of the public mind. (Load cheers.) The assertion which had been re. wetly mode by the First Minister of the Crowe, that the people did not require sn extension of the franchise, was a moritery and as insult to the common seems of the people. Let him look at such assemblies as that he (Sir Joshua) was then addrening, not only in Southampton, but all over the country. They would try and convert him before they had done agitating the people. Although they sought to obtain these changes in a peaceable, quiet, and constitutional man ner, they were nevertheless firm, and determined to obtain them. The people did not require po litical reform! Could any man who made such an assertion have any knowledge of the great industrial duets of this country ? What caused such a spirit of di•content and dissatisfaction to exist amongst the masses of the people against tie present system ? Would any one tell him that the industrious death, who bad so earnestly sought the trans:his/ —who had even risked incerceratios in their desire to obtain it—did not ' , gide. it? He told the 1 noble lord (J. Russell) that he calumniated the people of this , 1 great country—the middle and industrious claret. (Loud threw.) But they had a stroager answer even than dab. The struggles which the middle dames made for their eolith cal liberti_a proved the value they attached to the right, and thee enhanced the wr.ng against those who were as musk entitled to it as themselves). (Chews.) It was his duty state that the euned—over whisk he had the honour at present to preside—after deep and earnest consideration, and considering well the responsibilities which fell upon them in arriving at ouch • &ciao., had determined not to seek for all which many of them required, but to go format an extension of the fraught,* as would give to every adult male occupier of a tenement, or a part of • tenement, for whisk he was rated, or claimed to he rated, to the relief of the peen the right to a vote. (Cheers.) They sought also the progenies of the ballot. (Loud cheers.) Many of Skies whom he was addressing, he was satisfied. bad felt the mil easels oldie want of such a measure. He bad lived is Isms asetituen cies, end knew the oppression that had bees eseweised, not only aaringst the aristanney hut amongst the tall chimneys also. For this reason they adepties of the ballot. They also requind• V i tiation of the duration of parliament', believing. that by good loath, after, their re presentatives would do their duty far better. (Hear hear.) Again, they sought such a change in the electoral division of the crummy es would more fairly equalise the representa tion. (Cheers.) And they also sought the abolition of the pro- perty qualitutioa—(load neen)—lmeause they had we the abolition of the property qualiticatin week well in Scathed, and hennas intelligent me n would then bo seat to toe lions of Common, as g teed, es able, as eloquent, and 'swell filed for the duties of a representative as those who poseeesed U. property qualification, but who were sem sultan by the law whin they desired to abolish. (Cheers.) Throe quits- Yess—these domains, might not be all that the most earnest eshomen might require. There were those amongst the emodation be repreesattd who thought they fell short in their requirements; bet they were, nevertheless, seeking to attain that which would ruse the ens malice of voters to In millions—which would gather a large portion cf the adult male populatioa of the country within the pale of the evostioatioa ; and when there he hoped they would all do justice to their fellow mew. (Load cheers.) They sought also such • change in the representative system ea would raise minims of their coustrymea from their pu ✓ist degraded eondition, and enable them to hold their heads meet is the enjot meat of their political rights. That one. sena* part et the population should warp power over the ' other sineenutim—tax them at will—and thus leave them is a mate of moral slavery. was a monstrous injustice. (Gnat cheering.) 'Bat when they found this hand so far extended as virtually to give into the hands of a privileged few the whole control over the House of Commons; and those to whom this metro' was given were another branch of the legislature, who managed their own affairs oncost. trolled by the people—the wonder was, not Chit there wee a deep sad wide-spread discontent, bet that the people had se beg submitted to such an anomaly. (Loud cheers.) That it meld much longer continue was impossible. The peegle must have control over their own affairs. Tee gieantie screen behind wash the fraud has been perpetrated must be thrown dews. (Tremendous these.) When he looked at the events which heel been peeing en the continent during the last few years, and frost what he knew of the people of hie own eounuy, he felt no danger whatever from giving them their civil rights. The time hid gone by when it wee thought a people could be gov.oned reserelon. ( a lleza Macy persons formerly theught that a chid could to into good conduct, and that the people could be coerced into ecclesiastical or political epiniuos. Look at the continent of Europe. lied any of them turned their eyes on the people when they had gained the upper hand—when they had succeeded in mowing off the shackles of their hard task, mater? What was their conduct, even when they were believed to be less eiyilisad, less enlightened than the people of England? Contrast teat conduct with the *zombie con duct of the tyrants when they obtained the upper hand. (Hear, hem.) He would leave his audience to fill up the void ; would prefer leaving it a Flank, rather than harrow up their (trainee by narrating the atrocious acts of these tyrants. They would shortly, he hoped, have an opportunity cashew ing their feelings on this question, on the arrival on the cf this country of one of the noblest men on earth— the brave and !fah-minded Kossuth. (Deafening cheers, echoing for several minutes, welcomed the name of this de voted patriot.) He would not take up meth more of their time, because he was to be followed by his on. friend (Mr. 0. Thompson), mikes eloquence touched their hearts and understandings ; but he would brit fly refer to one or two points connected with their representative system. And he did not know that he could do better than refer to the very borough for which his hoe. friend sat in parliament (the Tower Hamlets). He represents 600,000 souls Mid 19,000 electors—there ought to be 160,000 electors. (Hear.) And when he walks into the house another member walks in by his side, or meets him from the opposite door, who ra pt...ma 160 voters and 3,000 souls. But their votes were on an equality, notwithstanding. And the same die pri portion applied to property as to population. They were willing to take an argument from their opponents, if they could find any—they could find none who would boldly declare they were in the snug. (Hear, hear.) Those were to be found who would whisper them away—can them communists, socialists, or some other "in." which they did not like. But that would not prevent them from following on in the course which they hed marked out for themselves; and with the help of the people, sod the assistance of that l.mbent tame which was lighting up throughout the country, they most succeed. (Cheers.) The found whee -1 ever they went—from the Land's End to ichn Orient's house—the working people ready, the middle classes willing Ito assist them, and no one to oppose them. Ak, but they bed opponents. Yes, they would have the opposition of all the place-hunters, the tax-eaters, the locusts who eat up the produce of the country. (Cheers.) could but have witnessed with repugnance of numbers of the representatives of the people. Whoa any great question was brought before them, how was it Wend ? - Hew aid they treat Mr. Cobden—(loud cheers) — that great pittiot, who had rendered such material aid in repealing the obnoxious tern laws—whose heart was with them in this cause also—(cheers)—when he brought for ward hismotioa for • reduction of the expenditure ? He did met object to a property tax, fairly levied ; but he pro eased against the tax which suns in at the hack door— which was laid on their tea, their coffee, and almost every article of necessity or luxury. When a poor man pur chased a pound of tea he paid ls. 9yl. for the value of the tee, and 2s. 21d. for day. That was what he protested against. They might tax property as largely as they pinned, bat not tel by stealth the bard earnings ot the poor of the matey. (Loud shears.) But the question they were met that evening to discuss was one of • higher and holier coaracter—whether the people of the country should be enfranchised—whether the millions should remain in their present degraded condition ; or in the future lift up their heads as freemen, and shake hands ea brethren. (Loud cheers.) They ware aware that a gnat aseohahog had been formed, and was etate . wink, he hoped satisfactorily to the people. That tion required their aid and support ; and he hoped thatwhen the deputatioe had gone lieneit, they would hod that they had mot appealed to the mos of Southampton in vain, but that they would enlist in their ranks with them, and that the ladies, as they . did in the And-core-law League ' would tyke an batmen in the progress of their cause. He was happy to hear they had commenced a Freehold Load Society in Southampton. Their otject wit by every insane in their rowel honourably and peacefully to promote this b rut gustiest; and the Mutation of such societies was one way of doing this—to snatch from the hands of a tor rionial oligarchy the privilege ot misrepresenting the weighs is the House of Commons. (Hear hear.) He would earnestly uric on every working man the necessity of joining this land society ; they would Gad that it earned with it ire own reward, in the habits of sobriety sad (rugs icy which it woad 'eget—in the spirit of inde pendence and self-reliance which it bestowed—and the eon atiousne4 that, whist they wen aiding in this meet and good object, and advancing the interests of their feilowonen, they wore at the same time furthering the interests of those lee whom they clang for support. The Mu. gentleman was loudly cheered on resuming his ma. T. ruorxe, Esq. (editor of the Ilampshire beigiernient), is an eloquent vetch, moved, and Mr. COUISHILr Munn emended, the third resolution That this meetiog rejoices in the belief that a good andentanding and hearty anion between the middle and working classes has at length beea attained; and stzenn gull urges all who complain of ay grievances iu the na tional affairs, or abuses in church or state, to concentrate their energies in the promotion of efficient puliementary reform, as the only ulna by which good and cheap govern ment, and equal justice to all classes of the people, may be secured." -------- Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, M.P., on coming tirward, was received with great cheering, and in a long and eloquent address supported the resolution. T. COOPER, EA., moved the next nsolution, appoint ing a_ num, roue and influential committee for the formation of a B J• thampton auxiliary to th e N at i onal Parliamentary Reform Association, which was seconded by Mr. J. SAUNDERS (a winking man, one of the chartist leaden), who expressed, on behalf of the working men with whom he was connected, their gratitude for the cordiality that had been extended towards the working classes, and the manly and noble manner in which the deputation bad &Ivo sated their interests. On behalf of those working men he tendered his hand to S r Joshua Wsleuley—(Sir Joshua and the speaker here warmly shook hands arum the table, amidst deafening cheers) --and pledged himself not to relax in his efforts until the working men had obtained their poli tical freedom. The Rev. A. MeL•aine moved, and the Rev. T. Moans seconded, a vote of thaedes to the deputation, whith was re sponded to with thunders of asplat.sr. Sr J. WALDISLEY acknowledged the compliment, and moved a vote of thanks to the Sheriff for his conduct in the chair, which was seconded by Mr. WILLCOX, and citified with acclamation; and the immense assembly sel;arated about eleven o'clock. THE AGE Or CHEAP COSTETANCT..—Few things in modern time* have been such influential agenees as the omnibus. Their history is one of more dignity then shows on the surface. Those social conveniences have revolu tionized all the chief capitals of Europe. Invented in 1827, they ruined the elder branch of the Bourbons in 1830. The accidental upset of an omnibus suggested the first idea of a barricade—and for a long time constituted an essential part of the structure which changed the whole science of revolu tions. The overturn of the carriage was converted to the OV:r turn of a monarchy. Since that time the omnibus, as we have said, has made the tour of Europe.—Among ourselves it is a peaceful and health giving instrument. By its help all the world is able to live out of town. Barristers, merchants, artists, and men of letters, who formerly crowded the narrow courts sad p~a ef Fleetatreet and Cheap aide, live now, by its permission, in snug suburban cottages in Norwood, Hampstead, Potney, or Bleckheath. The Johneons and Goldsmiths of the last age met in close courts and stifling taverns for want of the omnibus. It is not very many years since a single coach ran front Hampstead to Lyndon once a day —the °huge eightern pence! A , man may now ride frost Charing Cross to any part of the =barbs of London, at any minute, for a math of the ensney. This change in the distribution of the int abitants has tended greatly to raise the value of property in the suburbs—and to diminish the rate of mortality in London. Wherever a good and cheap service of omnibus is established, rents along the rend g 3 up. As a wousequence which might be espeeted, owners of cottages are beginning to see the wisiom of themselves setting up inch services where they do net already exist. Our attention Is called to the subject by reading the report of a meeting of owners of property—who ended their conference by forming themselves into an omnibus company. Civilisation has hal its triumphs of many :kinds--has built pyramids and ar- modes, templet, and tunnels; but it has seldom achieved anything for the eentfort end physical benefit of mankind to surpass the class of remake which have been derived from the isai y beat and the peony annibus.—Atherueuns. rlit ray HEATOWN CAsTLX II TIM HANDS or BA1141111;Thd sykadiel awleisa, Miteheletown Castle, is now in the peeeenies @Ms i sheeiV elleeis, together with ell the *nig threilese, es.—CierEseesseeer. GREAT EXPOSITION OF WORKS OF ART AM) IN.DUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. MEETING AT NORWICH. On Tuesday a meeting was held in the Gnid hall, 'Norwich, to rec. ire a deputation of member, 0, the &wiry of Arts, who had been commissioned by his Royal Highness Wine* Albert to explain his views respecting the contemplated Eshibition of works of art and industry of all nations. Charles Wentworth Bilks, Esq., and Capt. Ibbot son, were the deputation from the society. Soon after eleven o'clock, the Council-chamber wee quite filled by the more in. Bandied inhabitants of the city, including the mayor, S. Signeld, Esq. ; the sheriff, R. Chamberlin, Esq. ; the Marquis of Douro, M.P. ; Major Gen. Sir R. J. Harvey, K.C.B ; Sir J. P. Boileau, Bart. ,• Edmond Wodeiduses Req. . H.P. ; P. J. Money, Esq. ; H. Bolingbroke, Bey A. Towler, Rel. •J. Seltzer, Rio. ;W. Geary, Egg. ; • Brightwell, ; ' R. W. Bieke Req. ;0. Jay, Esq. • _ Skipper, ;A.A. H. Beckwith, Esq ;T. Bign'old s E•q. ; J. Buts, Esq. ; R. N. Beton, Esq. • W. Matches; Req. Reg ; the Hon. end Very Rev, the Dean, th e Rey. A. Bath Power, Rev. J. Crompton, and a large number of other gentlemen. 13:r J. P. BOILEAU, Bart, said he believed all were aware that they were met that day for the purpose of no ceiving a moat important eommunicatien in regard to the trade and manufactures of that cite and the whole world, tram a deputation sent byhis Royal Highness Prime Albert.' The Mayor h.vieg called the meeting they could not do bet. ter than to sleet him as chairman. (Applause.) The MAYOR expressed his approve! of the objects for wlsfeh this meeting was convened, and introduced the dere tegien. If,. C. W. DILHE said he had the honour of attending th et meeting by the direction of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in order to bring under their consideration the pro peal which be was about to submit to the government for the establishment of a grand exhibition of the industry of all nations. It had long been considered as strange, that whilst England stood pre-eminent in the world for her manufactures, she had never yet attempted a pub lic exhibition similar to those held in other coun tries. Their neighbours the French for tie last fifty years had held similar exhibitions, which were um 'stupid by the Directory, and continued by the Consulate, by the Monarch oho boasted of the title of the Bourgeoise King, and now under the President of the Republic. He needed hardly to give a stronger proof how beneficial each exhibitions had been considered in that country. Irony further proof wss wanting, he could easily furnish it by simply »ferric!! to the prise lists, where it would be found that any article the most rewarded et any exhibition was invariably the most suocesfal, and the most approved of, on the neat occasion. He considered that fat alone would prove that the manufacturers them selves hat found it beneficial- Another proof he could give from the circumstance that the year 1758 was the occasion of the first meeting in Francis under the Directory, when there were only 110 exhibitor,. New it woad be found 31 9 06 examining the doimmenta of the French governsseat, that then) numbers went on in an ioaessing ratio, as in 1801, at the second exhibition, there were , 220 exhibitors, In 1802 there were 510, in 1806 there were 1,422. In 1819 there were 1,682. In 1833 there were 1,642, that was the only y. ass in which there had been a fall- Mg off. In other years More had been a continued incrust' of numbers. In 1827 there were 1,795. In 1834 there were 2,447. In 1839 there were 3,281. In 1344 there were 3,960 mad at the exhibition which had just bees closed, there were 4,494. Frame had been followed in rivalry by Belgium, brussels, Bavaria, Austria, Spain, Sweden, and Russia, whilst England had attempted nothing save in ho r agricul tural and horticultural meetings, till a few year. since, whoa wee determined by the Society of Arts to open roams he screpl• of months annually, In order to collect together S small exhibition for the purpose of educating the mind of the pablio for the great exhibition then contemplated and now In progress of prep ration. Other attempts had been made' by the Coomber of Commerce at Manchester and by the men of Birmingn am, who hod made efforts of a toed nature which were worthy of greet p ra ise, as all could testify who had attended the meetings. Mr. Dilke proceeded to state lthat his royal highness, early in the summer of the present pear ; had said, that it wee his opinion the time had come when England was prepared for that exhibition, and when it might be proposed to hove an exhibition worthy of Eng land, and worthy of the world. (Applause.) In the first instance, the pnues was anxious that the herding manufac turers should be privately consulted as to their views. His royal highness bad felt that although an exhibition might have been made successful, even if they bad not been unani• knously of opiniou, yet their cordial co-operation could not fail to render it worthy of the country. A deputation, so eordingly, had visited the principal manufacturing towns In England, Scotland, and Ireland, and he might say there never was a proposal received more unanimously. The an swer had been made in similar terms to the hollowing : They would aeoond the effor:s of the print*, they would do all that befitted them to do, and expressed themselves delighted at the proposal. Ho said such resolutions 'odd not ba otherwise then animating to the Prince. At the same time he considered, while it was supported by the manufacturing interest, it was also advisable that the leading inhabitants a the various tour.s should be consulted before it was brought ander the consideration of her Majesty's government. W ish that view Captain Ibbetson and himself had been instructed by his royal highness to visit that neighbourhood, and to explain his views. In accepting that aloe they could not but feel that they went in a very delicate position. They were called upon to explain the views of a project en which it was hardly decorous for them, as representatives, however laehie, el lb royal hightises, to expatiate. They found, laaidgeming an audience, they were bound to consider thaeselees as representatives of the Prises, and therefore they shut submitted a statement of hie views. The mune he waie ut to take was simply to read extracts of the opinions ef those who had been consulted in different puts of the king d sm,and he would read the prcposalaod the views of the Prince after they had been presented to the Royal Society of Arts. ge should couple with them certain extracts from minutes Ii the meetings held at Buckingham Palace and o_borna House. In the reading of them Lo was specially instructed to call their attention to one fact—that nothing was settled. Ihe Prince considered that nothing should be decided pre- Sious to the royal commission. Mr. Delhi proceeded to read the minutes of the above meetings, and extracts of evidence of various official peruse and manufactaren in different parts of the country, in favnu: of the prepared exhibition, and of its being open to all nations. He also stated that government would be asked to appoint a royal commission for the promotion of arts, manufactures, and Industry. The duties and powers of the commission would extend to the determination of the pens and the objects for which pre miums would be offend. The society felt that the com mittee should nominate the different juries to award the prizes in the various classes, as the only courso likely to give sasidaction to Englishmen and to foreigners. The SHERIFF (Robert Chamberlia, E.g.), upon rising, said he felt honoured at being called upon to take part in the interesting proceedings of that day. He had had frequent ooportunitise of seeing the exhibition of the manufactures at Pans, and it had been a matter of surprise to him that there were not similar exhibitions in England. As a purchaser ci French goods he had been enabled to judge of the import ance that manufacturers attributed to those exhibitions. At these annual meetings the manufacturers were in the habit of hiving words written upon their goods stating when they obtained prises. He was sure they were under great obli gations to his royal highness for the comprehensive project which he had started, and which was in accordance with Me liberal tied comprehensive mind. (Applause.) He con eluded by moving a resolution to the effect, that the meeting views with great satisfaction the interest which his Royal Highness Prince Albert evince, in favour of the arts Lad manufactures, not only of this country but of all nations, and desires to express its opinion unanimously in favour of the great exhibition. Captaho MONEY reconded the resolution, which was put and carried nem. con. Mr. SULTZER moved the next resolution, to the effect that the meeting was satisfied th it a Royal Commission was the tribunal the hiost competent to give general satisfaction in distributing the prizes which soon an exhibition offered. The Rev. Professor SEDGWICK rose with the greatest pleasure to second the resolution. Sir JOHN P. BOILEAU next nalved that alocal com mittee be fermed,fur the pursue of corresponding with the Society of Arts in London, and giving effective co•opera don in a great and comprehensive dingo, proposed to take place in 18.51. Mr. It. W. BLAKE seconded t'.e motion, which was car ried nom. con. The Marquis of DOURO moved that the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the deputation from the London Society of Arts, for their attendance that day, and also for the comma, cations thq had made, Idsjer-Gan. Sir R. J. HARVEY seconded the motion, which was carried item. eon. Thanks having been moved to the Mayor for his salons co-operation and assistance to the objects of the deputation, and fir his dignified and courteous conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. THE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME.—In • former Herald we stated that Lingsend and Lowbands, chartis colo nies, had turned out come.ete failures, and we now add some particulars connected with the actuil condition of the latter. Last year the allottem were not called upon to pay anything in the shape of rent, being manifestly nestle to do es, but during 1848 Mr. O'Connor has obliged them to give 111. for the houses and two acres attached, and 151. for the three acre pieces : the neat sum fixed for the four-acre lots we have not heard. He does not prove a more beneficent or kinder landlord than other p'eple. The schooltnaatr, Mr. O'Brien, has nothing else to do now, as far as the estate is concerned, than to look after the others, and am that they do not ilea away in arrear. His occupationas &teacher " to the children of the silottecs has long since been gone, and, he gets his own livelihood partly, we are t yid , by teaching music in the. neighbeinhowl. Bailiffs have been put into two of the houses whose inhabitants were behind-hand with their rents ; and, indeed, we ate at a loss is know how any of them manage to pay. Very hw of them take their pro- " duce to market—that dare not answer, and they consume the crops themselves, taking the wheat a mile off to is." I ground, ar.d then another half mil* to a ootta e er's oven to be baked. The potato crops looked well upon the estate ; but of other things the produce is scanty, because the ground has not been matured, cr properly prepared. The poor creature', and especially the children are some of them very badly o ff for clothes, and will speedily descend to the level of the most miserable Irish (*Hien:— Wor cester Herald. The GAME LAWS. At the Suffolk Quarter sessions, at Bury on Tuesday last, a gaol report was pre sented by which it appeared that the number of perms' committed to prison in that locality foe offences under the Game-laws, in 1848, was ninety seven, whilst in 1849 the number had inereassel to one hundred and seven. Their support in confinement must form a heavy item In the county Wee. THE GREAT FIRE IN THE CITY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The stock in trade belonging to Messrs. Ba:u wee as large aa that in any tome in the same line of business In Lon don. Toe back warehouses in King's Ilead.court were fitted lip with a costly distilling apparatus on the ground II out. one port of which was termed toe labna•ory. The other floors contained drugs and tincture, with spirits dell kinds in great abundance. It wu in the third fl for of this building that the outbreak commenced, bat upcn the spirits becoming ignited they ran down the stein and through the cracks in the flooring, so that it was at first impossible to tall when the flames commenced. From thus inquiry made by the brigade respecting the origin of the fire, it seems that one of the men went into the third floor at the time some other peewee waft drawing spirits of nitre off. Having incautiously left the door of his lamp open, the vapour which bad escaped Came in contest with the light, and is an instant the whole of the contents became ignited. It is quite surprising, 'considering the ra *icy of the fire, that some of the men did not lose their Eves, but they all fortunately escaped without the least In Tbejury. following is a copy of 31r. Bralbrood's official report of the extent of the damage done : " Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1849, called at half-put 5 p.m by a stranger to a tire in Lower Thames-street. Oa arriving found it was on the premises of Messrs. Bain and Co., wholesale and export druggist, carrying on business at Nos. 125 and 128 ia that street. The premises were insured in the Hand-in-Hand, Phoenix, and West of Bunionl Fire Offices. The fire was entiaguished by firemen with water from the New River Company and River Thames. Engines that attended 12 (laud) of the London Establishment, the 2 data A end 1), 6 of the pedal, the Customs, 2 brewhonse, the West of Ragland, and several wharf engines. The damage dens is as follows— ' Messrs. Babe bock warehouses in King's Head-court bunted down. About one half of frost ditto in Tames street destroyed. " No. 127, Lower Themegetreet.—Mr, C. Francis, coffee shop keeper. Content. insured in the Imperial Fin Offioe. Building unknown. Two back windows burned out, and considerable damage by fire, water, and but removal. " No. 123 in the game street.—Mr. J. Imes, lodging house-keeper. Contents insured in the Pheeniz. Roof of premises damaged by flew, furniture injured by removal and skylights broken. " No. 124 in the same street.—Let out in tenement,. Similar damage. "No. 50, Fish-streetlill —Mr. J. Cullen, tobacconist. Contents insured in the Phinnis Fire-office. Considerable I damage by removal. " Ditto, ditto.—C;Jayne (private). Contents insured in the Guardi4n. Similar damage. " No. 32, Fish.street-bill.—Mr. C. Francis, coffee-shop. keeper. Contents insured in the Imperial and the building in the Guardian. Back windows burned out, and serious damage by water and removal. "Ditto, ditto.—Mrs. E. Francis (lodger). Contents in lured in the Imperial office. Furniture damaged by water and removal. No. 33 in the same street—Mr. J. Knott, booking-office. Contents not hawed, building unknown. Back windows burned out. Roof nearly destroyed, and rest of house severely damaged by water, &o. " No. 34, in the same street—Mena. Roes and Mills, fishmongers. Insarances unknown. Back windows burned oat, back fronts considerably damaged by fire, sad roof of premises by breakage. " No. 34, in the same street. Mr. J. Connett, butcher. Cos tents unknown it insured. Baling insured in the Phcenix. Beek window frames severely scorched, glue de molished, and great damage to furniture, &a., by water. " Ditto, ditto.—Mr. Wow, carpenter. Contents not legated. Back rams on third floor, wed as workshops, burned out, and roof over nearly destroyed. " No. 36, in the same street—Mr. C. Raiford, licensed victualler. Contests insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Office; building unknown if insured. The skylights in the Britannia T broken, and slight damage by water. " No. 37, in the same street.—Mr. J. F. Boor, eating-house keeper. Insured in the Licensed Vietnallen . Office. Stair rails broken, and con te nts damaged by water and TO1113•111. " No. 1, bionument-yard.—Mnsre. A. and R. Wilms's, upholsterers. Contents insured in the Mutual and other ,ffices. Skylights br )ken, and slight damage by water. " No. 11, Pudding-lane.—Messrs. Adams, fruit brokers. Contents insured in the Sun ' and the building in the Atlas. 14 . of of premises damaged by fire and contents by water. " No. 13 in the same thoroughfars.—Mesars. Nicholson and Co., warehousemen. Insurance unknown. Roof of premises damaged, lead melted, and contents damaged by water. " No. 8, King's Read-court.—Mr. Blank, basketmaker. Insurance unknown. Front 'evenly scorched and glass brken. 1 r No. 5, in the same court.—Mr. Vision, plumber. In ; seance unknown. Skylights broken and slight damage to t roof." During the whole of the day many thousand persons flocked to the scene, and it required the assistance of a . powerful body of polio, to keep them out of dupe. EXHIBITION Or THE INDIM/RT OF ALL NATIONII. Meetings for the formation of local committees are about to be held in Yorkshire, with the view of forwarding the exhi bition projected by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and intended to bs held in London is the year 1861. Edward Ila%Woos, E-g., solicitor, Bradford, bee received a commis sion from kis Royal Highness, authorising him to collect °clams and ••.Ideaffo with :demos to the propped exhibi tion ; and that gentleman, and Wentworth Bilks, gay ~ and Captain lbbstson, are to form a deputation to expWn the matter to the meetings to be held next week in York shire. The Mayor of Leeds has a ls o read an ofßeial letter in reference to the subject. The first meeting will be held at Leeds on Monday next, and the others eie follows: at York on Tuesday, at Bradford on Wednesday, at Huddersfield on Thursday, and at Halifax on Friday. THE NEW COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO HER Mk. FOILESTAL RIGHTII.—As mentioned in the Er press of yesterday, her Majesty has appointed three corn nussionen, and alu a secretary, to inquire into and report upon rights or claims over the New Torest, Southampton, and Waltham Forget, Essen. The apPintments were mute under a recent set (12 and 13 Vict., cap. 81), and courts will be shortly held near the places by the commissioners. It is alleged that encroachments and trespasses have been com mitted upon the forestal rights of the Queen, and on the other hand claims are made by the inhabitants to common and other rights. The commissionen (one of whom may be paid 5001. a-year, besides the clerk's salary and the ne cessary expenses) are to held open courts, at which any per son having any rights or chime may attend, and lay the sense before the commissioners, who are to ascertain the boundaries of the two forests, and to inquire into the nature of forest c *nets, and the expediency of remodelling or abo lishing such courts. The inquiries, examinciong ' and pro. etedings of the commissioners are to b e entered in books . The expenses of carrying the act into execution are to be de frayed out of the blooms of the Woods and Forest,. AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OP THE DUKE OP WILLIXOTON.—In the neighbourhood of his father's resi dence in the county of Meatn, the future duke, then a lad, was one of a party which, after the manner of the timer, had indulged in free potations until a late period of the sight. Mr. Wellesley, or, u the name then wes t Wesley, managed to escape from his companions, and, retiring to hies bed, fell fast asleep. His thence was observed, and his re treat detected. It was determined that he should return. One of the party, more or less drunken than the rest, snapped up a loaded pistol, and carefully drawing the ball wilts which it was loaded, proceeded to the bedside to dis charge the powder at the head of the sleeper. He fired, Mr. Wellesley was of course awoke, and was forced to get up, dress himself, and was brought back in triumph to the party. In the morning, however, it was found that the ramrod of the pistol had passed through the pillow elms by where the head of the future conqueror of Napoleon must have been. With all the care that his assailant had taken to draw the bill, he had left, unconsciowly, in its place the ramrod ; and bu; that the same potations that con used his Perceptions unsteadied his hand, when he pointed the pistol at the young sleeper's head, that might have end-d the e-reer of the Hon. Arthur Wellealey.-I.;tablin University Kagasine. - - - PRICE OP BREAD.—A correspondent of the Gardener's Chronicle writes:—l beg to endow, you an article on the prise of dour, • matter now of the utmost im portance to the con.umer, especially the agricultural la bourer, who, in this neighbourhood, is now paying 6W. fur first quality, said 614. fir " seconds " bread, tits price of the best Waits% being 40s. per quarter, inferior 375., at St. Ives market last Monday. Some obtervatious on this subject in your it fluential paper might confer a benefit on the labourer, whose wages must of necessity this sinter be very low.—H. "Tits Pince or FLotra.—Siz or eight mouths ago there was a good deal of carrespondence in our columns upon the subject of the price of Soar, and it was shown, we think, conclusively, that the "middle mot," by exorbitant profisr, cat off from the poor whatever advantages there may M in • cheap lour. Assuming as the pries of wheat an offer of 6a. pi r bushel made by • firm of millers in Centbridger to an extensive agriculturist, and allowing the "offal" for the cost or arinding, • sack of filar (mute frria 6 bush. of wheat) was calculated to stand the millers 305., and they were then sell ing it at 44e. If this was a hard cue upon the poor, still wales is the strait they are now placed in. Wheat is lower : instead of 6a. a bushel 4s. may be taken as nearer the mark ; and at this rata a sack of Hoar wil be produced for 245. at the utmost. The retail price this week is 21. 34. per stone, i or 465. per sack; so that after the wheat leaves tut farmer's hand the "middle men" contrive to extract a profit of 21s. upon each six hushels before it reaches the labourer's table. Cambridge Chronicle. SAucoN FISHING CLAIMED BY THE CROWN.—A 1 Fo n t/ e t:Tar ; 1 ;1 e : i t travelling w l tb ti . C sio m r & tog "en of oi l g't an d , for the plume of inquiring into the tithe rf parties who exercise the rig%t of salmon Whin; on the sea shore. lie was in Du ufries last week, and had previonly been in Gal -I..wiy. By the law of Seotland, the right of salmon fishing is held to be inter regalia, that is, appertaining to the crown, if it be no: expressly granted to the subjects of the king: but possession .or fat,: years, where the lands are either erected into • barony, or granted with a general clause of fishing', establishes t he right to salmon fishing. The title to river fishing*, and to those at their mouths, has ' generally been established long ago; bat of late years the use of nets *long the shores of the sea for salmon has been I much extended; and it is snp2ose4 'hat this has been fre. 1 quently done without Widest title. Those fishings which ' appear to be in that category wW, it is understood, be r chimed by the Commisdonen of Woods sal Forests, a II proceeding likely to give rise to a good deal of litigation.— Damstries Courier. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GAME LAWS. A remarkable anecdote, preserved be one of the contemporary h'storians, tlustratkit the temper in which the forest laws were administered, and mly a; I.lLit relieve tee gravity of our subjEvt. Fifty Saxon yeomen were accused of having killed and eaten deer. Tney denied the charge, and evidence, it appears, was not fortbcommg spinet them . The Saxon en,tom of ordes.l, as is well known. _ _ had been in nee anciently, whecever the accused chose to *Neil to supernatural witness of their inno cence. This was not so here ; but the Norman judges, . . who derided the ordeal, choir+ in the wanton - m - 6 of cruelty to force them to it, in its severest application, as a preliminary chastisement before inflicting the extreme sentence. Oa three successive days, the fifty accused men were compelled to handle red hot iron, yet. according to the legend, their flesh was mtraculonslypreserved, without scathe or singe. Tne terrifi e d judges hastened to William, told him of the prodigy, and implored him to appease God by releasing the victims. The king is re ported to have answered fiercely, "What then? Gods co judge of such matters: to judge these men is my business." Whether this impious vaunt was carried into exe cution—whether, in sober fact, it was ever uttered —we say not ; but mention the story, to show the abhorrence of the Saxons fur the system of forest law. It were much to be wirhed that we had copies extant of the Earliest laws of the Conqueror and his sons •, but, wanting there, we know that they were, this braoch of them, excessively rigorous. While human life was vilely cheap the life of the den was eearly eheriAted by the tyrant " who loved wild beasts as if he had been their father." The same brutes then were the faster brethren of Rufus, whose laws were even harsher than his father's, making the killingof a deer a capital crime. In an age of slavery it is rider to be a brute than a man. Imagination may delineate, what the chronicle very briefly suggests, the desolminn of homes and destitution of families, the fields in waste, the cottages in ruin, the people evicted, outcast, without place of shelter, or source of food, consumed with hunger, dis ease, and stifled indignation, shrinking from the in sults of the forsigners, envying the beasts n hich had supplanted them, which sprang through the leafy glades, protected from the hand► of starving men by the terrible bin of the law. Such wu the game law, its primal type, and the circumstances of its first introduction in merry Eng land of the olden time. We shall now see by what • process and degrees it was mitigated ; and by-and bye, in whet respects its evil yet remains. Like other personal rights of the subjea, the re laxation of the game law was wrested from the sove reign, by the combination of barons and commonalty. Our whole history exhibits, in every period of pro gressive reform, a result of some car. unction or con flict of politic a l interests, which alternately all.cd king with people, or aristocracy with peo ple, against the other estate. now the crown, now the peerage, working out the enfranchisement of the many, w::om royalty and aristccrecy have sought in diff,rent times to conciliate, by an affected protection purchasing their support. So the barons, when they prevailed in diminishing the despotic power of their sovereign, won ascendancy for them selves, and gave Magna Charts to the people. So, from the hand of Henry 111. they extorted the charter of the forest. A long contention it kid been, since the Conquest, between the monarchy, established in the contusion of a transition pericd by the genius and energy of William on one side, and the restless Normau chide on the other, impatient of the aggrandisement of one who owed Ins dominion to their pewees, and who had upraised himself, on their toile and dangers, from the rode leadership of his military comrades, to the haughty sovoreigoity over dependent vessels. Re bellions and conspiracies expressed their discontent.l Oi eof their grievances was the game law. " They were irritated by it," says 'fhierry, " wishing the right to the possession of English game to be made commit to all who had assisted in conquering the English soil." But the king persisted in retaining the sole and exclusive monopoly of the chase, which ho had invented, as we saw, not merely to gratify his own taste for the pastime, but chiefly to debar the Saxons from the use of arms and the freeman's exercise of hunting; and lest assemblages for popular insurrection might be made in the forests, under pretext of hunting, he de creed that permission to hunt should not belong abso lutely even to his Norman or noble followers, but should be a privilege, derivable from royal grant, and revocable at his will. Thus it was, that under the forest laws, while the Saxon yeomanry a ed peasantrygroaned and perished, the Norman aristocracy fretted and complained. On all ranks and classes, the oppression lay with a stress more or less galling, And, is the thirteenth century, they together strove successfully, and got some relict. The charter of the forest was granted in 1225, the ninth year of Henry 111. This, one of the most ancient statutes existing on record, contains about twenty clauses, terse and pithy, as the style of legis lation in that age was. It proves that the game and forest question was then an issue most zealously dis- puted. The successors of the Conqueror had made still further aggressions in this respect. It was John who laid an interdict on the winged as well as the four-footed creation ; and he also extended the vast reserves appertaining to the crown; so that he was forced, in the 47th sec tion of Magna Charta, to concede " that all the lands which had been afforested in his time should be im mediately disafforested." To recover these lends, by the way, was an important object of the popular party. Stephen also was induced to promise that the [forests which had been superadded, since the death of William 11., should be " rendered up in quiet to the churches and the kingdom." And, in this " Charter of the Forest," which we have now before us, Henry 111. m kes a similar promise with respect to all " forests made by King Richard our uncle, or King John our father, until our first coronation ;" while with reference to the forests made "by King Henry our grandfather," he d - clams that they shall be " viewed by good and lawful men," and if any land have been taken more than his own domain, to the hurt of tho owner, it shall be disafforrested. The fact, that these promises needed such reitera tion, shows how little the royal word was worth, and warrants our suspicion, that much of the crown es tates, unrighteously seized, was never restored, but retained in violation of these solemn engagements. The readers of the Daily News have recently had their attention drawn to the miemaeagement and waste of this immense property. 11l was it acquired : ill has it been administered. The Saxons believed the New Forest accursed for the crimes of its planters. We are not credulous of old monkish fables; but it is no wonder that where the seeds were sown by rapa cious violence, profligate dishonesty has wasted the Meta To revert to the charter of 1225, some of its provi lions manifestly tend only to the convenience of the mobility and lords of the land ; some protect the in terests of fretholdeos and tenants dwelling on the blest borders; but others enunciate general princi ples, affecting the personal rights of all men. For in stance, the following : " No man from henceforth shall lose either life cr member for killing of our deer ; but if any man be taken or convicted for killing oar venison, he shall make a grievous fine, if he have anything whereof ; l and if be have nothing to lose he shall be imprisoned for a year and a day •, and *After, if he can find suffi cient sureties, he shall be delivered; and if not be shall abjure the realm of England." "Every freeman shall have within his own woods eyries of hawks, sparrow-hawks, falcons, eagles, herons, and shall have also the honey that is found within his own woods." One of the r ctions of this charter is too curiously characteristic of the ego to be omitted. It allows any " archbishop, bishop, earl, or baron, coming to us at ou r commandment" (attending his lordship's parliamentary duties) if he pass through a forest, to kill ono or two deer. If no ranger of forester be near, the noble lord or right reverend pre late is enjoined to blow a horn, "that he seem not to steal our deer." We should like to see Henry of Exeter availing . himself of this permission. Bat bishops were, in those times, often accomplished huntamen. The crown is entitled, at the death of every bishop, to have his kennel of hounds, or a com position in lieu thereof; and, according to Cowles, Auckland-park, and other great demesnes, were formerly held of the Bishop of Durham by such ser vice/ as this " Upon his great hunting expedi- lions, the tenants were bound to set up for him a field house or tabernacle, with a chopel, as also to furnieh him with doge and homes to carry his provieiot s." Torn why moy not a bishop go deer-ealkiog with bugle and c:osee ' bow ? We counted sixty-seven clerical names in the last list of gam , certificates for a single county, in the diocese of Exeter, too! Other provisions of this remarkable statute refer to the jurisdiction of the forest tribunes, the functions of its officers, and the method of administering its laws—which will be our next subject of investigation. MUSK'. LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS. These concerts at Exeter Hall, which were cart ied on so successfully last season, have been reamed in the same farm and on the same scale as be:ore. A aeries of fifteen concerts boa been annoucced ; and, no doubt, series after series will follow, to the end of the musical season. The first perform:nee took place last evening, and drew a c:owded &miler The tzstrumental orcr estra, though a deficienny of strirged instruments made the brass too predominant, was possessed of considerable power, and did its part effectively. It was conducted by Herr Arschutz (the conductor of the German company here last season), and led by Mr. Willy. Mr. Land acted as acNimpanyist on the pianoforte; a duty which he performed very ably. The programme exta:ted a very ample and very miscellaneous hill of tare, and the length of the cor.c;rt was nearly doubt , d by the determination of the audience (or tho more obetrepe• rous portion of it) to Encore more than three-fourths of the pieces performed. The Wednesday-conc - rt audience', indeed, mutates all others in enthusiasm. Every thing is vocilmonily applauded with such a lack of discrimination, that applause, when merited, loess almost all its value. The concert began with an agreeable selection from the "Fl ado Megleo." The light and graceful trio " Gia fan ritorno " was very ele gantly sung by the Misses Williams and Mrs. Newton. `lr. Lockey sing " 0 care imagine " with much parity and smoothness. Mrs. New ton's execution of the enormously difficult air 44 angel d'inferno" was really surprising. It is a tissue of passages of display, extending far beyond the legitimate scale of the highest soprano voice, which, howes er, were ext cuted with little apparent effort, and perfect clearness and accuracy. Such feats are of little value in themselves, but they show what a singer is capable of doing, and, in this ease, they showed a wonderful improvement in vocal power and execution. Herr Formes, in the exquieite " Qui s degno," displayed the depth and richness of his magnificent bass voice. 'the fine quintet " Dove ohimU," well sung by the Misses Williams, Miss Ryles, Mr. Leckey, and Mr. Smythson, concluded the selection from the "Flint° Magieo." A long pianoforte fantasia of Herz was played by Mies Ward—a noisy, clattering affair, desti tute of every %utility which constitutes good muse. Miss Vs and is a highly promising young pianist, whose performances at the concerts of the Royal Academy have done her much credit ; but such appearances as this will seriously compromise her reputation. Herr Formes sang the hackneyed " Standard-bearer," in German, with a power of voice which occasionally gave us more pain than pleasure. This gentleman is more guttural and broad in his pronunciation than German singers generally are; owing, we suppose, to his being a Viennese and using the Austrian dialect ; but from whatever cause the effect is by no means agree able. Signor Itc•neoni sang several pieces in his usual finished and artist-like style; though, from the deficiency of his TO'CO in sweetness, he appears to leas advantoge in the concert-room than oa the stage. He gave the " Largo al Factotum" w'th great fire and spirit. These are only a few articles of the ample programme o' this concert, but 0 ey are sufficient to give an idea of the style and character of the per formance. The Wednesday Cencerts are well deserving of the encouragement they receive. Nowhere else can such a variety of excellent music, excellently performed, be heard on such moderate terms; and they are there fore eminently calculated to improve the taste of the general body of the public. THE CHOLERA. ill WALES. 111 a¢d diarrbcen,:reported to Icaterlay. October 24, 1849, dtatriot : ESGLAND . Al Return of deaths from chole the General Board of Health from the Superintendent Regis Bas!ord (BulwelD, c. 2 Bedminster (Stoke Abbott), d. 1 Bsrwick•upm-Tweed, c. 1 Birmingham, d. 3 Blackburn (Great Harwood district), d. 1 Biotinld (doulh Weshasn dis trict), d. 1 Balton (Tonge-with-llaulgh) c. 1 Bradford, d. 1 Bridgwater, e. 2 Bristol, c. 2 Burnley (Ptdihsm diettict), c. 1 Chapel•en-le-Frith, c. 1 Clifton Union (St. Philip and Jacob), c. 1, d. 1 Cockermouth (IdaryFort &s -hirt), c. 2 Darlington, d. 1 Derby, d. 1 Dewsbury (Batley), a. 2 Dudley (Rawls, R•gia die Mitt), d. 2 Forchoe (Colton), c. 1 lialifaz (Ovenden), d. 1 Hunslet (Rathwell and Kirk stall districts), c. 2 Knartsbn , ,ugh, c. 5 Lerd..,c. 2, d. 4 Liverpool, d. 2 Llano y, c. 1 Loughborough, c. 1 Malmesbury, d. 1 Manchester, c. 5, d. 2 Wilms% 2. 1 N.iwark, c 2 Newton Abbot (Torquay) c. Northwich. c. 1 Norwich (East Wyman dis trict), c. 2 Piterlwough, c. 1, 2. 1 Pontefract (Knottinglcy du triet), c. 2 Forties (Kingston and Land port &strict), cf. 1 Partied (Soutnaea), d. 1. Preston (Walton le Dale) d.l ELbmond, Surrey. d. 1 Beath Shidds, c. 1, d. 1 Stockport and Hyde, d. 2 Stouraridge, c. 2. Upton-upon-Severn, c. 1 Walsall (Borough). c. 2 West BlOalWiCil (o.dtury), d. 1 Wigan, c. 11 Witham, d. 1 Wolverhampton, c. 2 Wrexham, d. 1 Twit (Coker), d. 1 SCOTLAND. Haddington, c. I j Hawick, e.l Cho. Dia. General Total—Lon 'on and Vicinity No return. E..gland and Waits 63 34 Scotland Total The deaths We returned according to the supermtcndent min.:ran' districts, es it i; Lund impracticable to dmingnish every place separately. The house to house visitation of the metropolis having al. most ceased, no furtha returns •ill be published. AUSTRALIAN GEMBAPHY.—The marked ignorance of Australian geography displayed in some of the most largely circulated journsla and periodicals of the British em pire, is not a little amebae g ; and, in many inereneee, may be attributable t 3 inaignificaat territorial designations, ori ginally adopted with characteristic carelessness, and retained with consummate bad taste. Toe vast cclonies founded in Australasia by colonizers fr the parent state, are striking sumo:plea of geographical shiurility. Beginning with the elder colony—New South Wales—what can be more absurd than continuing to call an immense extent of eastern and southeeasoern territory after a fractional pert of a small principality Then there is the " island of Van Diemen's Land :" what a pity it is not officially as well as couventionally known by the equally proper and much more euphonious appellation, "Tasmania!" The New Zealand group, with its tenitorial divisions and pro vincial nomenclature, may he said to present the greatest absurdities of the class we wish to reprehend. Of emigrants to Western Australia it used to be said, " they are gots to the Swan ;" and the nominal locality of a picturegue tut unimportant river is Mill commonly enough applied to an immense westera and south-western territory. The metropolis of the vast Port Phillip district is more southerly than oar own, and it is therefore not surprising that it should be included in their sanguine aspirations for South Australia by those who live only gathered imperfect and jumbled inrormation respecting the Cheat South Land. Again there is the iminensa north. eastern territory which Dr. Lang has chosen to call Cook's Laud, but which hitherto has only been spoken of in general under such an insignificant desig nation a" Moreton Bay." Amongst numerous suggestions of more appropriate territorial designation', we have heard it proposed to apply to the while province of Western Au stralia the elegant term of Australind, or Austral-Ind, by which a small portion only is at pr. sent known ; to eal the province of South Australia, Australia Po ginaruns ; and to retain for the important district of Port Phillip the title of Australia Felix,rightfully conferred by Sir Thomas Mitchell, and confirmed by other able explorer , . It has been prop/sod to ear -huts for " New South Wales" the more appropriate designation Australia Odorgium.—Adeoido Observer. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The go vt rnmeat inspector is, thee day, to go over the portion of this railway between Wolverhamp•on and Shrewsbury, pre paricory to the 0-ening of the lire, which is expected to of f ha ssi t e a ci n i e s w dsniv, offer talcs place on the let of November. Laneaster and Carlisle, and North Western Railways, to me effect that the letter woul d p a y 60 p er cent. on the pillar hi rarl is of all goofs brought to thtir respeotere linos from the Siocobrrs made tt sCsovvr th is ais company on have e he Scottish Central. There was to be no farther offer of leasing or new working agreement. As the working ---- a moat lines are estimated to be 40 per cent. v" above offer is considered a very liberal effect will fall far short of the 7 per cont. Courier. 'cilia" expenses if t. of the trait?, the I one, bot.., a s guanine. ':! .; i -.: 1 - '" l f 1 f :7. 7 4 ( .•., . 1 ' . : •Taavaswai4 ;t i i , I i Ii I t' i f •'\