The Express. — London, England, 1849-11-23 00:00:00

RAILWAY MEETING. ORRAT NORTH OF ENGLAND. M eldinediellsy renal meeting of the dam Cerma of Ragland Railway was hull VON is , : i sm le eture-roOra of the Cesual-Mildiage, gzu do perms , of tokkg into amaideraties a r ood raft by the Yilf**66,46, and Berwick sal -14, th e completion sompletto• of the Gelallor . : b k :AO" woo 0. alairasa Ike 'board of dinettes gibe GINO of Ragland Railway . Coespeay, pre dba- Its efieurtisemeaq @Mimi the metros sad statism bes..—.. wing s read, the Waimea asked es the es read die report*: the divesture, whisk was se wear ow: gr OT TIE DIOTCTORI TO Tin geIOTOIIIOIIII AT ISiTILLOaDIIIAZT OBSIZILIM sastsso, so,, 22, lid. r e v Menem ia bringing before you the eiremestaniess • sae kissed them to all a gement meeting, te ear me the Melee of the preyed aria by die Ysek.Newasetle, Coupon foe peemeolog tbe eample wa * , pe ws of your milwer, es agreed apse is the Oak and eke r comider m to the propriety et ellerfar r""_., and obit, .511151 proposal, deem it doe to Me pre ✓ie Wady le senate tke course whisk Mei bans goltrome to this importeat subject. pM rweedigeolige, absolving with minty that the amines a Yak ihweestle, cud lienriek Railway Conger, o p homer makillif so gab en the stock 411•111 i by flat vo rsq, IN die purpose of perk, the padres memay, a agla i a i muiring the empletien of die miteme en 11 7 hi Me bat et hay *MO, be_mewil is thiamine at tke Took, Rewords, and riridt LAY mid* ff em p▪ maypreviously to the let of July lasi, Wag if earlier than was strictly required by the imemeat. at udi period the menu et that company wow soder szlneitmedgetien by —e by by e a , art Mg only intimation WWI mar dirertete embed of the views unmake& ley Valk iseamittes ea to rvdverlam s of your railway gad itompletio . , of the :e.ss through the mediums of the third repeal el f th a t dated the 17th of August kat. is th A t d eemees t go winsfuse snip that doubts misted as to t h e validity .f kagestmenle between the companics, but do sot s t a t e on ▪ tea seek doubts are boil 6. ad reornmead in Z ef ole mgella is Bask on the Ist of Jr.*, lu st, t h e or of is let Ilko must, payable. at els years date and book, Wogs* at few per alt. Taw dionies, being ooefidently of G om m th a t th e d ee d et Norm awl arresgemeas for the sa l e en d m a w s e f de WWII, sad der the Inn,* .re entered Me I. the most pnaet good faith, sad that the p see j a a u ree p e ce p ee f ee dp 'MI mid aspabe of ,being st f awed if amegary, and beteg indt4 r oas view by the crank* of counsel as Wailed at jeer lam half yearly omen. im a m an d bearing is wad diet such report did not eatieate from e i ther — Th e ahan _ holders ei lb 6 666460 's at the York, Neweeette, and Ber wick Rail's, CcmPac.y, but from a emmittes sacral) ' sppoisted to blull'ff de the affairs of that coramey, deemed it mods*, sot at SA' dm to take any steps in the matter, but to wait 616 nor Set whisk the directors of that sempany should *dept. On the blb of Oeteber last, to seeesqemes al a request to that drat in* a the Mentors of the York, Neweemie. and Berwick Cor ,pay, your directors met them at York, when a embed to was read by the former that debentures should be olfifst A this company, bearing Merest at 4 per cent., ask P r . bps at the expiration of six years from the lot of sr st. At this meeting the subject of the erompletka of the Pr /chase of your railway was fairly dimmed, sad it .ring den to year directors, from the position in which 00 Turk, Neweeetle, and Berwick Railway Company_ was al seed by cirmimstanees which the Om direction could not eatrol, that that economy was suable to met the sump mints with this company es the lat of July nest, your di rectors Motion it desirable to sonseit lame of the principal ihmeholden residieg in London sad the neighbourhood as to the most advisable emus to be panusi under the dr twastaaces, ad • circau erse awed accordingly commies • weds' kr that purpose. M this meting, held on the 12th October last, an Moen tial body of ;madmen met, and after a eoesiderable dow ses it ms agreed to reeemmend to the shareholders of this eimmy sewn, to an ate of time for the payment ki parehm money o undo, via , sae third of the pat ine mosey to be paid is es* ea the lm of July next ; oar did debestures at a per wet., payable in three ears ; Was regulator mo-third In debentures, at th e ism s ) rate d Molest, payable is five yeas. These teem wen sob SOW to the dinettes ell Oa York, Newcastle, mad Berwick Ommay, ad by them to the committer of investigation d MIA esoimmy who, through tbe medium of their fifth wit. Wed AI Wein , last, state May have so heel- Wm is eddies that limy be net eteseded to, because esit wadi be easiveleat to a large tureen in the met pellet paid to Ws sempany. Teer direden have wader thine eigesaistana thought it eight to Immo this mostine, that the prors at large have the op opportunity of detensialer - ercw it be es. op sat te comsat to a patpoweest of the perms( of the , and ii es on what Moo Oa the 13th = messy, the director of the York. Newcastle, and Berwick Compseystate by letter that they have so mammal M eels mewl that eastaised is the third and filth aped of the semmillas at luserigation before referred to. The teems parsed by year dkoctore hada, thee beea *wed by the York, Neeramthr, aad Berwick Company, mot directors reormsimaael that • onsweittee be &pocketed, to meld of your directors, aad the shareholders, ganstly, This.. Fowler, Res ; John Itedgkio, Esq. • Joke 0. lOWA E•q. ; Joey' Olyn, En ; with poirers to soft wish** York, Newcastle sad Berwisk Company, md wokswer to ammo with diem terms of settlement, to be subsequently reported to this maim which poor dimetees propose to adjoura mid to-mono, enemas, at three .'dock, for that purpose. The following afterwards paved as • Wee to the report: " That it he ea intrados to the committee to be ap pointed that no negotiation shall be entered into with the &retort of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company essept upon the basis of Me acknowledged validity tithe under m aw for the kw sad sale of the Great Nati of Ragland Railway." Mr. C. IL BARREN said that, being me of those @hus kiest, eke reside at a considerable distance from this nc:gh. lotrbood, he we. not 0L1C , 17 aware of the proceedings which bed already taken plan with regard to the affair in question. Re had certainly received a drawler to attend the meeting I. Loeb. cm the 10th of October, bat, is eoseequenee of being from home, aad the lean Melee been atiscaried, he was aot peewit on this occasion. He thought that to the first imams the skereholders ought to kaow whether the diremen of this sompasy had received any official nu munica , in from the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, as to the inability of the latter company to meet the liabilities which had bew keened by them in their agreement with the Great Nt nit of Enema Company, and whisk agreement had been confirmed by act of parliament. The CHAIRMAN replied that the state of the ems se to the coasemaications which had been received wee embodied in the report. The object of the reeminendatim of as ad. Ointment till Friday was that the directors and the com mittee oldie Great North of Emend would have an oppor tunity of men* with the directors at the Ten, Neerambi, and Berwick, at their board seeing es Friday moniag, at which UMW Oa two COMMON might be able to some to some arrangement, and which arrangement would be sub mitted to the adjourned meeting at Darlington, on the afternoon of the sem day. He thought that most of the shareholders would prefer the meeting her only adjourned for one day to an adjournment for a math or sin weeks. The Rev. J. H. BARBER Mud what security_ was held under the net of parliament for the York. Newcastle, sad Remick Railway Company, for the perkwassee of the impart, and what penalty they were Babb to kit seepaymest. ▪ lIIIWBURN said the smirk, bell iry the Great North el Berland Company maths egatmet,whisktbey meld 'MOM ; there was no penalty bat the eafentieg of the inetnet. There beteg a entreat, the kw was nen to them to enrage it. They night Ale • bill fors specific pu pae, which would anipal the paiskenve le carry out the agreement. Hs apsiekil le send be tar this mediae a its wisdom to ccesider wheals , k wee Imitable to agree to a modification of the Maisel VIM" It to eskers the ton of payment, lather time take tie INISOff Obemery, when as one knew the time ekes the salt might terinkinto. Meat) ifult.DYlLEB.—litChainaas ad Gentlemen —Though I bold sad reward Moe In this railway ammo aesely 100,0001., this is the first time I hue sate of the proprietors; and although I have eon__ it my duty to be presser eta this megaton, I maw say I feel alarm SS to the remelt Our bargain with the York sad Newcastle Company was deliberately mitered Into, both by thin sad as. It wee sanctioned by an Ist of parliament. It km been directly sad indirectly approved of and coa ting& mileti2ll after easetig, by the Yak and Newcastle Inaletees, &wag the last ft. span. Under the autho rity el an set of parliament, seek has bees anted, knight, sad sold, for they very porpoise of paying or one money. Were a urination of this Idea to be mauled, or deputed, it would not ouly go far to waken all residence in sets of peoliment, but it would destroy all confidence in the .our and homer/ of mercantile men. Our noun, then foes, I thiak is a very plait ose. In the first place, we ought to be careful to take so step that could hereafter be pleaded against us es an opening up of oar bar gala, or a departs» hem it la the ant plea, ea oLoli slum that may be appehaed should have no power this, namely, to nuke any proposal that may be is - az to them by the atm enespiay, and to report upon it to a misting of the pnyieeen of this aiey to be horeater called. It should likewise be unman that In any uncap ant that may be game las i _ we_ _shall suer cement to ban en capitol outalsd. Mad an eztession of the time et' topmost be eddied fun, I mold as so sang ailed= to that, yealded we get sash interest for our away se ahoy railways are giving. Bat Weld it be pro posed that we should tabs las Merest for our mom than me en get elsewhere, er than kolas ma be obtained for Noddy, In the moan =net, shun I raw t: pretest ageism any proposal of the kind, Nab as my own amount and ea samang d the sawn for whoa I ad* m a guardian, Mall Aces intends us amat liberty to tamper with in 1111 11;71irrsoN gaits agreed is the remarks eYd bra just two mad.; bat ha had use suggessism ba Abr. • wlddi might either be token is im .m nuns or an a eider to the eseentiss for die Minks of the report Be thought it way imporlanl is liair meek** with the Turk, Newest* sad y, they should prated es the peledpb that the of the busgala beams the ea=ige was untsr e e i ; wad*ay taseded awy Oft*, be y egitill ftanened„ aregifers. :J ar a maim Se Oa tontheir assigadZ i _Tab, _Neftailt,.. sad Bawl* C *idl ginmempi Ile Ida* the essinettaiPMllolL-Q MIS... sd its propriety sod veliety to be ailed is The Nos, Mr. DUNDAS retasuaeaded that they skald limply withdraw tke imputatioa u to the lavalidity of the unmet. Mr. SAM. thought it wee areage to require tk• York, Newcastle, sad B.rwkk amen to adenowledge that the calms' wee hied's', sad then to say it wee epos to datioa. The nay waken at be.. appeared to his to be rospeatiug the rate of buena _ . questlea however shoot be lea le the deaden of the emenalitoo sad directors M Ikb fisfifsenye at their nonage wish the York, Newcastle. sad Neeeeleb Conroy ea Friday, sad it would he the bed lam of the aileuread meeting ea Platy efterasea to eon elder tbo Jeddah whisk they night owe to. Mr. B. B. FOX, of Falmouth, Kos a ..seed the original rarehatioa. U. quits .peed with the gawks just bads, NA ha biped the =atlas wage pee with the resehaloa, ea lbe rood dot a eimmillse wee meek more likely to maser tbe an ` B imabibeeedly thea a large body like the rause meelkg. The dieenedea wee procoodieg whoa our weal was do epatchod. one. He was a neighbour—tree—but few of the Evesham voters ever dined at his table. He was the largest proprietor in the town — true—bat his rents were heavy, and their payment was scrupulously and punctually enforced. In most is ?petits Mr. Rudge did his duty to his neighbours, but to no respect did he invite their sympatMa or court their approbation. When he same forward for Eve s—fihajnoorkaAso e L eneek l e ci etet; that .wff le hoortin li n e ti d spt w y co if reenifo re hbalmi w i l h ois •ed tot f oue from ft :i on h his r e: oiif fild ran.se ved d sir . at chips:sent, and who bad no place whither to resort to. But Sir John Beckett knew no thing of Evesham, and Evesham knew nothing of him. The Blues were the only party who could be of use to him. But the Blues at this time did not know how they would stand with the new constituency. Their great strength in 1830 and 1831 was with the London voters, who were now disfran chised : in Evesham itself they wanted station and respectability to secure the elements of strength. At this time Sir Charles Cockerell's was looked upon as the high aristocratic party, the whip as the respectable middle-class party, whilst the Blues were regarded as "a low set." Sir John Beckett disappeared quietly, almost without soliciting a vote. A young barrister a Mr. Walter Skiddow, took his place. He canva ssed the town, and made speeches, and endeavoured to get the steam up. But there was an imprearion in Eveekam that Mr. Walter Skiddow had not sufficient coals to keep up the fire ; that he wanted the " wherewith" to feed the flame. One day . whilst Mr. Skiddow was gesticulating from the windows of an hotel in the upper part of the town, urging the electors "to make up their minds," and reminding them that "the contest was new at hand," and that "they would be called upon to do their duty to their country," &lc., there drove op to the said hotel a travelling carriage and pair, for which two horses were unostentatiously " ordered out." Them alighted from this carrisge two gentlemen, one of whom listened with some attention to Mr. Skiddow's speech. It was winter time, and the geutleraan was wrapped in a cloak lined throughout with fur, which gave a some what dashing appearance to a figure by no means otherwise remarkable. After hearing Mr. Skiddow out, this gentleman and his friend went into the inn. They had some conversation with Mr. Skiddow and his friends. It appeared that their object was to in qaire if Mr. Skiddow intended to stand. Mr. Skid dow's canvass bad not been very favourable ; however, he intended to go over it again. The gentleman not in the cloak said that if Mr. Skiddow retired the gentleman who was in the cloak would bo happy . to supply his place. Mr. Skiddow requested to be in troduced. The ceremony was performed immedi ately—" Mr. Peter Borthwick, Mr. Skiddow—Mr. Skiddow, Mr. Peter Borthwick,—w hem, doubtless, sir, you have heard of as the celebrated West Indian lecturer." Mr. Skiddow promised Mr. Peter Borthwick that if he did retire he would let him know. Mr. Peter Borthwick on this assurance went off to Cheltenham. A day or two afterwards word was sent him that Mr. Skiddow bad continued his canvass without success, and had determined to relinquish his position as a candidate. Mr. Peter Borthwick, thereupon, cams over to Evesham. He was accompanied by several friends. It was s peedily made known in Evesham that these "friends ware members of the West India Association, and that they had come prepared to buy their man his seat. The head-quarters of these gentle menwas at Cheltenham, Sir Bothell Codrington, Mr. Peter B othwick's great patron, heir g chiefly resident at that place. Evesham was selected by them from its proximity to that town, and from the notoriety of its character. They wanted their man in parliament, and such apiece as that seemed the fitting one to start him for. The West India Association went to work in the most approved fath•on of the days autecedent to re form. They bought every voter they could, " regard less of expense." But they had no chance. The reform tide had for the time swept away the foul mud of corruption even at Evesham. The local reform area consisting chiefly of new ten-pounders, polled well for the old reform members. They were re turced by a majority of newly two toone —the numbers being, for Cockerel!, 234 • Hudson, 212 ; Borthwick, 126; majority for Hods on, 102—the largest majority by which any member was ever returned at Evesham. Mr. Borthwick's friends on this occasion spent many thousand pounds—at the time it was thought use lessly. But the money which they scattered, returned, if not to them, to their candidate, at a period far lees distant than it was then possible to have anticipated. IRELAND. DI ILIK, Nov. The following extraordinary letter, from Lord Clements, cannot fail to excite surprise. liis lord ship, a whig nobleman, and brother of the whig member for Leitrim, "heartily concurs" in the eddreas to Lord Roden, and does 114 because he cannot tolerate that the executive should exercise any control over the conduct of the unpaid magistracy ; hut how even such principles as those laid down by Lord Clements are applicable to the este of Lord Ryden mid his col. leagues in the Dolly's-brae affair, and on the bench of Castlewellan, it is difficult to perceive. The letter, which is addressed to the secretary to the committee for promoting addresses to Lord Roden, is ss follows : Lough Ryan, Mobill, Nov. 16, 1849. Sir,—The independence of magistrates is • great bulwark and security to the liberty of the subject, and as it is the practice of the Bucolic. in Ireland to endeavour to exercise an improper control over the opinions and decisions of the bench in the administration of justice, not unreasonable alarm may be entertained at the summary dismissal of the Earl of Roden from the commission of the peace. I heartily concur in the address to that noble lord, and I shall be happy to jet. is any equally just petition or remonstrance armlet arbitrary interference with the discretion of magis trates in the execution of their very onerous duties; and I will further observe, that an upright magistrate is the surest protection that a poor man has against the tyranny of politi sal partisans or official domination.—l have the honour to be, your obedient servant, Cuthretere. Richard Nugent, Bow. The conditional order was obtained in the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday for having the name of Mr. Reynolds struck off the burgess roll ; but as &consider able delay must take place before the objections are discussed; in fact, as no further step can be taken before the first day of next term, after Mr. Reynolds shall have been installed Lord Mayor, and as the pro ceedings may easily be protracted by the law's delays, throughout the whole of his year of office. the tortes may be said to have been regularly feiltd in their plot against him. The Earl of Roden has arrived in Dublin. The following circular has been issued from the Incumbered Estates Commission, as a general " notice to applicants for office :" 14, Reariettustreet, Incumbered Estates Commission. BL,—ln consequence of the numerous letters and applies eons addressed to the commissioners for situations in their @curt, and their inability from pressure of busin as to answer all such communications in due coarse, I am directed to inform you that the only situations under the Incumbered Estates Commission, sanctioned by the Lords of the Trea sury, have been all filled up, and that it is not the intention of the commissioners to propose so the Treasury that any additional lofikei shall be established in their court. am, sir, your very obedient bumble servant, 8. Wm:LT% FLUICA, GAN, Secretary to Incumbered Estates Commissisn. The Erenany Moil revives the rumour of Mr. Corry Connellan's resignation of the office of priva.e secre tary to the Lord Lieutenant. LOANS UNDER THE LANDED PROPERTY ACT.— The folloeiog persons have applied for loans under this act: Wm. Tuthill, Gortmore, county Tipperary, 6001. ; Lord Clonbroek, Ki'cannel, °minty Tipperary. 1,8801. ; Sir Robert Bateau, Bart., Tullyard, 1,0101. ; Richard D. Massy, Arditoulban. county Limerick, 2001. ; Robert Hunt, Askuton, MU. ; Sohn Blennerhawitt, Clounkirry 1,6101.; Richard Chute, Tullygarron, Kerry, 3,70 N , 'Edward Bl'Donnell, Glenarm, 4,0001.; Earl Antrim, 3,5601., county Antrim ; Thomas Barnes, 2804., Kilkenny. BALLYHALE TENANT PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The mooed meeting of this body was held on Wednesday last, at two o'clo.k, and was vary numerously attead.d. Tanana farmers from several estates in the parish, anxious to limn the object of the society, and the rules by which the mesa ben are to be guided, assembled at the rooms lougbefore the hour of m p Zi e z. All seemed to new take wen the liveliest interest in the Mo. Fourteen s enrolled. Several notices of niMion were given for the nest day of meeting, when the committee will begin its work of lesfulness.— Tipperary STEALING FIREeARAIS.—Sunday last two fellows entered the dwelline.heass of William Redden, at Annaiih bog, in the parish of Lockers, seusty Tipperary, while he and his brother were at gam, sad carried ott a foetioppiree. —Kong's Camay (Armtek. RENT. --Conway It. Dobbs, Esq., of Castle Dobbs, we understand hu mad* a reduction of 25 per cent. to the tenantry on his art estate ea their rent& for the cur rot year.—Beffest Cfstertielai PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM. MEETING AT WYMONDHAX Since the large meeting in St. Andrew's Ha, Nona* on lird October, the Meal essamitbse have been eoneentrntleg their energies is that miens meetims should encenei. each ether is this esem, Is bum of Pealmnestary sad Insomnia Belene—tbak tint onifeerbse teak piens as Wednesday, in the sew British esheel•rosea. Wyssandham. .• B. Tarim. tick the etude ; after whiA J. H. TILLETT, , nee to move— " That the swenswas Ism exacted annually from the coas t!, In aelfensi .std Weal taxation paralyses commerce, de. poems sitienithee, sad impoverishes the labouring dams." Test imatiemen went at great length into the sasses of the possios peat diaress—asseag the farmars, tradesmen, as& Menem swerally—showing that the Uses pressed most us these seem ebbs to bear them, that is, apes the balestria dams% Ili tke propordra el niartestbe on thaw who lamer far war waheastinee, whilst bat sae-tenth was paid by these is spleedonr. He dencanesd the game laws= se ttit the hottwolve months 4,000 onvistioas bed taw soder them Welshes , laws, to protect fowls sad ewt by God fee the beeefit of sIL Mr. Wen esseplanni badly also of the praline of the tithes on the egelentimehts, urea( that a radical reform was wanted in Vie *arab ; that every desominatirst of Chriatiing ought to =ltfor the sapper of their own clergy ; and not let the s to lad tea million of mosey to support the misuse et ISO nest only. He then went on to *Ow that en than. gravamen may be remedied by having fieensial reform, an KtelllilS 111 the suffrage, wale by belie% giving the right at vain to In Williams of male adults. Wiwi of the United number of see million, as at the russet time. lb Mead Nod 1,000 militias of money had bees espendg p d b lelde esseery daring the lest oratory to blow other brans opt—dmaribing the established religion adds meats y as " organised hypocrisy," adding that millions of ageleatund Sabana, were at the present time receiving bat - Ikea da to Ts. per week for their labour — set me much as weld sullies fey one ordinary dinner for oar of the arlitooreey. Mr. Slilett strongly insisted that farms ought to be divided, sad that industrUas men should have allotments of lead, so that they might labour thereon and live therefrom. He hoped to see the day wises the mend ben elected to sit is parlament mid represent not only the rich, but she middle clam and the poor. (This speech was loudly cheered In many puts ) Mr. CORNIBLIIJB TIPPLE seconded this resolution, which wan serried nuanimously. Mr. 8. Pll4lO them rose to propose the woad resolution, as follows: " That thank no namable hope of Weida; or adjuring this intolerable burden, so long as the clue which pr, fl's by the system monopolises the represestation of the entire pea pie, sad that therefore it is incumbent upon all who desire relief from pressing saneness to wire with the National Referee Amocdation in demanding each wawa& as shall give effete Its parliament the ust wi of the people." Mr. RE M4OLDB, of to Wymea j selham, s shes econded this roan. ties, widish was earned nem. eon. Mr. PEOO made an excellent speech In favour of the re telatios, forcibly showing where the pressen of taxation wee meet felt; that unless those grievances were qaickly removed, 'mashie; very diairrous must fall on our country, with our septum in a time of pe-oe gradually increasing. Mr. Pegg spoke is favour also of the ballot, for he mid it is • we& known fast that the farmers at the present time are emir pilled to vote at the clawless of their laadlords. He advo cated triensial parliaments. Rev. J. Paso moved, and Mr. 'MLITT seconded, a vete of thanks to the chairman, to which he replied—when WIMP ben came up to register their name, as members, the bust. concluding about 10 o'clock. FRUITS OF FREE TRADE AND THE NAVI• OATION LAWS. (From the Marathoner Guardian.] Annagst the arguments reed against the repeal of the aeon laws, oar reader will sot tail to remember one, wilds wee paraded la float by every speaker and welter on *Mae of the queetion, namely, that the hes importatva cog wgl~s eristmodides, and especially of forage grain, would y drain the country of its stock of the proton me ld.. Tereigreen, it was alleged, would all require payment In m e; and mar system of currency, founded epos the pus sof an adequate suck of gold by the Bank of Eng land, wadi Inevitably be overturned. Well ! we have sow had some little ezperienc• of free trade—under which, WS tong to a deficient harvest. and an sites sive deetethliea of the potato crops, the isnot" of grain have bees kage—ory much larger, indeed, than those imports whisk in termer years, when made under a system of rearietiewa 'many disturbed the forage exchanges, and hammed the meths if the arosey is this eosatry. But do we win= Igaigheins of that drain of geld which wee noting as the feennale result of free trade ? Quite the 000trare. Derli.g the whole of oar heavy imparts gold bas been poetise into the country ; the stock of bullion in the Bank of England has been steadily animating; sad, In stead of any "special drain from hence to the oseatriss from which we dative our supplies of grain, we fed that the merainate of the United States are 'biotin geld to Eng land at a rate which has drawn forth semolina of alarm — whether rea ss eizetended, we will net amilenthe to dater mine—trona r meetings in that eseatey. Of course aewspapers which polkaed that allow gold world be abstraseed in maim for liseelga gran an sow io se great Mai to allies bets ofthis faun; but we trot they will not be overlooked by say ef them is whom that or any other prediction put forth by the seam parties had in spired &ales as so the safety of themselves/es which have been mostly aloud in oar oommerial With the view of "klieg is re-aseariag r e Allit mind on thienapertant subject, we beg to mil the attestion of our readers to the following extract (SOUL the semtmeatltly de aths of Messrs. Edward Klan sad SI Liverpool, dated the 17th lest., In referee's to the appeeirthiag rad aation of the maenads' laws: "Notwithstanding that some forage ship have been shattered to the But Indies, sad others string which are now at Sea Francisco and elsewhere, homeward charters an as difficult as ever to be obtained of first clam British ships, whilst very high rates have to be paid for the outward voyage. I. home charm', nothing as be done under el; 10e. to SI. from Calcutta, and offen are freely made at 44. to 41.45. without success; so that little apprehensios yet exists of team markets being interfered with by (onto batons." As the navigation-laws expire oa the Ist ef Jewry ant, this is about the time when, nom& ing to the podietions with which the costae has bees deluged it ought to have been next to impos sible to Ind ' freight for British vewL. And what are the real fade ? Good British ships are difficult to be got, even at high rates of freight, "Other for inward or on. ward cargoes ; and it will be sees, from the latter of our Liverpool aorreepondent, that vessels have bees taken up this. to load teas for the Caked States—a trade which, it mace be recollested, could not be carried is until the repeal of oor saris/ada laws opened the ports of the United States paters panne from this country. to THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE SOUTH- Winn= ZAH.waT.—Lest evening an Wiriest was held at the Rose end Crown. Wind'leeks, before Kr. Carter, upon the body of Ilv. D. WArthar, • baker, lately . residing in the above Wasp. Several witnesses ware mustaed, a nd it appaired Mat on Thursday ht last the deceased bad re. caved Wisdom which ray his death on the folleeiug Idosday, is amestlsence of =lining his footle' whilst at tempting la OW ODr of the nuAsigm of a railway t rain width nook MAW. The accident oacurred on the South- Wessels gosh as the Wandsweellt•ewenwon station, which was represoneed as being impartially iighOsd ; and the jury returned a verdict of " Amideatal death,' at the game Moo ettgiteeting that a lamp should be Ind at the extreme sad ef the down pinetsrm. ILLEGAL LOTTERIES IH HULL.—In the polies court, onpyldsy last, Ilk. I. C. Bell, solicitor, sprayed before tho aagfstrrtie, aaii SIM that he hal been astragal by a eirikat of tradesmen le mil their worships' at to this Ewa lotteries whisk were in eastern and had nod marled on. Theysiusidsred it detrimental= to the Rise& of the tows and abe a the tatoreste of the fair Voir. There were seveial lellselm which evidently ems within the penal statutes now is firm TM 10th and 11th Va 111., c. 17, made all than hellorise illegsl, sad impaled panaWn upon the paean ememeed i them. The 9th Anne ^rims al Judea of the pima mayors, bailiffs, Mal takes, asetallue, aali Mb am within their suiperlhe jurisdiedose, to are *lk Mara endeavours se geoesst the drawiag of any sob alai! allay. The 27th Cheese IL sad* then Maria he pal*" to &dros , preessalim liviaggy, giaseJesealle i - ee wawa dans, illegal, mad hoped pse et Ma apt tbe pesatelas. sad also ono area geodes alibi AIM laludea. said me of SOL epee ell pleas ale woe aseemesd Is Ihea,ahhll wallas were reseverabb Woe two Judas. Be did set now wish to mats any opplisatisa, bee esly to asselles tad Ma Art Union Ast. under which the ppaes sought to *aka Shaw only eassiled to palace age or works of art dismal ot by societies laserperead loyal Marta. TM tide men by whoa he wee Milmeled le apply to their worships would marally, if this hid se desk premed wider the penal statutes to rearm the penalise and suppress the lealaiss, for they hued ileasedees Wand la the sae of their pods, and it was deddadly maw to the soma of the salioet. There wee a peedies ter levias a Me of 601. uprantr au MINI *no Islisrio. - --lokra Oxman THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1849. THE FINANCIAL REFORM INDIRROT TAXATION. SECTION ITILS PV 713 Z lIIT Till TAUS Ott PAPIA, SIWSPAPW, AND ADVlernsaa.--_ The paper duty is as old one the warn of Eileen and Frame Mem, with its kindred tames thersce at thrtiosime, end as windows—tam ea tho anent gems an light of the eno—th soap, leather. soles ab. salute amemartes of life, it was inpoon to raise mosey to Pay one nears to • 1 humble the King of Trans.," Louts lIV., se the MIMS& paean the. wan 13p le UNthete writing. ealined. plig parse. eardboads. sa sill beards wen denemithesd lbsiodate piper, an poll IL the lb. duty, as lea per mt., unless maaubetund tarred reps., without the ter Wog 'enviously to which MSS tho paper was dethathmen - Mean dies, sod paid lid. pots.. er 14e. per out. iffillmede or of Wilma eltheiaMap made lma material se th e sethaLeinee paps; 216. per lb., or 21e. per ewt. thinly. Oa th e Mee el paper the tax was from 26 to 36 per that., to VS per nat sal the ethemat. In 1836 the duty was attend to its present rata of lid. lb. on all paper, gad the restriction oa the use of maariale abolished. The duty of lid. pee square yard oa pa t printed or stained was then repaelwi, to the great rifer of that branch of baser,. Indeed, the repeal of that thetnow ties to industry has emost created • new breath of taaaa future, to the employment of many hang, to the beauti fying of dwelling-n, and the reffinemeat of domain taste. The reed duty still been • proportioa of 60 pre out. oa thane paper, gush ea the grocer weighs sad thargee with the posed of saga, and from 7 to 20 per *nth on lighter kinds in common use. Oa the lightest of all, that mode for Bank of Bogland noise, the duty is infialteeintally low ; to ships'eathing paper, which is wed thteasively for laying cm bottoms seder copper, it is 100 per coat. The question has been somewhat sneeringly asked by more than one Chathellor of the Ezehermer, wart &paw them have waited en them to seek the drelltlen el the dry on paper: " Bow moth cheaper mad a Mgr neempaper, se • letter and omelette, or • IMO* mark bon, as she wrapper of • pound weight of gam be tank to the methane by the abeam of the duty?" The answer is, that the absence of dote might act admit of a »Motion of prise as a slain arti,de ; bat it meld determine whether the proprietor ell a newspaper could earry oa bum= with or within' • rear amain pent—whether he might afford to *Mk mem en genglie hmehl, or literature, to print en beer paper— ' eml k wend Morrow whether mem brembes d kothonte. the sow la being,would exist or not. In KIM SPlMS4akillh Es Genoa taw has been enforced lately oriel dip- ' , for weighing that heavy and streag paper thelispea for ounsmoditios such as rigor with the artiste rellatki. Bet ens-half of the pries whisk the doorkeeper pays floe that paper is a war tax, takes by geseremses from the paper maker, while thadiereklie pspentisa Si the other half of its act to the the/Myth to Mammas to the paper maker, for looses sustain in hie badmen the Excise obstructions, or of mho profit, exacta= noised' Minium to wham the duty thaetioally gives a monopoly of the paper trade, and who, except the govelf• meat and its adherents, are lte only persona that, as • elm, oppose the repeal of the paper tax. They enjoy • lama treat it at the espouse of the paper manufacturers and the public, thus: The wholesale stationer knows that once in every pan of six week., on an appointed day, the paper milker mut pay the duty on the paper sold during the previous six weeks. Except a very few makers, they are compelled, by uneasily, to sell, and realise cash. The wholesale at :tither buys nothing during the six weeks, but awaits the day, and almost the hour, which be knows will trios the paper maker to tall. Tee papas made must be sold; mosey (in the thee of thane paper) must be obtained to pay the inexorable revenue collector to-morrow, equal, or nearly, to the anneal doll the wages of labour, coat of materials I umd, rates and ordinary taxes, Interest on capital lair, sled in mao h lury sod materials and interest on capital required to meet the snip with punCluality, else the whole works will be stopped by immediate distraint. To stop once from such • caws, le to be stopped far ever. Tie paper mill must go on to-atomor, and the next six weeks to provide for the deity payable at the earl of that time, upon the paper made during ela week., petite/Hog to-day, this day included. On and on, oath *going, and the debt of • six weeks' duty, incurred, the mill must go, the maker most sell, and the wholesale stationers will only give such a pries as a man, who must sel, must take. One with an independent capital might withhold his supply Iron the market for the, or two, or more periods of six weeks; but the necessities of them makers who have not an inde pendent capital, the greater number in the trade, have already axed the pries, gad he must take it. The whnesale purchaser is also the merchant who sopplies, is moat owes, the raw material. In all eases he does is to the needy man, and declines to buy paper or advance money for the terrible to morrow of the revenue Alone, unless part the cunt be taken in rags or old ropes at his own price. The motions of the number of those wholesde stationers gives them the easy power of combination. The paper to: forces the trade into their hands—they combine—the paper msksrs on one hand and the public on the other, suffer from their monopoly. They alone, of all traders in paper, defend the continuance of the duty. In the ease of each a manufactory as one in Lancashire, supply's', it I. believed, • half or more of all lb. sewn pap rs is the kingdom, neither the sale of the manufactured article, nor the purchase of the raw material, are through the wholesale stationer. Cotton watts, the article tied, is directly carried from the .pinning fact ories to the paper mill, sad Ohs ,apply to the newspaper is sent out in like manor ; et even her the price is regulated, not by the wholesome law of demand tad supply, bat by cottontail of the duty. Nor do the public gain the advantage in redaction of pd e which would be presumed at a canary glean of this branch of the subject; the public can gain no permanent advantage from an unprofitable manufacture ; it cannot continue to exist. II price falls below profit, quality must Comm down to price ; thus, instead of that natural law in manufactures, of improved means of production always tending to lower prices or im prove qualities, the quality of paper is either deteriorated, or it does not improve in properties to the great facilities which mechanical and chemical mama affords for its production. The public are geaerally fami li ar with the entertaining tracts recently published by the Meson. Chamblee, of Edinburgh. The nle of th roe tracts wee all that could have been //a menably expected of any cheap publication; it woo enor mously liege, yet it did not afford • profit sufficient to in ducetheir continuance ; the duty on paper would have been a handsome profit Because of that duty, the tracts timed, aad the employment, the mores, and profit of many bun rinds of people ceased with them, or had to be competed foe elsewhere, *bile the public were deprived of one supply of chap and instructive reading. Printers, stationers ' booksellers, newsreader, book binders, type foundeve, artists, copperplate and litho graphic printers. cardmaken, paper-stamen, and paper hangers, are all directly obstructed in their trade by the duty on paper ; an is the author ; and b. sides the public, for whose use paper is made, the duty is indirectly an ob. etruetion ter the nthutry of millwrights and other ottehanics. The pro ligi .us strain upon some of the machinery, and the delicacy of other pasts, require the frequently applied skill of the steehestet A few year ago the number of -manatee titters of paper was stated to be about 600; that number is now condlerably reduced, and continues to decrease as the smaller otawafecturen emetinue to fail to meet the revenue eolltedoee through the monopolist wholesale stationer. It is alleged with • show of probability, that the act of 1836, whichfixes the day on which the duty is to be paid, oe the manufacturer ruined, will, in • few more years, give the whole paper making trade to • very Nw persons of large capital, who may then esmbine to exact an exorbitaat price from the public. The stamp duty on newspapers has more advocithes than Ina the paper duty. One says it is nothing more than a mask to go trite by post; and size of paper considered, it is • cheaper postage than that of a letter. Another defends the stamps With the allegation, that they preserve the respect ability of the newspaper. To the first of theme it may be answered, that • large pro portion of all newspapers an mold in the tome wham pub. lished, and delivered without going into the posnoffiee. On the purchasers of all each there is Wird a tax of 384 per cent if the paper be 4t, or 26 per cent. if it be 6d., that cer tain other ponces living elsewhere my have their piper seat tree by pod. There ammo so difficulty in devising an ninety* label to attach as • portathestanip fat newspapers actually seat through the past-office, whisk, by requiring a substitute each time the same paper woe would give more revenue to the post-office than its assumed share of newspaper reverse taw. The second objection to the abolition of the stamp, that Its ahem' would entourage an inferior elm of papers, is th roned by • referents to America, where Dismay* no stamps, bat th e answer to this all. otitis ie—Let us look at home, act abroad; let is examine our own aatithel tun in podiditna iheratare. Ham not the cheep periodicals, in wileitenseldal was the ladingingredient, daring the last Mary yore, or a ft er another, perished Aad have not them Wed with instructive or innocent sanesineat leinised in man sad circulation ? Ilafortunataly, it is the Me that politioal dioquisitions are either mon profound we meth pore awl free of personal vituperation, as the price of the loons! rims. The questions of financial reform, economy la the expenditure of public mousy, and the preservation of reps have readiscaseed in the high-priced as well as the low plaid relelleala el England. In or selling at 2s. 66., in Min M., tad ,a t a fourth st a r e treateder port of the reser yew (1849), hose subjects amid personal eroprientadose, saisquotations, and vituperative abuse of the Winkling who advocate moony, peace, and complete freedom to eonmerm, In • at le seldom equalled by the obeeepross circulating betwera BaaTesettheo. Bat the treatment of those subjects, in its style, is sot in accord ions, with the Briti-h national taste, nor with the taste of • majority of throe who rood these periodicals ; the publishers ars the led Judges of what the public like beet. One of the meet mines* of them in Lsadon, it is reported, has lately re lieved himself Mat the unprofitable union of ea able sad highly-paid writer, who had • natural tendency to be nun rilous. An ordinary newspaper pays • duty of 21 per amt on the wee it thee. This alone, if remitted, would torma• profit talizietit to improve the quality to meet the competition of fresh papers—if any. The increased demand for a paper, at 81., wirch would be the price of those at Wattmeter, now publishing with • peony sad a halfenny stamp (t he latter ice a supplement), would give a la rger profit than is ob tained now, span from the gala of 21 pee mt. on paper. The tondo& nom weal& be as good a property at 3td , without its penny and halfreany stamps as it is now at fid. with them. In dares to which there would be the profits on a larger sole; thrived& he 21 per cent saved oo sad in adverthearrit 1011Wiletated revenue, for ces tithe also the duty snot be ttlfallYL It is a chimera to see, or allege the probability if esebeg as Wider elms et neve. parrs Meg up, if the ere* std the dudes be removed. The already seabird Vial "fall nal Older lrfielldle elleriquess IfirCes7 Z 44 44 aser de. • new paper cannot is sae washy are la ass per, establiek keen sa as &densities ametient, no muter how popular fie Okla. And it I tram advertise meats that the - peat ea asetsgapers, if say, arkes. New mem main be ed a sagmke to seldom permanent meet" sad bedew sompstieses with those established. AU • anew% es edam degree, harmonies with the wants and tams d die seed* public. The weekly sad the proviadal nowegagene see now tepees& to s w o o sairtion with sheep *wag psdallesh, more them they be without taxes. USW* aao public meat, or rums of ose, to mob the weeklevasa peeler a newspaper to the day , he gets his wets, be bays the pinny this and the penny that, sad the dal kr threskalipease, sad has three papas kir aid., laeemd dose fee 4d. or er et old. - It k worthy of note that, while tiKweettiag man may give his Willa( kk beer, whisk requires the OMANI et no thought to orlak, without ea seesemiesl swap* the same sea be comes as assomkt whoa baying a newspaper, or period:hal, er leek, to read ' • be begins to tidak Is the est of buying. bemuse the article is one he the undo of thought. Tb. mare frequently the westing men gees to the bookshop, the bake for him self and 511 moiety. He goes them sow seam thus he cam did. Unto: the paper maker and the SeWiparlif. Gad lad ing a higher quality of latelleenual sad lama sourkkatent at a lower plea, he will go hi the bookshop more and more, and to the public house lees sad km. As to the dug of U. Id. as advertissaseats, nobody de ltoids it. The OkasesUor of the Esabiqaer says ha mewl spare the mosey. Doped this there is re sagsmeat. The Pinsasial Reform Assosiatim slier a salatitate icr tho marl, in direct tasatioa. This duty is me of the meet Adam in primiple. It has been salW a tax upon want. ; but it is a tax tided at one rate apes the man who wants employmirat, to whom empioymeat k bread to eat, sad es the man who weals • maresioa. who weals to preserve game, who wants to mead kis wealth is deshreyieg the ignite of the fkkl , • and it is a tax operating spinet those who do not advertise. Many hundreds if persons is may town, thousands of persons In large ease, make their wants known lees perfectly by a leagthseed lose el time or labour, or never make them knows rather than pay the high price of advertleisg, while this tax 'shames. The augmentation of incomes whisk would flew into the dike of a newspaper masequeat es the repeal el the advertisement duty, world be a mares of power for the Literaryimprommeat of mat paper to withstand Dam petitioa, is addition to the profits ee larger miss blowing the abeam, et the stamps, and the 20 es 26 per none. saved at paper by the repeal et the paper duty. What ressoss, Wen ,is there for saying the respectability of newspapers would deteriorate ? The law of libel is as powerful against a skeet without a stamp as with one. It would remain, but the best proteedm against Mellow literature is the national dislike to purehase snob commodities. P B. Besides the excise duty on the manufacture of paper, to which dose the foregoing remarks refer, there is a custom house duty on foreign paper of 3d. per lb., and of 2d. per lb. additional on stained paper. Those duties are called protec tive, bat the British paper manufacturen repudiate them ea protective, hardly any minion paper being el • vales to cam pets with British, men U admitted duty trot, and esrtainly not, if British paper were made tax free. OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—The enlargement of Buck ingham Palace is now completed, sad the ornamental deco rations of the wing fronting St. James's-perk are entirely finished. On the extreme centre is • triumphal arch, the buttresses supported by emblematic reproestatlons of Learn ing and Wisdom, lacked by Britannic and St. George and the Dragon ; on the crown of the arch is pissed • shield, inscribed "V. B , 1847," enclosed within the rose, sham rock, and thistle, and surmounted by • wreath of laurel; on the front of the north turret is plated a copy of the celebrated group from the Palace of the Alhambra, sad oa the south a copy of the Apollo Belvidere, either extremity being filled up with military trophies. There an three entrances to the quadrangle, which now comprises 4,000 square yards, the central being for the exclusive use of her Majesty. The internal decsrationa of the new wing , on which 14.00 W. will be expended, ere rapidly proceeding, and already • portion Is occupied. ROTAL biIIRMART FOR DIBEABE6 OP Tug Eat.— The quarterly meeting of this institution, founded for the relief of indigent piteous labouriog under deafness and other diseases of the sir, was held yesterday at the dispensary, Dean-street, ebo-equare, Dr. Richards in the chair. The secretary read the amount of subecriptioos, from which it appeared that the charity bad been aided by the contribu tions of by r Majesty the Queen Dowager his Majesty the Kin, of the Belgians, the Ladies Taney' Long, Atkinson, aad Trundle, Rev. B. A. Scott, the Lord Mayor, Captain lanes, &a. The committee solicited the aid of the affluent for this useful charity, which was dependent upon the volun tary subscriptions of the benevolent. This dispensary had afforded relief to en increased number of applicants during the lest quarter. The statistical account of the new admis sions from July to September is 260; discharged oared, 69. The committee, therefore, solicit the contribution of the be nevolent and charitable to enable thus to mot the expenses of the charity and to permit of its more extensive usefulness. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Harvey, the surgeon, for his unwearied attention and kindness to the poor patients attending the dispensary, In which he was also congratulated for the general success of his treatment. Thanks having been vet , d to the chairman, the mistime separated. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER or COMMlXE.—Yesterday a meeting, presided over by his worship the Mayor, was held in the Liverpool Town-hall, to adopt 111111111001 for establishing a Chamber of Commerce, end resolutions accordingly IMO carried nassimoudy. Messrs. Heath and Levi were nomi nated secretaries Iwo tees. THE EXPELLED WESLEYAN MINISTERS AT MOD- DanonELD.—By far the most influential meeting of Wesleyans, held in Yorkshire, to receive the Rev. Messrs. Everett, Duna, and Griffith, took pace at Huddersfield, on Wednesday evening, to receive • statement from those mi nister, relative to their expulsion from the denomination. The chair was occupied by Joseph Webb, Esq., en icfluen. tial merchant is the town, and • gentleman who his filled every office in the denerainatien except that of preacher. There were present a very large number of office-bearers end other members of the Wesleyan Society, and the Philosophical Hall, in which the meeting took plea, was crowded to the coiling Very animated addressee were delivered by the three ministers, after w lacit resolutions of sympathy with them, and of condemnation of the acts of the late Conference were paged, with only one or two dissentients. Besides the exoelleid ministers the motto; was addressed by Geo. Mol lie-son. Esq., and Messrs. Benj. Hey, Joseph Spies, Richard Tinker, and John Taylor. The same moisten attended a meeting at Iletkenondwike last night (Thursday), and to night they will be at Leeds. THE LANCASHIRE PCIILIC SCHOOLS ASSOCIA TION, the bead-quarters of which are at Manchester, unweariedly pursues its object of agitating the public mind on the plan of secular education of which it is the anther, and loses no opportunity of discussing its prac ticability and is adaptation to the state of society, whether as regards the wants of the public or its probable results upon exisung institutions and feedings which it is desirable should remain unimpaired. At a mini, given co Wednesday even ing, Mr. Peter Ryland', of Werringoce, read an interesting paper on "The facilities for the religious education of the people which might be afforded in coanexion with the plan of the Lancashire Public School Air sciatica." A. Hamer, Esq., M.P. for South Lancashire, presided on the occasion. EDUCATION IN GLOCCESTEISIME.—The Bishop of Gloucester, some time since, suggested the establishment of liaising mho& for masters and mistrosee ; and the propo sition has now aseumed eloegible form. A union has been effected with a mishandles diocese, and while Gloucester will provide one school for masters, Oxford will provide a second for mistresses. The money required for the masters' school is 6,0001. for the building, end 8001. a yor for its maintenance. Of this, donations to the amount of 4,8001., and annual subscriptions of 2401. have already boa ob tained : and with so good a beginning there can be no doubt that the balance will be rain& The bishop has offered a site, and a committee has been appointed to mature the hod tution.—Hereforel Amnia NARROW ESCAPE FROM SUFFOCATION AT NEW caenn-ox-Tvea.—A female, named Mary Killer, and her sea Thome, a boy about twelve years of age, narrowly escaped a premature death, on the ril?ht of Saturday last, nadir the following circumstances : he female occupied a cellar under ems of the arches tithe railway bridge, Castle Garth, in this town, as a green grocer. It appears that the boy of the sells, door was lost on Saturday. Being unable to same the door, a lamp wee procured, and a fire Ughted with coke, for t he purpose of watching the pro perty, the mother and von placing themselves on a cool near to the lamp. The door was secured about one o'clock in the morning, and both MI asleep shortly afterwards. About 3 Kn. Miller was awakened by her son vomiting, sad she immediately hasteeed to his assietance, and got hold of him, bat being overcome by the effecte of tho coke, she fainted, and became quite in se nsible . Her sea also was reduced to the ease situation, and they remained lying oa the floor till about hail put aeon In the morning, when • man, who was passing by, had his allantion attracted to the spot, and immediately inklillilld a pales officer on duty. The door was breed, and the pads, hued quite insensible, their bodies being much email, eel lib nearly extinct. Mr. Eltringhem, serge= wee immediately mat for, and he promptly alliraded, an d had them mewed to his own house, where every mablames was mined them for nearly three hours, whoa be ameeeded la resewrieg them to consciousness. The preesemelea of limir lives is 1011, attributed to the eir ewmailms dam Wm laving bees mat in the door for the Purpose dwMieiw, elberwise it weld hare been impos sible lee *BM Se kayo eareived so many hours, enveloped is the anima /mass of the eake.—Nemeartle 'Nowa. THE BERIETITI or Csoriaa.— The dreadful visitation which will soon have ssoM over the face of all hasbrought with it many alms& that, it is to bo we shall not tenet when the evil has passed away. Iro=d it will accelerate the Aglaia elitist 'bonds obi* and disgraceful nuisance—lnterment kt Mew Oa the ointment it has demonstrated the aseanW et Mode toting parochial medial relief, and measores bays begs taken already in some of the lampoon states, fir the supply of gratuitous advice and media's, to the poor. Thus in Belgium, for example, the government per to create • clam of ditrice physicians," ear pow ous to our poorlaw medical officers, who are to receive salaries varying from 600 to 1,000 traces, or boa 241. to 401. per annum. Even Turkey, as we lately regerted, doss not remain behind hand. The Ottoman govainment has recently published • decree for the eppoinhusat of phy sicians to be paid by the Oats. They are brand to trent gratuitously all—both rich and poor—who dat demand ad vise; but, if the method man show any probreaes to the rich, he will be punished severely. The stale plesideoe awe also bound to soak qua:tally reports orate enashor side igs."*. i bi ses: lm aPillainial ein d s ks tUrevigud pegdor ilimineddiesuis dinedies dighl; stalib4 l;a q d ril vs ass i i : =lslr disfas mli e ssaks. imis milks iII beta the WwaL"— Znal Mae. EVESHAM (oortrincren). The unexpected mesas of their petition, and the issue of a new writ for Ben Evesham , in the room of Sir Charles Cockerel' and Lord Kennedy, both disquali fied, threw the Whigs of Boehm into eateries. Their troubles, they antkded, were now over. At a properly conducted elesi they were stronger than the - bless. Mr. Raphael would, no doubt, get the mat, and of coarse he would then ash up his 4,0001., and redeem the party from the pecuniary difilcaltiesl into which they had faller. Great, therefore, was their dismay, when at the eon next meeting of the Homo of Commons a super ' sodas to the writ was issued! The discussions whtch 'Wowed, and which threatened the immediate and total disfranchisement of the borough, were not cake listed to allay their anxieties or relieve them from the Ikon without. Those who bad managed Mr. P. election had managed to cajole the credi tors and keep everything fair and squire by promises to pay, and assurances that it would " all be right" But now that it was only too public that everything was wrong, the publicans became clamorous, the poll clerks threatened actions at law, the unpaid out-voters sent quires spun quires of letters fullof tbeiroomplaints, the resident electots shook their fists at the agent in the streets, and even the very band threatened con dign punishment on all concerned if somebody did not cash up instanter. The agent, worthy man, applied to Mr. Raphael. In the fi rst instance he be gged and entreated ; after wards he bided and threatened. But both to en treaties and to threats Mr. Raphael was inexorable. He clutched his money bags tighter and tighter. He insisted he had been deceived, deluded , and im pend upon. Why was he rot returned ? He had been soured rumors. He had been led to expect the seat He bad promised to pay when be got it. He would do so. More they could not possibly expect from him. and more they would not get The whig egret, hereupon, well knowing the use levant:mot returning to Evesham without the "ready, and having the fear of the enraged victims very much before his eyes, wisely determined to improve his in formation and cultivate his tastes by a little continen tal traveL After the fatigue and excitement of the late contest be required change and relaxation. His health would not allow of his paying any farther attention to business at that time; so taking the coach to Dover, he crossed over to France, where he was at once out of the way both of the electors of Bentham and the Speaker's warrant. It was in February that all this occurred. The Parliament was dissolved unexpectedly in April. At the period of its dissolution the whig agent was still upon his continental tour. Everything was in confu sion at Evesham. It was no use his returning there without providing money to pay Raphael's debts. But how was that to be managed ? Who would be pre pared to lay down 4,0001., besides the expenses of another contest, tt e result of which could be by no means certain, whilst, in the then state of politic and parties, the seat might mutely be worth six months' purchase P Under these circumstances it was that the whig agent, as skilful an old fox as could possibly be met with, determined upon playing a now game. We have mentioned a negotiation which occurred in 1830 between the blues and Mr. Hudson. The whig agent, who had previously been in communication with that gentleman, reopened his communications with him. He advised him to place himself in the hands of the blue agent, and promised him the sup port of the whig party if he stood. Mr. Hudson acted on his recommendation, was accepted by the blue agent, and proposed by him as a candidate for Evesham. But to all the blue party in Benham this nomina tion did not prove acceptable. They wanted to know why Lord Kennedy was not again brought forward, and the explanation upon that point did not satisfy them. Lord Kennedy, uneappey, was at the time ; upon his death-bed. He had been ill previous to his first election at Evesham. The rnxieties and mor tification' connected with that contest bad not tended to improve his health. Besides this, the noble lord had no inclination to represent a town with which his name was not very honourably associated. Accord ingly, when a party of the blues came up to Lon don to have an interview with Lord Kennedy, and if possible to take him down, Lady Kennedy told them positively that her lord was neither able nor willing to offer himself for the representation of the borough. However, the blues who had formed this depute tion were an enthusiastic ss well as au independent body. Perhaps they were not a very pare body of men. " Coalitions" and " walks over " were never Penis: at Evesham. The electors had no idea dB ; system of " one and one." They wanted an opposi tion, if only to make " t'other man " spend his money. So on their return to Evesham, despite all they had been told in London, they announced Lord Kennedy as a candidate, and raised his banners, " blew and white" the white being a distinction and en emblem, possibly, of the purity of their intentions. I The most curious feature of this election was that for the first time in Benham contests, the voters ab solutely were to be found paying the expenses of their candidate out of their own pockets. The agent who had acted in London for Lord Kennedy in 1830 knew where to get at every London voter. He was an innkeeper at Bengeworth—a jolly good fellow—in finitely esteemed in his own sphere—of whom we shall have to say a good deal more hereafter. Boni face went up to Loudon. He represented the state', of the borough to the out-voters—the unholy sort ofl coalition which there seemed to be between the old blue agent and the whigs— the improbability of their being taken down by the other side—the noble payments they bad met with from Lord Kennedy before, and the propriety of supporting him on this occasion. By his persuasion he prevailed upon them to go down. Many of them, when they got there, sold themselves to Mr. Hudson, as might have been expected. A great majority, however, polled for Kennedy, and the consequence was a close election—the only one, as we shall here after see, in which the Beecham " blues," properly se called, have ever been defeated. The poll on this occasion stood as follows: Cockerel',, 208 • Hudson, 157 ; Kennedy, 136 ; majority for Hudson, 21. The poll was open six days. The electors polled consisted of 126 residents and 196 non residents; total, 322. It was, considering all things , the fairest election that had been fought in Bushes; since the days the borough had been free from private influence. This was the last contest that occurred under the old system. The statistics which were taken preliminary to the introduction of the second Reform Bill saved Evesham its second representative. The boundaries were not altered, nor was it possible to alter them with advantage, for there are no towns that could be altogether well included with Evesham in the franchise. Broadway and Petition, are the two nearest unrepresented places. The former is a straggling agricultural village of 1,700 inhabitants. Pershore is a town with several hamlets, containinga population of 4,000. But both of these are rather distant from the borough, and neither of them are connected with it by any local or peculiar ties. When the outvoters of Evesham were disfranchised by the passing of the Reform Bill, it was natural' supposed that the cost of elections in the bc would be cheapened. There was no longer the ex pense of post-horses and tavern bills in briaging some 300 voters from distant parts of Eng land, nor was it supposed that the ten guineas per en head and etceteras which had an paid to all who came to poll would be demanded or expected by the new 101. consti tuency. The cost had previously been the great evil of the Evesham contests, and it was now expected that that element would be considerably modified. A Reform Association had been formed in Eve sham, and nearly all the new electors were pledged only to support men who voted for reform. Sir Charles Cockerel' had done so. He again stood ups the old family influence, now no doubt considerala increased by his own long connexion with the boron end the support which he had given the Reform B Mr. Hudson, anticipating a less troublesome election even than the last, also presented himself. As a supporter of the bill he was popular with the slowly-enfranchised voters. Some time previous to the diesolation, Mr. Budge, whose name wee mew timed in the earlier portion of this narrative, oilseed hinseale not as a supporter of any political party, bat es • Likud and neighbour, a member of the sorpoes tism, and the largest landed proprietor in and sear the bersugh. Sir. Budge, however, although no doubt respected in Evesham, had no eleme nt ope lenity to assist his cause. He was a local magistrate —true—but he was generally regarded as a strict '1