The Express. — London, England, 1849-10-17 00:00:00

an d nobody admitted he had gained. In WI inked dame is nothing verrremarkali.e. Remu waits pekes are every where known to be inva riably tea years old at least. Pre,ent prices a we ate remunerative. When cattle sold high, ws hoard of notbirg but the monstrous • ot feeding, and the poverty of the m e" that did not suffer them to boy. When ;rise fell, there was no longer anything to be mada U s taah ; and no man, who could do anything else w ith his land or money, would waste hie time in gang N ir certhelesa, we find even at this. the third anniversary since famine fell upon the land, ▪ vas t amount of all the substantial a neotsmry i tem s that there used to be—the main dela k ation be jwit in those which are the natural evidence of spare time and spare money. Subjoined are the returns of black cattle sold and amid at the present and two preceding fairs : 11117—sold Unsold Total 7,648 046161 d 759 Unsol t Total ,844 1840 —gold Unsold Total 12.768 So far as supply offered and demand met, there is certainly nothing in these figures to excite despond ency or alarm. In the next great item—that of sheep—there is a much pester falling off in quantity : 1847—Sheep mold 53 095 Unsold Total 66,707 IS4S—q4d Unsold Total 60 1819 —Sold 1,190 Unsold Total It must not, however, be forgotten that in this ap parent proof of contracted agricultural industry there is to be found at least one element of solace to those who have hitherto regarded with anxiety and apprehension the retrograde change from tillage to pasture with which the country was so loudly menaced. Many humane and credulous people took reckless and threatening landlordism at its word; and believed that tho dispossession of the eottier tenantry, and the decimation of the labouring classes by pestilence and destitution, would be fol lowed by the rapid and universal turning of the western half of Ireland into a cheep walk. It would seem, however, as if their own self-iaterest had silently but effectually withheld the pre prietexy of these prolific regions from car rying precipitately into practice their grand specific for permanently ridding themselves at once of a peasantry and poor-rates. After all, there were not more sheep, but fewer, brought this year to the great market of the kingdom than in 1817 or 1818; and we may halos infer that the wholesale depopulation project has been for the present arrested, or te likely to be so. We aro not about to analyse the secondary mum of the phenomenon here : we only wish to draw attention to the Net quantum ailed. The raising of horned cattle, as most of our readers are doubtless aware, does not to the came extent imply observe of employment for the labouring classes. In all districts where high farming prevails, whether of Great Britain or of the continent, house-f-eding is found to be much more remunerative than th- primaeval system of open pasturage. Arad though we cannot ho,:e to see the necessary rkill, capital, and enterprise, suddenly applied in Connaught to this mode of fatt,niug cattle, it is certain that every day's improvement and experience tends to hasten even there the time, when green crops and arti ficial grasses will supplant the indo:ent and semi barbarous plan which in other times universally pre vailed. On the other hand it must be admitted that the prices obtained for sheep were better in proportion than those obtained for cattle at the recent fair, and hence the curious feature in the statement of sales above given, that while the gross number offered this year at Ballinasloe was less than that of last year, and that of last year was lees than that of the pre ceding, the actual number sold was larger in 1848 than in 1847, r.nd in 1819 than in 1848. There is some reason then to fear lest a tendency should for the time be manifested to wards steep-feeding in preference to the .rearing of black cattle. But in this as well as every other species of production, the market may be overstocked, and thus a check may coon be felt in falling prime of mutton as well u of bread. There are other considerations also in the existing condition of Ireland which may well deter prudent men from risking much in sheep. Moderate rents, more certain tenure, and a just allowance to the occupying tenant for all his improvements which enhance the letting value of the holdi g, are the true means whereby landlords may be once more assured of being paid fair rents, and of seeing the surplus labour of the country absorbed by that improved system of tillage which in the end alone can pay. Me court• Wisasoz, OCT. 18.—His Royal Rigbneso Prince Albert w.nt out shooting this foreseen. its Royal High. mem Weil attended by Lord °MOM Major °Oltenia !bele*, and Lies..-Colosel F. H. Seymour. Her Ryal Highness the De glees of gent, attends t by her Lady-is-Waitieg sad Barmen de Bps*, arrived at Prognme-hows this aftermath hen town. Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood arrived et the Castle t►dy, sad has relieved Bit "Alward Bowater is his dulls as Oneon-in-Waiting to the Queen. The royal dinner cm l e L v e e nt Lady w ill A r i ft ;it 7 . n ß er s o Tr: 1 ( 1 1 i n ighseee the her royal higluems), and Baroness de opeth. The a Ciae g en's privet* bead will attend after dinner. Her Majesty's pi nts bred ems in stteadna in the Coedit on Monday *muse, end performed the following pieces : 9etrore—"Le Tea D'Astione" Raney. Prete& Morreaa Eisenlie (Li Praia) prephete.... bleyerbeer. i&ator.i Trio Itamages Her Majesty the Qeeen D3wager passed a toler able night on Monday, hat continues veey ill. Sir David Danes remains in attend wee oa her Meanty. lier Royal Highnras the Dianne of Kent, at tended by Lady Lass Maria Dawson. and Barenees Do Swab. left her resideass, Clarence Home, St. Janos's, at 11 o' left yesterday amnia' for Frogmen Roue. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester received their Royal Highnesese the Duke and Duchess of Cambritee at dinner on Monday at her residence in Rich ranad•perk. The Earl of Carlisle has returned to tows from Amottoi.put, Bectiordsaire. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the governors of the West India colonies. (Tom last slants dtezeft..) WirrrairMS., Ocr. 13.—Toe Queen has been pineal to present the Rev. James Hay to the church and parish of Lunen, in the presbytery of Aberbrothook, and county of Forfar, Taint by the death of tea Rev. Robert Hare'ay, las nitride? thereof. Warransix, OCT. 15.—The Queen has been tafto present the Rev. Robert Stewart to the church of a l tien, in the pmbytery of Mall, and shire of Argyll, Wald by the transportation of the Rev. Colin A. Molrent, late senator thereof, to the parish of Hilniaver. COUNTRY POST-MICE OFFICIALS AND SUNDAY Lazou I.—Tlus posemester, clerks, letter carrim, and letter receiven of the lowa uod neighbourhood of Maidenhead, have mat a memorial to the Postmaiteraeneral, prayleg his lordship to relieve them from all Sunday duty, and mea sures are being adopted to Induce the Post-office officials of place in the kingdom to send similar memorials. OSTEND, OCT. 15TH.—The only direct cotrimmli dm from Eaglaad to this country, eines Thurstay last, has been by the General Steam Na*atoo Company's steam ships S.,ho (which arrived at Antwerp on Saturday morn ing), and the Sir Alward Banks, at Oswalt, this morning. The mail Cue ea Friday last arrtied here only at 6 this at terneoe, iron Dover. LAMBETH SAYINGS BANS.—Thin establishment, whisk has jest been built on a plot of around at Lambeth- Ca, n opened for buiiams on Saturday seising last. b es sildlng is well adapted to Net the convenience of the dejimeitori sad others connected with the iestitstlnr. The en" on the ground floor is • spacious room, with an ea tames in Carlisle-street, and a doorway (or epees la Her , thugs. This, with the board room lad_ sparameode Err th housekeeper, eempil-s the seoommoda tis The elevation is la the Elizabethan style, sad, with the Sitio& adjoining, it forms a pleasing arclutectural addiim to thie portion of the parish. The surplus profits of the lostitution since its establishment in 1130 have sufficed to erect the present haadmium and commodious drachm. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1849. The Bay. Mr. MURRAY, in morading the reselatims. took oceeslon to allude to the magnificent meeting that bad taken place la the Hall on Cowmen), • meetng at which sentiments were expressed worthy the ' Weston temple of chriatianity. (Cheers.) lie had recently received • copy of a Barbadian paper, in which complaint was made of the leaking up of the Island mails on Sunday, end a comparison draws between that system and the holy calm with 'aids Sunday was observed in London. (Hear) He trusted that London was net to lose the diatinguielted place here awarded to her, bet that, on the contrary, the stand they were making in this matter would secure an ..broken sat bath kr Landon. for the country, and for the colonies. (Iletr hoer) The resolution was put, and naanimously agreed to. _ . The Rev. XL ROX BY moved the second resolution: "'flat we are fully convinced that, however openly the Lotcreday be desecrated in some localities and by some classes in society, such desecration is not is accordance with the real feelings of the people of this country, bat that it is regarded by the great majority of our fellow Christians as an end which is a matter of shame and regret." His impression was. norfieend by the testimony of many commercial men, _ that Sunday Postsoffice labour might be dispensed with all over the country, the more espeoally as the electric telegraph was now in such mend operation. The Rev. Mr. POVAII seconded the resolution. If any argument were wanting to prove the raise of a strict ob servance of the Sabbath, it would be found in the reports of the gaol chaplains, who invariably stated that violin]. at tributed their fall from virtue invariably to a neglect of the Lora's Day. It was too bid that they should be proposing a desecration of the Sabbath et a moment when the rulers of France were endeavouring to enforce its more strict °bare. ace in that country. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was agreed to. The Rev. Mr. GIBBS moved the third resolution: " That it is the duty of a Christian government to secure to all its subjects rest from labour, and op; °nullity of wor shipping God on the Lord's day_ ; and therefore we humbly bat most earnestly entreat her Majesty's government not to csrry into effect the proposed order for th e employment of clerks in tranamiting letters on the Lord ' s day, but to cake measures for the total cessation of the labours of the Pcist offi.e throughout the kingdom on that day, it being the opi nion of many well informed persons that such • scheme is new practicable, and that by additional deliveries of letters io the country on Saturday evening, and by earlier trans missions of letters on Mouthy morcing, the fullest coopera tion would be made to the inhabiter"' of the kingdom for any inconvenience which might follow from ti a stoppage of Sunday morning deliveries.' He could suite from inquiries he bad made in his own parish that there would be no difficulty in perfecting a plan which would do away with the notessityo' Bunday,labour. lodeed,the clerks of the inland office had already submitted a scheme. He was happy to know that the whole of that department had refused the bribe offered to them for Sabbath desecra tion, except one person, and he was one who was node: suspensor, and was of coon, 1111XiJUS to get restored to tavern. - - • • •-•--• The Rte. Mr. DEAR Ronda the resolution, which was carded tanardmously. The Rev. Mr. SANDYS moved the fourth resolution : "That we have such coufidencs in the existence of a deeply seated r.verence for the L ga's day on the part of the people of thisecuotry, as Justifies as in believing that the merchants and traders, as well as the gentry of the kingdom, would be thank:ul to h►ve the Sabbath morning uninter rupted by the arrival of letters, and that three who are en gaged in commerce would be glad to posers, one day in P*lrCll, that freedom from the trammels of business and the anxieties of the counting house, which the inhabitants of London have hitherto enjoyed, and which they have not ceased to regard as a sound and invaluable privilege, the lots of which would be 'lune calamity." The EAT. Mr. EVANS seconded the resolution, which, like the others, was carried without a dismatient. It was submonently arranged that the above resolutions should be sent round to the clergy of the arehdeaconry for signature, and that when signed they should he inserted in the daily papers, and ales forwarded as the heads or the peernment. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDDLESEX.. The revision cf the register of voters for the county of Middle's , : was concluded yesterday at the White Hone, Uxbridge, where the lists fur the parishes of Uxbridge, Hillingdon, lekenhaes. Cowley, Hayes, Reislip, West Drayton, Brasfield, and Norwood, wire corrected. In the Hillingdon list, Mr. hues proved service of notices of objection against the claims of J. Willis and others, who sought to be put on the register for a quiliticaticn arising out of freehold ground, and stated that the./ claims arms out of a piece el garden ground which had been cut and carved cut into allotments for the purpose of conferring the frauds". In neither of these wee, he believed, had " forty shallop by the year " been derived from the land by the ciainants, and therefore the franchise could not be maintained. Mr. Witads, who wit present, admitted, on examination, that he and the ether claimants had only been in pommel= of the property four months, and The Bansuarge, therefore, disallowed the claims, on the I ground of in term of occup lion, without going into the wadi:co( vale*. In the Uxbridge list, Mr. PAINS objected to leveret claims made on behalf of Messrs. Fowler, Greenhide, Gardner, and others, on the ground that they were d ited in Apr), 1849, whereas the act required they should be made between the 20th of June and the 20th of July. The BailuSTEß—When were they rent Pete the overseer ? Mr. PAYNE contended that it mattered not when the claims were sent in, the question was as to the date. The act r. golfed that the chins should be made between a certain day in June and a cernio day in July ; but in the cases now under consideration the claims bore the date of April, which, submitted, was not a compliance with the act of parliament. Mr. Jamas—The act says that the claim shall be seat in on or before the 20th of July, and it appears here that the parties claimed before that time ; I therefore apprehend that they were in time. The Banusrxe.—Thequestion, I think, for me to c , nsider is, whether the claims were sent in in proper time. Mr. Bennis proved that he had delivered the claims in etch of the cases in rotation to the overseen on the 11th or 12th of July. Mr. PATNI contended that claims dated in April could I not be taken as complying with the act, which required they should be made in July. The Bailsman thought if the claim had not been sent In before the 20th of June, or bad been delivered after the 10th of July, the objection would be gond, hut having been sent in within the period required by the act, though et was dated in April, it was sufficient Kr. Jamas could conceive that a question might arise if the present overseers had not been in office when the cl.iets wive dated, bat not otherwise. Due notice was given, and though the &dm was dated at en earlier t erioi of the year than was necessary under the act of parliament, that was no ground for keeping the parties off the register. Mr. PAINS held. that the act required the notice to be given in the months of June and July between certain days midfield, and the proof of the nein being so given was the date which it hoe. The Balillirrla observed that had the claim been sent in before June or after July the oven:ere might have dis regarded it ; bat it having been sent in within the required period, and admitted by the overseers, he saw no reason for refusing to place the name on the register, supposing the qualification to be sufficient. The claims were accordingly allowed. Mr. :AWES malted the barrister's attanti in to the ease eof Mr. Remington Mills, whose name had been struck out on the revision of the Mile-end lit, upon an overseer's °bio tin, made beeauss Mr. Kills had claimed to TUTS at another pothers-pine. Mr. Mills was now present, and prepared M prove his qualificaticm. The Baßalirrilli said he recollected the nes NI OM Is which he had been compelled to strike oat the name is onsequence of an overseer's objection having been made, I sad the party not being present to prove his qualification. He would most willingly restore the name Uhe weld be satisfied that the qualification was sufficient. Mr. KIMINGTON MILLS proved that he was the owner is fee of a large sugar warehouse in Miie-end Old Town worth ensiderably more than 40s. a year, and that he had been in the receipt of the rent arising from it upwards of two years. The name was restored In the list. A claim for expenses was made by the offieer from the Clerk of the Pesee's office, which wee discharged by Kr. James on behalf of Mr. Mills. The same of the Rev. Mr. Collins, and that of another clergymen. who hod claimed in London • share In two hens dissinil at Nos. Nand 31, St. P artinM's.le-Greed, the et oho Bishop of London, which were expunged at il i on " :2ecteeet. the banister being then of opinion that the qualification described woo insufficient, were now restored to Ike lie. The name aim of Mr. Fitch, of Ludgate-hill, and sewhor who had claimed in London upon a Wig eat of land tax redeemed, which had I Milk ent em the revision of the city lists, were also re pissed wpm the Hi, the barrister being of opinion that a qualification might arise out of the description given, and that the 'gentled inaccuracy might be amended. This revision, upon the whole, his been favourable to the eonaervatives, who have gained upon it about 100 votes. The expenses allowed to overseen for printing and pub lishing the lista, and for attending this revision, as far as any returns have been made, are as follows: s. d. Brantford Bedfont Hammenmith Mile Bud ll9 0 6 n Bethnal Gin Ring's Cross City of London 197 ii 10 City of Westminster ll 7 az 14 0 BefiW Hammen Ham b 4e . ed l6 4 4 • ll6 6 6 £B6O 5 5 This is exclusive c 4 44 parishes, from which accounts hays not been sent in. GREENWICH. .1 818 WALTER BUCHANAN RIDDELL, Bart., one o f the barristers appointed for the purpose, held a court yester day at the Greyhound Inn, Grearffieh, to wise the Ildi of the several parishes included in the parliamentary borough of Greenwich. lir. Wm. Joins, solicitor, attended as behalf of the Minh ; the tories were not represented Os the °madam. The objections were few and unstated chiefly adieu ends by the overseen. Tune objections in the Piumatead list wen withdrawn. On the list for St. Nicholas, Deptford, being entered on, Mr. Wane, one of the overseen, took a mauler course, and said that ha should object to the whole list, because it tad not been published in time. It appeared that some difference existed amongst the; °veneers, and keno. this objection. Mr. loom said that, if the °Dietitian were well founded, there was a dense of the au which expressly provided fur the cue of such as ondesion. The BEMUSESi observed, that if the list had not been published in time, Mr. Webb was as much to blame as any body. However, the objection bad no weight. Tin lists were then proceeded with, but no other point of interest um. Mr. Jonas supported the whole of the claims, without Weren't to political party, ou the broad ground et giving the Mock's* to all who were *acidt dto it. There wen be , tween 40 end 60 claims In the two Deptford parishes ; 22 in Greenwich; and Bla Woolwich. Most of Ott es were allowed ; in cues when the claimants did not appear, the ' overseers' evidence being taken sa to the occupation, rating, and other necessary ingredients of the qualification. AYLESBURY. On Thursday last Michael Prendergast, Eng., tho barrister appointed to revise the lists for the borough sod county, held his court at the Cainty Hell, Aylesbury, when the whole of the lists for the different parishes within the three hundreds of Aylesbury, as also the lists of the county voters in thou parishes, were revised. Not • single objec tion wee made by either party, and there were only eleven claims (one of which was to prevent an objection being taken). Of these seven were made by liberals, the whole of which were &rowed, and four by conservatives, three of which were allowed and one disallowed. The names of seven electors were espoused in consequence of the deaths of the parties. The number of names which wi'l re man on the register of electors for the ensuing year, in respect of rights sequir.„el previous to the poring of the Beton& Bill, and which were reserved by that eat, are, we believe, as follows :—Householden of the borough of Ayles bur, 159. 41 of whom are likewise registered, in addition, ea freeholders in this parish, being a decrease of 2 of the fanner and 3 of the latter sines last year ; freeholders, elan. sive of tnose above mentioned, 263, being a decrease of 15 within the same period, bet as 21 of the above arc recistered for 43 qoalifications, a deduction of 22 must be nine, from the number of individuals who are still in possession of the original esti% of voting for this borough, leaving the num ber 'Rielly 401. Sixteen years ago there were registered (including thole who remised two or more vilifications), householders, 359 (of who', 67 were reentered, in addition, as freeholders), and freeholders (exclusive of the 57 shove mentioned j, 714, making an aggregate of 1,(137.—8ik* Adoortiser. PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM. SIRETING AT STRATFORD. A public meeting cf the association at Stratford was held yesterday arguing at the Yorkshin Grey laa, Mr. B. Clarks la the chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly explained the objects of the as audition. He also dwelt on the necessity awl desizabbenen of a union of the work"ng and middle classes, without which it was impossible to secure the national welfare, and sated upon all pease* the duty Masking minor diffennors. mantel' should be looked upon by all who engaged in the movement as contelaing oho great family. in a domestic plat of view it was evident to all that " a house divided against itself could not stand." Equally true was that sap beg in reference to the nation. Never would the nation be properly ',ensnared until the objects of the association were attained. Such an expenditure as that now in curred must weigh them down, notwithstanding all their industry and peewee/awe. If the national debt went on increasing ultimate rain newt, as Mr. Cheney had said, be the result. So bog ae pesos continued, it might be possible to pay the interest of the debt ; but let war arise, and fresh expenditure be incurred, end without some previous alteration to the management of the nation's affairs, national bankruptcy must ensue. (Hear, hear.) Unless the nation acted with economy as every man did, or ought to do, in reference to his private affairs, there could Le no other result. This association steeped in to hold forth the olive branch—to show to paeliamenst, to the goverumen', and to the world, that means were weltin reach, of curing the existing evils. One memo proposed was an extension of the suffrage. (Hear, hear.) Another was triennial puha. meets. Many thought that annual parliaments were desirable, but with the pre posed change in the representation, he was disposed to think that a tri menial election would answer the end. A change in the elec. toral districts formed an important put of the plan, it being requisite to correct the crud:ties which now deformed the re. presentation. There was one point upon which he had the misfortune to differ from the principal association—namely, the qualification for election to the council. (Hear, hear ) The decorate n drawn in that respect appeared to him op posed to the principle of abolishing the property qualilierite of members of parliament. As regarded the repreasetation. the electorate body now consisted of about one million voters. The association wished to inertias the number to about flee millioac. Toe country IVY at present governed weeper aively by a clique, and common sense, as well as the records of history of the country, Heathenwor oosed to the con tinuauce clinch a state of things. 'sootier tae duty of union and self-denial, in order to the attainment of the object. The time was gone by when any good could be obtained by rowed* to physical force. The association proceeded on great moral principles, and, if it had, opi anent., it would seek to win them over by renal and diecossion. A fund must be raised to aid this groat movement. As the father made immediate satrifices to se ease his own interest and that of his family, so also the essesistion called on the working men to make small seat Seas for the attainment of objecx in which they had an eel *se lament. (Cheers) Mr. T. CLARK then addr. seed the meeting. To pulia. watery reform o • looked as the great means of accomplish , log all other reforms. Withost that i. would be amens to look for finatielal reform. According to the theory of the English constitution every man had a right to exercise a con trot over those who made the laws which he was called upon to obey. The unenfranceised clones had • great interest in the Indus sir I property of the country, and while they sought not what was called protection for their industry, they asked for the protection afforded by representation. (Cheers.) In order to effect any extensive parlia mentary reform it was necessary fur wealth to combine with comparative poverty, and hence be rejoiced to find that the association sought to imbrues all etas*. A qualification for voting more contemptible then the 101. franchise, stand iog alone, could not be conceived. Under that franchise many who possessed considerable property were, in fact, un represented; while numbers who actually voted were far lees qualified than others to *miss • voice is the regulation of the affairs of the nation. Even morally he denied the right of the 658 members who miaowed the House of Commons to make lows to govern the unrepresented. In a moral point of view, the right WY no better supported than that of the highwayman. Each of the yours was supposed to have six times as much intelligence as all other ads*. Was that really the case? Take the farmers se a body. Who would say that they possess( d six time, as much intelligence as their unrepresented fellow-countrymen' (Laughter.) What the Association complained of was class legislation. The House of COOllllO6ll contained admirals, ge nerals, lawyers, and merchants ; while the work ingals, clines had no voice in the representation. The way to preserve peace permanently in this country was to &emit within the pale of the constituoion all 'belted • else: moral right to be represented. There was mush loos to be dreaded from the enfranchisement of the mamsethan from their continued exclusion; for, if occasion ley rented, their conduct in the main was right and just. It was said teat if the working classes were represented in parliament, property would be in danger. He denied' the pasties of that imputation. It was not the soldiery of this country which protected its property; *boat, its real protection, was to be found in the good sense sad moderation of the great body of the conmenaili. (Clan") The people of other nations had strogaledegidnes despotism's, and had destroyed them; but other despelenes had In many wee been established. Nothing of the Sane kind was likely to be witnessed here. The association de. sired only to see a propel medium for the effective expessien of public opinion. When the prime minister saw the wett ing people generally subscribing towards the objects of the essoeiatioa, he would be runty to accede to their wishes ; and when a subsaintinn of one shilling • year was stifileient to constitute membership, who would hesitate to subscribe that &mooed ? With respect to the gasification for belonging to the council, he conceived that no reasonable objection could be urged against the course which had been pursued. It was necessary to secure the envies* of men whose moral character formed a security for the rectitude of their acts, and who gave a practical proof of their interest in the cause. Experience proved that no man weld be more dangerous at a council board than one who obtained his mat solely by persuading the mamas that he was a patriot. (Hear, heir.) Mr. ROWS next addressed the meeting. Mr. Clark was, he believed, a workino man ; and he (Mr. Hows) had the greater pleasure in (Menne, him, inasmuch as he was a tradesman. (Hear, hear.) The real strength of the people lay in the union of different cloves of the community. (Hear, hear.) A constitutional object was in this case sought by constitutional and peaceable memo. He rejoiced that an association had bees formed in Stretford, and he trusted that the smallness of the required subscription would ensure a largo oddition to ***ben. The representative body needed enlargement. Mr. WICKHAM referred to the important meetings which were being held in England sad Scotland, and Msereed that the latter country was about to give in its eor. dal adliseioa to the movement. With regard to the *rat' twee* of the council, he observed that it was asemsary in the live Wanes to pursue the course welch, bad been followed la elder to obtain funds to commence the movement; bet is order to remove only ground of complaint. the mesa bad now determined 'het wh n 100 ambers of an s ingkekee bad subscribed 101, they might select a gentle men* represent them at the board. (Hear, hear.) He wowed that the movement would be sided in that neigh. hemehood, and that the working . classes generally would feel OM the cause of the association was, in fact, their own. )__ TMr. BRIE then explained the freehold land scheme. he eenseil wished to devise practical measures. It wee only through the represents lye body that any pmweeble change could be effected, and it was ably by peaceable means that the council sought to attain Its object. Tee subscription of Is. a week for a few yeses would give to the working alums a practical influence in the country. However improbable that might appear, it wee, in troth,demoastrable. The association was ellta cially to effect that object, and was pence. ding mast asa: Indy, sad hoped to obtain in tee metropolis alone from twenty to:thirty thousand members within a twelvemonth. He than quoted an extract from a report trued by the Bir mingham Association, to show the thorough practica bility of securing a freehold in five yawn by mem of a weekly esbeeription of is. Asa six montae' peinelles was neesuary to insure a vote, the association aril eb tads es may subscriptions is possible before Jemmy next. Net only could a vote be wowed, but the emaciation offered • substantial and safe investment for the working mane savings. is both points of view the object was most Went. he mutts( war of a most praetiml, and, for the object, satiefaatar, character. THE POST-OFFICE. METING OF THE CLERGY OF THE ARCH DEA.CONRY OF LONDON. - - - - A Sooting of the clergy of the above diocese wu kaki yesterday in the Hell of Sion College, Loadoamall, to take Leto comaideration the government proposal of *stab- Inking Sunday labour in the General Postotace. At heli port se o'clock the chair was taken by Arad/men HALE, who stated that he had oenvened the smoothie in pursuance of a reqairbion from kis clergy, nu sormisly signed, and upon the receipt of which he had applied to the Praidsrat of Sias College for the use of the hall in which they ware then amembhd. They were met, es he undentood it, for two puma, to express an opinion co a fect i _end to osnsider the propriety of petitioning parlia ment. With respect to the latter, his opinion was that the present would be ea inseavenient time to petition parlia ment. He had prepared a series of resolutions, which he trusted would dud moven aid seconders in the meeting. The Bev. Mr. CEOLY moved the dust reeolutim, as follows: " That it is the duty a the elero of the arohdeaconry of Londm to express their cordial sympathy with those nume rous bodies of the laity who have, at various public meetings, iodated their disapproval of a newly organised 'piers of S un day labour at the General Post-office.' He said it was hardly necessary for him, speaking to a of oleraymen, to rove that the observasee of the I.▪ 6 d a a l was obligatory on mankind. (liar, hear.) 11 was ens of the first OVraaneis of religion, u well es the most important ; aid as its due ohs , rvuee occupied on•-eaventh ef a man's whole life, it was seri n times commanded in &ripens', and its violation marked by signal punishments. With respect to the matter immediately in hand, it was urged that the proposed change would not lead to a viols don of the Sabbath; but the best of all authorities, the clerks la the Pat-ogles, said that it would, and he was bound by their aessrtion. (Hear.) Le*. with parish receptacles for the dead, in which local istausets e Xid be paramount, les protested most stroagly spinet • multiplication of generators of disease. (Hear hear.) It we. a monstrous anomaly that a nation which had pledged sad involved itself in au outlay of many millions sterling upon railway speculations should hesitate to a. cure enelefest and capacious resting-places for its dead. Mr. SHAND wished to state tirst the observations he made at the previous meeting alluded to St. °laves, St. ' John's, and the old ground, and not to St. Saviour's, S.uth wark. In the old ground, containing half an acre, 4,500 bodies were buried from 1632 to the present date. A grave digger belonging to that ground begged or • fellow grave digger to bury him whenever he died under the pavement, as then hie body would be protected from disturbance. The Board of Health had that day ordered the closing of those burial places. (Hear, hear.) Near the Greenwich Railway there was another horrible burial place of about half en acre surrounded by 180 or 150 house, hanging over it. The dead were not only buried in the ground but, as he was informed, under the very houses. So great was the stench from the bodies that the inhabitants of the tenses could hot eat their 1 food, and were compelled to keep their windows open. Under Dockhead itman Catholic Crutch bodies were buried and emitted a most offensive stench. When he consid-red the horrible state of the metropolitan graveyards his surprise was that they bad not • greater mortality. (Hear.) Mr. MARSHALL mil that si, es he mace his statement respecting the condition of St Giles's churchyard, and its effects noon the health of the inhabitants, he made • further inquiry, and examined the registrar's returns f e the north district, which comprised the streets round the church, from which its found that, from the 4th of September, 1848, to the 4th of S ptember, 1849, in the district there were 359 deaths, and he turiber found that in New Compton-street, contain log 76 houses, there had been 36 deaths; in Stacey-street, con. taining 20 boom, then had been 17 deaths; in Load-court, containing 6 houses. there had been 8 deaths; in Dudley. street, containing 80 houses, there had beau 48 deaths; in the two Deumark.streas, containing 33 houses, there had bear 16 deaths ; in High-street, containing 54 house., there had been 16 deaths; and in Broad.streer, containing 8 houses, there had been 14 deaths; while in one house, No. 22, a pork butcher's, 5 persons, being all the inmate., died of enders. After some further observations by other gentlemen, the meeting adjuarned at • lift bow. THE LATE FIRE-WORKS EXPLOSION AT 13ERMONDSEY.-INQUEST. A portion of the following appeared in yesterday's Empress. At one o'clock yesterday Mr. W. Csr.er bald an inquest at the King John's Head, Abbey-street, Der mundeay, upon the bodies of George Barlow, aged forty-six, William Darling, aged twenty, James aged 4, and Thomu Bailing, aged 18 months, who lost their lives in consequence ot an explosion in B:ook-street, Bermondsey, on the night set Friday lest. The jury having viewed the bcciies, the coroner said, as ail trace of identity was swept away, they must commence the timed', upon the bodies of four persons unknown. K. lI nderson, foreman of the London Fire Brigade, maid —I reside in Southwark-bridge-told. On Friday night last 1 was called to a fire at about 11 o'clock, in New Brook street, Bermondsey. Upon my arrival I found a dweling. house on fire ; tt was nearly burut out. 1 stepped ILI the fire was er.inguished. I than went into the nth.' to see if I could see any more firs about. I did not see any tire, but I saw the body of a male lying on I the floor. It was a full grown person. The body wee quite naked. The head was burned off. I shortly after wards saw • second body. The be-d was towards the dour— all traces of identity ware destroyed. I could not distirguish the sox of the second body. Thug was no portion al clothing on either body. After the bodies were discovered, we made further search, but we did not fiad any mum bodies. 1 nave no doubt that their deaths were canned ky burning. The Coroner.—Can you give us acy idea of the age of the pumas? Witness.—No, I cannot; but I Lave no doubt they were 'dubs. G. Gerrard, fireman No. 80, of the London Brigade.—l went on Friday night lest to • fire in New Brook-street, Bermondsey. I was tell when I gut there that two Leung children slept in the front TOM on the first floor, and that thr y were missing. I procu. ed a 1 idder, and upon going up I saw the body of the child lying on the joira ot the room; it was quite n kid. The bid upon which it wee lying was very much burned; the entrails were hanging out. Tao features were not destroyed. I should think it was about four years old; it was • male. I after wards saw another that was also quits neked. There was very Wile of the bed left Inciter the bodies. They were given .n charge of the paroehi d autbori i.e. The se •aud child which 1 dim veered was very young. I should say about 18 months old. The house was only one story high. The roof bad fallen in, and the bodees were covered with rubbi.eh. H. W. Suter, aged ten years, said—l lived at No. 4, Brookistreet, Bermondsey New Road. I lived with my I mother and aunt, toy aunt was hire. Bailing; she was the wife of Mr. Bethel, a lire-work and wax maker. She used to carry on his haunts. at No. 4, Brook .are. t. On Friday night last I was at the house of Mr. Baling. His family consisted of ten p rein: hims.lf, wife, and eight children, one female servant, and a workman. lie only employed one workman, his name was George Barlow, and had only gone to work for the first time en that day. I saw him making fire-works en the Friday. At about 9 o'clock on Friday night my mother bob g out and not returning I went into my uncle'', roan. Tut children wean in bed. I had been at home for upwards Of Iwo helm and a half hifore anything 'cuticular °monad. Daring that period they were all ."engaged in making lire-works . Theri was a lamp and • candle in the room, nei•her of which bad any shade over the light. After I bad been upstairs about ton minutes I heard an cxplueiea of ins or two crackers, mud eameet immediately afterwards I heard other explosions : the servant girl jumped out of window. I remained in toe room endeavouring to get the children out, but in consequerce of ti e lire coming upstairs I also jumped out of the window. I have not seen any ot them since. I Lave no reason to know what has Inc. me of them. I saw Charles make his escape by the front-door, and then the policeman shut the door. I then told him that two other children were up-stairs. Charles, who is at present ill, in the hospital, then went beck fur the purpose of endeavour tog to get out the children, but west° much burned that he was obliged to return. Coroner—We have seen four bodice, whom do you believe them to be ? Wetness.—George Barlow, William Darling, James Bar ling, and Thomas Baling. Coroner.—ln what state did they appear to be in before the suldtat Wi•ness.—They all appeared delighted that tbey had so much work to do, and were laughing very much, upon which Mr. Darling sai l am afraid you are too merry to last long. Something will happen, I am afraid, before you go to bed. Witness believed that the occurrence 111.11 the result of acci dent. Ile knew nothing ot Low the accident took place ex cept what was told him by his cousin Cherie.. The Corm,' said ho could not receive evidence of any. thing that had been told witnese by his cousin. He thought it would, therefore, be desirable at this stage of the proceed ions to adjourn the irqueat to a future day, in order that they might await the result of the illneu of those who we ra in the hospital, particularly Charles Burling, and see whether they could obtain his statement on oath. The Constable, in answer to the coroner, stated that he bad made inquiries at the hospital, and from the information he had received he thought that there was no probability of Charles lisrling recovering suffleiently to be examined be'ore the expiration of two ' months. Mn. Berlin was much less injured, and probably might be in a fit state to be examined in three or fear weeks. As to Mn. puling end the girl, the Sister of the hospital stated that If they wanton favourably, they could not leave the hospital for two or three months. The Coroner observed that the inquiry was one of the greatest importance. Four lives had been lost, and it was necessary that the strictest inquiry should take plea as to the manner and cause of death The inquiry was then adjourned to Tuesday, the 6th of November, at eleven o'clock. HEALTH OF LONDON DUELNO THE WEEK. (From the Resfistrar-Generalb Returns.) In the week ending lest Saturday, the total number of deaths registered was 1,076 ; the weekly average derived from deaths in the autumnal quarter (which ooze means with the present month) of five previous years is 1,162; the weekly return, thernore, now exhibits a de crease on the average, after a perioi of more than three months, during which it has shown a considerable, and in eleven consecutive weeks an enormous excess above the usual rate of mortality. The decrease is observed in the west, north, and central divisions ; the mortality in the east and smith, where the deaths from cholera are still the most numerous, is about the ge. The deaths from cholera in the last week were 110; in five previous weeks they were 2,026 (the highest number which, exclusive of those from diarracca, the epidemic attained) 1,682, h 39, 434, 288. In last week the deaths from diarrheas. and dysentery (the mortality of which is mars steadily maintained) were 106, almost as numerous as deaths from cholera, and considerably more than usual at this advanced season of the year. The aggregate deaths from these three kindred diseases were therefore 215 ; whilst the weekly average is only 35. During last week the daily number of deaths trona cholera averaged 16; on Wednesday they were only 11. In the districts of 8-. James (Westminster), Islington, St. Giles Holborn, Camberwell, and Etotherhithe, no deaths from cholera were registered during the week. In Kensing ton there were 6 ; in Hackney, 6; in Betbunligrees, 7 ; in Shoreditch. 12 in Poplar, 6; in Bt. Saviour , 6 ; Ber mondsey, 6; In St. George (Southwark), Lambeth, and Wandsworth, 7 each ' • awl In Greenwich, 8. Its all other districts the mortelity from the epidemic did not range higher than 4 deaths. All other epidemics are at pees nt under the average ; small-pox and measles remarkably low ; but gear latina becomes more fatal, the deaths teasing risen from 39 in the previous week to 56 in the lest (the ge being 64) . Typhus was fatal in 47 cams. The lirths during the week were 1,271. The mean kelvin of the barometer in the wade was 29.540 in. ; the mean temperature was 46 deg. 7 min., which is 4 deg. 7 min. lees thaw the enrage of the same week in seven year, ; ie also shows a decrease oa the mean of the previous week of 6 degrees. THE ACCIDENT AT PIMLICO.— Yesb rdcy the body of J. Walsh, the p licenses, oho I at his life frem foal air in the sewer at Pimlico on Friday last, wee int?rred In Si. John's barial•grcund, Westminster. The deceased we' followed to the grave by all his fellow-oenstables net then on duty. 8,307 INTRAMURAL BURIALS. The Board of Health hay issued the following *tries of orders: 1. That the whole surface of the said burial ground (en. cepting such parts thereof as are now used tor tootp.4ll-, or are now coveted with flat stones) shall be forthwith eine rzi with Quick lime, of as uniform thickness of three lathes at the least. 2. That when any portion of the said lime shall be re moved for the purpose of making or digging any grave in the sail burial ground, or for any other purp,se, such lime shell be immtdiat ly replaced after the filling up of es grave, or the completion of such norm., and a sufficient quantity of gales lime shall be provided, and from time to time shall be applied so as to keep the whole of the &aid burying ground (except the parts above excepted) covered therewith to the thickness of three inches as aforesaid. 3. That every grave which shell be made or dui in the said burial ground shall be covered at the bottom thereof with quick lime of on uriform trackage of three inches of the least, upon which covering of lime the coffin containing the corpse, which shall be buried or depoeited in such grave, shall be placed. 4 That not more than one corpse shall he buriel or de posited in any grave, and every grave in which any corpse shall be buried or deposited shall be filled up to the level of the ordinary surface of the said burial-ground immediately upon the corpse being buried or depositel therein, and no further burial shall take place in the same geese, not shall any other corpse be deposited therein. 6. That no cerpee shall be buried or deposited in any grave in the said burial-ground at a less distance than two feet and six niche s from any other grave, such distance to be computed from that part of the coffin containing such corpse which is nearest to such other grave. 6. That no cerise ,ball be buried or deposited in Roy grave in the said burial-ground in which, after the buriJl or deposit thereof, there shall not be at least five feet of esrth remaining between the ordinary surface of the acid burial ground and the upper put of the coffin in which such corpse shall be contained. 7. Provided always, that the fnregoing eirectione and regulations which are respectively numbered 3,4, 5, and 6, shell not apply to burials in stone sr brick graves, vaults, or catacomb*. 8. Teat no corpse shall be deposited in any stone or brick grave, vault, or catacomb, in the said burial ground, or in any vault or receptacle connected therewith, unless such shall be enclosed in a coffin made of, or lined with 173 1 :f the weight of at least tie pounds to every ruperficivl square foot, and of the thicknese throughoue of one-tenth Si an inch, nor unless such coffin or lining be soldered up, or otherwisesecured so as to be perfectly air-tight. 9. That if is making i r digging any grave in the said burial ground, or in opening any part of the said burial ground for any purpose whatever. any Lumen bone, or other put of a human holy, or any coffin or portion of a co ffi n, shall he found, or become visible the earth that shall have been disturbed by such making, digging, or opening shall be forthwith filled in and covered with quick lime to the depth of at least three inches, in addition to the uniform thickness of lime with which the surface of the said burial ground Is ban kbefere ordered to be enured. 10. 'Chat no grave shall be made or dug, nor shall the ground, for any purpose or upon say pretence, be opened in any partor, the said burial ground wise.. a corpse nas been buried or deposited within ten years now last past. These instructions are addressed, in last night's Gazette, to the churchwardens of St. Saviour's, Southwark ; rte churchwardens of St. Olive, Southwark ; of St. George the Martyr, Surrey ; St. James's, Clerkenwell; St. J ehu"e, Clerkenwell LIU. Paul's, Covent -garden ; Bt. Mar., New ingtou; St. b'les's-inthe-Plelds ; and St. Muting e-tht- Flel4e. Alio, to the =fingers of Tottenham court-read Chapel, Banhill-fields butithground, Collier's-rents burial !e. cund, Sonthwark ; St. Tnomis s burial-ground, Golden. MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN SOCIETY. Yesterday afternoon, a very fall meeting of the National Society for the Abolition of Burial in Towns" was held at the Society's rooms, Bridge street, Bluk'riars, Mr. G. A. WALKER in the chair. Sir C. Aldis, Dr. John son, Beau, and Rogers, Mews. Kingsford, Feltoe, &co, were present. Mr. TRUER read the minutes of the preceding meeting, which were confirmed, and also several communication from different parts cf the United Kingdom, approving of tne object of the Society, which were entered upon the emotes. One of the communications was from Mr. of St. Michael's Bastishaw, City, praying the Society to aid the inhabitants in their efforts to clew the graveyard there. The CHAIRMAN begged to assure the meeting, that in Ireland the same abominations occurred. A correspondent from Limerick gave • horrifying description of Killerby churchyard. It was impossible to put down such fearful atrocities saw government, by • sompreltensive legislative measure, waded intramural burials, and had the dead re moved by rail and river a distance from the habitation of the Behar. (Hear, hear.) After years of consideration and labour devoted to the subject, that was his cool and firm calve/dos. Indeed, be might add that a similar opinion was eatartabiod by every man swims for the sanitary con dition of the tieing, and for securing that respect to the dead to which they were entitled. Sir C. ALDIS fully agreed with their president, and although having so objection to the proposal made to deo dorise churchyards, still he was convinced that nothing short of the total abolition of burials in the midst of the living would save the later from the pestilential effects of churchyard exhalation. (Hear, hear.) He bad lately Wised Bt. Andrew's-churchyard, Holborn, and there hand that the graves had been raised considerably above the original surface of the ground, that the fluid eor ruptioa from the dad penetrated through the very walls that encircled the churchyard, and that it emitted a most dreedfel smell. Mr. J. ROGERS, surgeon, proclaimed himself the deter mined ugoompromisini opponent of burials in or near the habitations of the tient He would war against the odious and deadly system until it was completely put down. He feared much, that certain parties holding official situations had not that regard for the public health that they should evince. - Two years ego the }teeth of Towns lesoidation, which comprised reeton, bishops, a few use Mad men, and engineers, declared to him that they would not co operate with any society that made the suppression of intra mural burials a principal measure for securing the public health. The moment they made the avowal, he resolved to introduce the subject at every meeting the anociatiou held, and which he did with success. (Hear, hear.) As a medical man, he (Mr. Rogers) declared that so long as burials took place in cities and towns, no sanitary measure could secure the public health. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Rogers gave a frightful description of the graveyards of London, aid concluded with a strong appal to the ankity, calling upon them to persevere in their hu mane exertions until they achieved their object. Mr. COLLINS, of Band, stated, on the authority of medical men and from his own knowledge, that in that city graveyards generated cholera, and that where those hotbeds of fever and cholera existed, there mortality most pre vailed. He was, however, pleased in being enabled to state that the inhabitance of the city very generally expressed themselves deeply indebted to Mr. Walker for his tip guru of the dangerous consequences of °engorged churchyards near human habitations, and were rewired to act upon the society's suggestions and bury their dead beyond the Bity walls. (Hear, hear.) He assured the meeting that with the closing of graveyards cholera and fever gradually disap peared. TEO CHAIRMAN mid that the Hon. Mr. Berkeley, M.P., had stated in the House of Commons that in Bristol the fiat cases of cholera appeared on the verge of the R nity itrre yard. He (the chairman) again impressed up e secte'y the absolute necessity that existed for a grand comprehensive scheme for extramural burial. As to dotting the suburbs of TES CHOLERA. ENGLAND Ali Return of deaths from choler the General Board of Health from the Superintendent Regist Birmingham, cholera 4, Oils rheas 2. Blackball), d. 1. Bridgwater. (Weston Zoy land), c. 1. Burnley, c. 2. Bury (Ileyweol and Birch Hopwood), d. 3. Chesterfield, d. 1. Chichester, c. 1. Chorley, d. 1. Chorlton Mutate), d. 2. Clithe roe, c. 1, d. 1. I Dewsbury (Bstley),c. 1, d. 1. Dudley arid Sedisky, c, 5. Batman 11.erlow, c. 1. Boclesfirild (Barnsley, Ard sky, i and Monk Bretton), o. Hatilingstons (Piddington Hackkton), c. 3. Hastings (St. Leonard...a-on- Sea), (1. 1. Hitebus, c. 1. Iluddendk ld (Moldgreen, Dalton), c. 1. Hunslet (Holhech), c. 2. Leeds, c. 10, d. 2. Leighton Buzzard, d. 1. Leigh (Atherton), d. 1. d. 1. Liskeard (Call:ngton), e. 8. lade:cy (DAwley), c. 1. Manct.ester, c. 3, d. 1. Mansfield (Sutton in Ash field), d. 1. Melkshani (Trow Midge) d.l. N.-wcastle-uuder-Lyme, e. 1. Newton Abbot (Torquay),c.l. Northampton, c 8, 0. 1. iiirwich (Bast Wjmer) e. 3, d. 3. .AND. f D WALES. ra and diarrhoea, reportrd to yesterday. October 16,1849, tears' district.: Onnekirk (Siuthport), c. 1. Oniestry (Whittington d. 1. Olford, c. 1. Peterborough, a. 4, d. 2. Rschdale, c. 1. St. Thomas (Powderham), e. 1. S iltdrd (Regeat-road), e. 1. c. 4, d. 1. Sheffield, c. 2. S tab Shi Ids (Westoe), e. 1. Stourbridge (Kingswintord). c. 2. Sunderland (Bishop Wey mouth South), d. 1. Teesdale (Barnard Castle), c. 2. Thorne (Stainforth), 0. 1. Traro and Kenwyn, e. 3. Tynemouth (Longbenton), C. 1. Uabridgis (Ruislip-common), c. 4. , Wakefield, e. 2, d. 2. Waball (Borough district and Catharine cross), c. 12, d. 1. Warrington, e.l. Wallington (Wombridge), Writ Bromwich andWednce bury, 6 c. 2, d. 2. West Darby (Kahane), d.l. c. . Wira, atham), d. 1. . Witham (Great Coageskall), . d. 1. Wolverhampton (Bilstos), e. 1, d. 1. I, Yeovil, c. 1. eupTsi (Fife), r. 2. Cho. Dia. 'icinity 9 14 113 40 4 0 126 64 urdifig to the sopenntendent ad nupreedieable to distiogaish SCOT] Abbotshill (liitkcldy), c. 2. General Total—London and 1 The Province Scotland ... Total The deaths are retuned acc reAistrar‘' diericce, es it r ivu ev .17 place actin:rattly. RETURNS OF ROUSE TU HOUSE VISITATION. C t ti ti 4 Returns from 0(210 unions andi i,tiss for the Stith inst. Total troilt of the heels to bawl %.-it.ition in the Metrop Ili., hotel it.• commencement on the tit Sept. . . to the leth inst. 40,46 s ALNIVICIL—Tho daily returns being calculated to give an erroneous impraticn as to the Wednesday state of ibis town, it is gratifyin3 to 1. am that from Wednesday the 10th inst. no new ease of cholera his mom. d, and only one of diarrhmi. The deaths of parties se:zed et the commencement of the eiiseine, who have continued to linger in a state of prostra tion, wire on Se•unlay 2, on Sunday 1, and on hlonday 1. deaths in all am Ault to about ono in of a popula tion under 7,000. It ie a fact worthy of consideration that i not one 131 the visiti. g committee, numbering nearly one Lunde. d individual?, who have been moat energetic in their exertions, and been in contact with the disease in all its varied stages, have been all mad by cholera. PROPOSED REFORM OF A FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. At a special nu cling ut the Colchester town e.ten eil on Thursday last, Alder emu Wilitmus dr w ttie attention of the council to the subject of the free prazninet school, founded and en dowed under letter patent from Queen Elizeoeth. He said that King floury VIII., by letter patent, 12 Nov., 1539, erantod the duodena in the clesiei ut St. Helen, end St. lelery'e, to the bailiffs ; burnooses, and communally of this then, upon coneitieu of their founding and endiwitor, with part of the revenues of the same, a free echo`! here. They accordingly Mowed cut of them, from that time, the yearly cum of 61.135. 4d. to a schoolmaster, for teaching the children tai :he town. Bat it was found (.7,5 Queen Etisaheth) that the corporation had not appropriated •oy of the revenues of theme chantries for the use of the scLool, seconding to King Henry's intention. Inconsequence of thie Queen Elisabeth, in 26th of net reign, mode a ut w grant of those chantriel, to ' apply part of the revenues in emcee% and enit aa i aa a f le a se eceol, (m 19 1 14118 that betide and enTeirionalty should nomi nate ret•forre tr ever. at the Bishop of London, and Dean of St. Paul's, tor time being, may mike statuses and ordinances, in writing, for government and direction of master and echelon, and tee fur ever vision of the same. And that the said Bishop el Lundeen, and his successors from time to time hereafter, way visit cud meteor as well the echoed and rcholars et the striae, as ell, and singular, the nitasusges, lands, tin wehte, tied him:filaments assigned and appoiute el by the lailitfe and commonaety for the main tenance of the said school. And, moreover, Mall make and muse from time to time the issue,, profits, end re venues of those meatuses, leads, and tenements, to he converted, laid out, and employed iu the maintenance and support of the seed school sun the master of the saute ' cc °riling to the true tenor, effect, and interest of those letters precut. In eons.- quonce of such leas rs patent, dated July 6, in the 26th year of Queen Elisabeth's reign, the then corporation did assign, limit, and convey, such part of the said ntessuages, lands, tact-meats, and liereditamenta, as aiieuld he of the clear yearly value of 20 intake ' or above, &:.&:. But the corporation limited the allowance to 20 marks, atter the rents much in creased, and ret.ined the rxceee for their common chest, el.houph, by the endowment, t 1 .e whole income rot apart belongt d, with all improvements, to the muter. This mat • appropriation gave rise to an inquiry by the then Bishop of .1N ore, it.b. i.e visitor in King W iltiem's r. igo ; the result we, a b.ll iu Chancery uoinst tti mayor at d corp.:ration, ante alter 14 years' litigation, the Mayor and corporation were prevailed on to part with the management of the tebool re • venues, and to put them into other hauls. It world seem that tie,. diocesan, of Bishoo of London, hut irg tool certain vi,itorial power over religious houses and enmities, that vi.itorial power was rotaisid in the disposition of property fur chinch of E gland or pro's slant ettabliehments, (of which this one trout diaelved moneetie and such like institutions), tor the double purpose of preventing ltmaniam, and retain ieg ree.ellialtiCal sup . tient). The cat .ita belonging to the school, am money invested in 3 per cent. confute, yielded a gross annual income cf 1921. ' • but the out goings amounted to th e extraordenery sum of 581. 14e.; leaving a utt income of o. ly 1331. 13e. fur the maintenance of the muter and lis trolly. Toe school property was managed by trustees, but as he w..* teiknout information On that sub ject, he was unable to ratite wbetht r or not it was made the must of. The schoolehousee was in a sad state of dilapidation, and any gentleman who would take the trouble to go over it, must be struck with its utter Itsbllt gooey for the purpose in tended by the founder. A builder, who at his request had looked over it, reported that it would be utterly useless to attempt to remodel the house, but that it wanted thoroughly repairing inside and out; an! be also to mums rend the lowering of the earth at the beck several inches, by which the school-room and parlour would be laid much drier than at present. This statement, he thought, justified him in calling the attention of the council to the question, how far they could assist in improving the prratot premises, or re erecting them on some more convenient spot, ea as to render the school more creditable to the town than It had been of late years. With that view he proposed that a committee of five members of the c - teneil be appointed to inquire into all matters connected with the ached, and In what manner it could be rendered more generally useful. (Applaus-.) r. Harvey had great pleasure in seconding the resolu tion, and hoped the eomnristn mold come to a rep.rt satin factor. to the town at large, and such as to enable the couecil to adapt the school to the present wants rat the age, that it might be more generality useful to the inhabitants. Mr. Morris thought the council were indebted to Dr. Wil liams for the trouble tie had taken in bringing this subject forward ; and be could fully corroborate his remarks as to the utter unfitness of the school house. The state of this school, however, was but en instanct: of the decay cf all those endowments which were not kept up on such • footing as to retain public opinion fully In their favour, and be de spaired of its ever being rendered of the important use for which it was designed, unless placed upon a broad and liberal basis. While it ri mined fettered by sectarian dis tinctions; while the children were brought up to leading strings—obliged to say this catechism, or learn that creed— to go to one particular place of worship, and not to another —he must say he !.spat-ea of any efforts for raising it to a better state. The motion for a committee was carried nem. con. Mr. Norman moved that Alderman Wolton and Williams, and Councillor Bowler, Harvey, and Blertree, he the com mittee on the subject; which, being seconded by Mr. sal lOU, was agreed to. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Comparative Statement of the number of transfers of con solidated stock, and of ihares, aecordino to the amount paid up thereon. Registered id the years 1848 and 1819. 1818. lBl9. N & f Deposi AMannT. ANOVNT. App- of MONTE/. pparent Apparent . AlVs- NDee& A . ,sio. Deposit. rent o. o wes. riln i Doets January , 641 111,433 311,630 383 134,817 17,31111 retreat" .. 601 114,446 23,810 173 130,876 30 , 741 March......... 311 904.363 36,385 96a 204,734 62,883 Aptil-....... 797 156013 50,13111 589 119, , :71 411,634 leo B6l 176,613 67,340 560 166,336 17,170 June Ju4 - ...„ MA 133,313 41,327 6 169,217 49,823 1 August September„ 696 171,0+8 33,4:0 630 109,842 90,181 T.Aal MI 1,434,729 417,532 3332 714 1.97717 ... --... 17. 548 -- --• ~ I to Dept. N... 513.1 •s . •;/- VI , •• ket 1 11111 2 0 I 258 73 51 II