The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-11 00:00:00

boo, sr r :,:ite Wlllit , I _ THE Nl7 F.kCTU RING DISTRICTS. MANCIIVIITIII, JAM. 10. meeting for church reform hers to-day tamed tan, as r xprrted, a stormy . to. A largo body of men, d them net being Murelimeo even, kid banded then • io defeat the meeting, and their first object was to ap chairmsn of their own. The meeting was called for ink, t be held in the Town Hall. At that time the 101. of that bedding was nverly filled, said afterwards very crowded. The ehurshwardens, as pro , of the bill for the division of the rectory, upon the platforms supported by • large body me rchants and most respectable churchmen of the There were %pm the platform also a small 'prink. the opposing party, and (apparently not acting with Ate of tlos teams cf the collegiate body, the R4e. rams, who it was understood was there to defend rent church establishment in Manchester. The Kee. 'non. incumbent of All Seeds' Church, was also the senior tharehwardea, on coming upon aura was proceeding to take the chair by virtue of te , where the nppcsttion at once unasaaked therawaree, p. - sing another chairmen. Mr. Willie, a printer, .se formerly a ti dent ootonent of the ear law. remand that t Mr. J. 8. Hey s solicitor, of Lis own panty, take the 'lt. Sec. y, &druggist, wear *led the motion, and led to pu• it to the vote. The friends of the chorale. ,s, r .004 T request abstained it ender, but Mews Willis declared their em.tion to be carried, and se* d, apparently nothing I.th, game forward to or right to the olio. Mr. Barley, of course, did not to chair, and, for meetly . two boom, a norm arose belled all deseriptioa. Ne ither party wi uld allow the . rr geed, and the Mato, of Manchester, *Weenie in o'clak, is vain tried to wrote quit. Atter the WOO ..a had emitiaued until 1 o'clock, the t , ppolition were d to put a mottos for adjournment till Hamer Tues. Oa this militia Meg put their own chairman al it ts be a egativtd, and sutenterly *tooth the noisy bring defeated upon this point forgot the dispute abcta ....Li., arid thereat charcoal. ‘.l t e web' ,o (Mr hir_ rt.& allowed to proceed with lousiness in perfect quiet. He I aay gektlernan hal any ohs. rvalion to leeke up's N might addrese to the meeting, he would be distinctly tiently heard, because the ohj, et of the churchward. n. ear, as clearly and dl.tinetly as they c uld abtais it, lido,. of the negation of the church of Howland at dd. They meant no disrespect a the p..rishi•msen who stud them to be churchwardens Ace. wall y, tic' . - •earieus heel to appear Wore the patt•luor.en In h q•nsin..e aa the perishi 'nen mitts pat te ll'atortut.mely, till witoin toe list few years : the • re had ant sailleinttly avai:e4 theatatiaell at tin* he tru.trd tr at tot all occasions of the . • eborehwardeas the peeishi7nrn woali show that c a Woo• in•erest is the wel4not their chinch, •.A etrics•ion. as w. slid enable them to ascertain alfai s of the church were e)aciseted. ( Lies: ) • ;his. years or more that ha hat been earrk..• rh ia a ; arish of March/et. r in salt ay.ur:art to h a nform in the church, which tie y all waited, He it in a t o si•eita ro *• more mend to the pa : lame. ( Hear ) At last els riots of church , • t'cy limeeneonate their chairana eated that waft they pat (.award was th •r. taioment :he pubis woven.. for pavor el parrots parish; and a division of this own p weir sad refelle., Owl./ anti ma i n . : es:h t wilt • eteroyas a, who 'nada hes ris.on .• •-. situ& Ames.:as et of church grope 'y within 0. , i'd .a.urip • similar towers of Talon yielded be Terty is •he a .aas li•i. s. At the ei. etim I e .1 t. the eharchwardens w reel. cad by a as Jordy of vomiter it voteta, and 3 to 1 in somber of Totes r apptintan a: *he duty of the puishimere ceased n • tv.omenced. They set th^maelvte t 3 eo d rid,r v r. 44 host tarry out tie wishes of the pa :t. ati Iso toured them that they might • ectni thiroselors with pe•itienirg the hon•ts . as .1; they ea.pht hare p read petaphiet• • they •se elkdevatl..g .her atte•i• p : ant b N-11 4 ,: r d de. . upon t:et.lamietiAt up. a tit. • subject. Itr %tee f . 3 had lota tried bef.re atel found in.leatatl. They theretore paid thtir atientiou ma• to nary. . . a private act of parli,seut for C.e t staler a I ha. p, rish. The a -tai with parlimnrr•nty budae•a knew i ill the Ai;al i.s which *vend. d t►e carrying out of a private •ss alw 'Kende.' will eel cdorab'e expsioe ; be' that it was adeivil &e, U p.•eible, to pet the., mei . to j in with thus is the eape•.ee. awl se, k 10 : -hest M.l, testes , ei mee•i•.r, as lai.lterto, withoot c.tc I results whetevsr. In the coarse of tf sr ore - ...cy bad been taut► ..taco' by tho Bi•hep •.f )Ilan i•• B o ar," awl cheer. f And these who had had .rse wt h toe bible pon till. su , ket, weld t- then e use not in the pari.h of blenen. star an innividaal ~ e sed the bi•bop ter Ito setts tr to place tv.retfunp t. with the p►ru•. elso-th on a ► oral, inteilipt4le. e,tl footing. Tasy h.. delved vaunt. %m.o. neve and great eille•Mr•J•Tat.ae in their labours he 'Wisp, and he tad es .v r•sion to b'll.va at Aeon they th.a uk 4 the parisaionen ,sa•n• to. they .!cold h To Die caratst satsn - e , literal. 111 the bill *hie.; :bey nrai tt;w pro treed the) .net irrert imps:sr-A-re might rain, but Al tee) staathsa, that they as , '. dew , e ;bets Wto t • teak. i• • A and effectivs as tt. lamas at pail. a sy al/ permit tees to The first object tra.y had dleceted •hoir a oaths was the placing , zew at of the ree...raes on • itch s I atiog that th till he mede of th m is r V.•• neattl. of the tenni. , r, , naious to have forced, if troy coll.l, a tort of wrasc.4.4%; bat hey had tees obl.p.A, tt.d .0 say. to almaden Ow part to thole hill, be. •is form• of parlia•aent soar wst permit It to be e is a inseam MIL T ..y s•.O however, that vntr.l enactment w ml.l be pa• msi by *Moil this isigist • r.tele deelt with; mai they stott:4 be gll 4 simir tacceerin in *Mee say lip to oS b.t ogees. (13ese, hear.) Trey kuter that /limey II sirs of the church wtrs man g ‘1 by a gen. rat Kele mandato' in Landon ; bat M. (the Citairtm.a) was es.c•ny to centralisation, mad be emild see no ream aff.irs of the church Mre should not he managed both, in the same summit that their municipel w re. (Hear, hear) The ofber plat when they en obliged to give way WA/ is the appointinevt cf mous. They bad endeavoured to retain the whole of revenues foe paroshlal pore sfe, feeling s •isfifil that fever large these revenues nigh: b., still they would he elitortlaielarge and icameasiag population, sad that no t fold beeparefffor sinecure purposes. (Hese.) As he had , ti.ey had received ice cordial support of the bishop, ;el had only the parish of Manchu'. r to look to, the And to regard the Wens , . of the whole diocese, awl feel. in order to gain his cordial support, which was ial to their success, they must abandon in the bill tlx Inorrire who might hold txnetices elsewhere. ea a sacrifice of abiut 1 0001. a per, but he ought to w that this parish neeiv•el for the pay of similar mi. Iran an ecclesiastical fund drawn from other parts many, not 1.0 than 1 .5001. a year, se that in a pint of view, they had not made say great sacrifice, murk they had their private opinion, still it would be to atfach thee' emaciairies to livings within the pariah echever, yet he mast say he had so high n opinion of erecter fitheir biabop, and the deep interest which ne the welfare of ail, he gave way upon that ground 'meter pleasure and satisfaction than he should have way to any other party. The main points of ili are these: first of all, the division of this into separate and &Waft parishes, and the bill pro. that due pariah should be paid out of the general of the college; it provided a certain check on the iument of estates by the appointment of an Auditor by egop. He had no doubt but that the whole of the bill nen brought before their notice in the different news. , for they took an opportunity a week ago of placing in the hands of each editor is the town. The bin 1,4 'in the main for all things which were desired by lei•hismen when they were elected. They now kid the iLre the parishioners in no spirit of dictation, f9r they had "toured to carry out what they believed to be the wishes parishioners, and it was for them to decide whether tneoved of it or not. He had little eoubt that they lad all Masses join with them in their attempt t o A some reform. He saw many clergymen present, some the perish church, who would give the meeting their There were many points which they were anxious to ty. and ewe WAS the system of marrying which went on old church, by which marriages were done in a way re ally partook very little of the religious ceremonyand rregeently themselves noticed the entry of names 0., in the vestry daring the time/ ureic*, and OCCILIDIII. DOI completed till about 12 o'clock. It was an evil which tis be done away with, and the double fee system to be ahobehed, use people ware naturally driven e old church in consuls. nee of it. He would now the CYO in their hands; the churchwardens had don. best to earry oat their views, and they 'should be glad assistance and 00-operatioa of the members of the OD much as poss.lsle to proceed in this, and he must .em that they should be lead of their assistance in to carry it out, for without money they could not Ato tarry out this or say other measure. (Loud toe, HOCLIAWORTH mat addressed the meting. :4 the object of the niestiag was one which every true mutt approve of; it was so far as he undenfood it • ire pp,rosesi with the view to increase the number od clergy, sad improve the eflieleagy of the psatoeal t wk. ca of this vast parish. lie was persuaded that be no difference of opinion in this large population tuna fur imparting religious isiaraction were nada supulation, notwithstanding the voluntary efforts m• talon of the church,and, notwithstanding the equally ''it services rendered by vanes Dissenting bodies is et chapels. There was still a large deficiency in the tempering Chrietiaa knowledge, which it was their "4144. Assuming that they ware all agreed as to tss.sty and the duty of effecting this, where oug o l:= on "tiffany as to those means which were l o twin 64 the present moment. Before they tamed atteatin abeesd they should look first at what N. 44 was ponssad by the parish for fulfilling gent and ' important duty. While stating his e4.etial aPProvst of the assure before them, he meioses to mate, a.ao, that he thought that they could . 4 1 other way damage their cause more than by rr it a Personal cause of dispute with those connected • y with the perish chunk at the present motomeat t•uight Ulthldt personal h lieallag. hens(' te Pmf c.nehnio, the fellowiag :violation : that alithnuah the feriae of parliament will not permit . r.trolovinn in a private bill of all that was included in notate or application for rho Manclootor lioctory Dirt she het i thio.vaistiagg im *peke Ilul stamore about so be tilieliesmil la the Bain eifeiganorm ell In =outimi *minimums' errunimosto et Shia perinog of the hrtistahme esa be obtaised *trete' Mr. ChWthT, M. said this was a maating of membniet Se church at Y.eglead, and as such b e hoped it was the istrject and aim of every person who had entered that meta be promote the mashies, of that thumb, and not ft vilify any individual member of it. Oa dinette. their attention to this point, he would Mutt's, what the objiot of an established church ta the land we. ? It had been slightly alluded to by the mews of the resolution ; and he (Mr. Cawley) believed it to be the preaching of the gospel, and the providing of spiritual in struction. Now, if we fogad that in the (mune of ages, either through the increase of population or other muses, that that system tailed to attain the ends it was intended to accomplish, surely it was our duty, sad ought to be our pri vilege, to seek to remodel mad re-establish that s)stem, which in its origin might be good, bat which, from the change of eireametaacta, hed net an , wered the ands in view by Its first promoters. Those Win; the obj.cts, how mail that paro chial ',stem be canted out in the pariah of Manchester es at prese:.t constituted ; the parish extending over mass 34,000 acres, and containing tne large mass of population which it did? If it be true, as Its conteudetl, that the chapter of the Collegiate Church were rectors of the pariah, and had the cure of ',rule of the whole ;pariah, it must be mutat st to every individual in that assembly that it well physical.y impossible :that they could potions the duties of parish reeeta for the whole of the:parish. He tied eery great pl sour, in eecouding the reso'ution. It. WT. Cauon Curros requited permiseint, beton making any observations on the proposed m Mere, to ea the chairman whetter it was in./tided ny the measure to mak• any alters:iota as to the liability it the parishioners to pay las tbutch rams ? Theen;fasta m mid they proposed to make go alteration OR that point whatever. He said, Lidividually he had often felt the hardship of the church rat. s, but they proposed to leave any alteration to some futura general enactment (Hear, heir.) The Rev. Conan CLIFTON then addressed the meeting against the bill. Ho was anxious to show that the present chapter were willing to procure them reforms, but they could get no intimation as to what the churchwardens in media till New Year's day, when a eopy of this bi I was laid upon their table—a bill not wishing many happy new years to the chapter—(laughter)—and a bill • bleb, he thought, was intended to rule their indicate and impair the it useful now. (No no.) nett bib sought to abolish the La., of Clerk in o!dars, • workivg clereiman in the church ; and yet they proposed to retain the other clerkship, • ...Lick the person holding it wits appointed by Sir Thomas It Trait sd, who, y. hen there was a vtcomy put the al.* up to auction and sold tt. (L tughter.) Tron it propped to femme two chaplains who held tGtir iticumbentiet, and had as good a right to them as any other incumbents, and yet they were to he removed without their own e .nsent at all, whilst the incumbents of all other churches hi the garish wire to be consulted, before their districts were turned ioto s. This was not fair. He thought the principle of apply log the money in hand from the sale of the old burial grout:a should be applied to • hor one ; but he contended they 'uai no right to haply aby porti .11 Of it to the pout of stipend , for the cMapintts. It was said the bishop concurml in me measure, but he hoped that concurrence merely applied to tie prioci pla of the bill, and net to i•• provisions. Now, at one 101 l swoop, he found, on the as•Mc., of the present dela and chapter, tie pttronagge was to:be taken tram china and giver: to the bithop. Ho Avoid like to know en what pun dple It was to be dune The dean sod chapter bad appcisted the resist chow/ of the pitied, and i.e would where hat they failed to appoint most sue:lent and falafel men ? (Hear, bear.) It was mitt th.y had ap peletsd strangers, bat when would they fiat) n ore wiliest men ? He (=eluded by repeating that the snap ter throe yore ago passed a r.sohation it', the division of the pirlsh into separate ',eerie/ ' and not only etst, bat tiny had consented to sake up auyliss from their own funds that .ZIT • t O . e irritant clergy Raab% suffer. Mr. liatcotss Roos. in rot, to t h e lest speaker, recant d the a• fouler, id the saw tiag to tee time wizen Iron want 01 a proper emotes* f thet power which Celia' Clifton sad in •he chapter, one of tbe present MMUS left ha OW4(11'00f soak sad pari.h in desti:utit why atm rtiog the ~prs n wield of 8 . Dec.. (Cries of he.r. ') It was that whieh led to th suit too of the present reform, and though the new bill might si.vo .:gibers, it was op. a to impromment la the legislature, mid haire d ',toad net ba rejected au that account. _ _ Mr WILLI. was the next speaker, and said he eta di Mere on bchalt ot the poor dit,pieed, oppr sw - d. workieg men o. Mancbester, who hsd not yet the plumes of a b.a . top. Tie ,tentleman had sot reposed List any of the thousand, betook should go towards erecting Iltg r:ctorim is the parhh, though he was willing thc alma and chapter shonici be roobed Toe otter churches in Matehister taut 'uccn erected purely as mercenary speculation. (A storm of dig approbatics.) He prepaid as an LOU ndmeat That it was the (Osaka at this mcctiu.: Out any r.forna in a Christi^n 'Swett shou l d be efh lied or Corisdan prin tildes, ant that the acting tie sed,ia the toil now propisad, .is at - impt at still farmer outra? ing the poor and at tremplinw upon the Christian principla catab:ishiti in this cowry." Mr. drown' seconded the smenr!comt, ar.d said it they mast have a reformation, lct them hate Ail the niboish aw. pt oat at out, 'or Le di I n. 4 deny ther • were :Mums in the enueci:, and he had diet listed tie voice in the church againd the sale of W parish club Mip He bad bees in prison id HUN. in trying to carry tot (Armies prived piss, 1101 f a had not much Lope of success. (L inghtor Mr. Jong Dom NUTT supported the anseLdiaant, trccting Ili* ohs: rut • no ebwily swum.% the rich. _ . The H. r. Mr. flisa.s• did deny the necessity of returns, but c ,mplaiised, in fact, that that bit did not go far enough. HI suggested to the Church !kiwis Assmis.. Loa teat t' ey mould Mop the wont reform, which ptotsle Cid not like, sal consti'ute thonrslves arm • general astio..al association for pronvaing • wider ad..p - mims of the parochial fu As of the church to the eirsuts.st.has .1 the present day ; to promote mesas for the reclamation of 1. y mtpropriations, and to enable csl lest is and s atltcdr.l bodies to hay up the 1. ales, by w kith maims • larger amount of funds might be secured to the church to endow any pur.shts ; and, further, that such um. coition stsiuld contiug lust to tnose obj _ cu, , tak'ng care that chore's propery be app,ied to church l urpo•s. H- pro. po-ed, as a second amendment, that the chtuchwadcms be distracted not to proceed with the bal. .- - Mr. RollellT SZAILR BOWLIR [VII • !.Irased the meeting as seconder of the last aniendisent. Did the m th.g think it right to let these ittlltiteltli (the churchwardens) come and team the thin edge of a 'ridge into the church ryst. which wall have the effect of upsetting the whole of the collegiate end cathedra Slitablisnalests of Manclie‘ter ? If these institu.ions were upset, t ey would destri the great tireakwa• er between the tpiscoithey and the estates. Mr. Hnithts, solicitor to the churchwardens, replied to Mr. Saner, observing that the church reengnial no break water between the bishop and curate (II ar, hear.) The church recegoited no distinction between clergsmen, and be could see no reason why any man should receive payment for duties he did not perform. (Cheen.) The CHAIRMAN now proceeded to put the amendments, which were negatived by • large majority, and cn the ori ginal motion being submitted, it was card d by an equally large majority. he meeting was proceeding with other resolutions when air report lth, at live o'clock. THE TEA DUTIES.—DEPUTATION TO THE PRIME Mtmiseza.—Wr undentaad that Lord Jahn Runell has lip ! pointed Wednesday next as the day for an interview with the Liverpool deputation on the tea duties. The GMegow deputation will have an interview at the same time. The Manchester deputation, who take up another portion of the same subjec', are to have an interview on another occasion. The following petition in favour of a reduction of to duty on tea to a rate proportionate to that levied on the like articles of gem ral consumption, such as coffee, cocoa, and sugar, lies at our office, as well as at several other places, ig signature, and we trust that it will be numerously signed. A much lower rate of duty would, in a short time, produce quite as large a revenue, and would enable the people of China to take twice as many of our ma aahetared good., and to employ twice as much of our ship- Ping: " To the Right Ron. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasary, Glasgow.—The memorial of the under sign- ed hankers, merchants, shipowners, brokers, and other inhabitants of Lies rpool, respectfully sheweth, that your me morialists have on 'enrol occasions advocated the expediency and petitioned the legislature fora considerable reduction of the present high TV' of duty on tea ; the', in 1784, a large reduction in the previously existing tea duty took place, and that within two years the consumption of tea was trebled ; that the population is much larger, and the desire for tea mom general now than at that time; that no other tax in the whole tariff could be remitted with such general benefit to all classes, whether regarded in its immediate effect of lightening the pressure at taxation, of stimulating industry, of freeing foreign commerce from a most injurious restric tion' of adding *menially to the comforts of the poor, more especially of the very poorest, of promoting the great cause of temperance, or of encouraging domestic habits with all their social ties, together wirhthe order and the many otter virtues arising iherefrosa. Your memorialists there ore re. spsctfully pray that the duty on tea say be at once reduced to orate proportionate to that levied on the like articles of general consumption, such as @offal, cocoa, and sugar. And your memorialists will ever pray, itc."—Liverpool - DEATH PEON NEGLECT AND EXPOSURE TO COLD. —As inquest was held oa Tuesday, at Kempsey, on the body of a newly-barn male child, whose death was caused by lying exposed to the cold on the turnpike-road, on Monday. Ou that day awomen, na r.ed Mary Ann Thompson, aged 24, • native of Dundee (who, in consequence of her husband having deserted her about eta months ago, bal been com pelled to wander about the country begging), left the Upton Union Workhouse, in company with another mendicust, newel Hall, to proceed to Worcester. At the time of leaving the former place she complained of being unwed; but it dose not appear that she solicited medical assistancee, which she was there informed she might have. On reaching Kempeeey, the pains of labour suddenly came on, and the was delivered of an infant while lying on the snow in the turnpike road. Her companion immediately sought assist ante at the Crown, and was told by Hire. Webb to go to the relieving officer. The woman remained in the road fall 20 minutes before she was removed, sad from the evidence taken at the inquest it appeared the poor creature did sot receive that timely aid which her perils under the most ordinary dr cumeances would have met with. Evidence haying been heard in proof of the above statement of tne cue, the jury returned the following verdict ;—" That the child died Irons exposure to cold and want of proper attention at its birth; and the jury blame Mrs. Webb, the landlady of the Caewn, for not giving prompt attendee to the application met for assistance on behalf of Cho nothor.—Abridged from War astir CArosick. MEETING OF THE PROTECTIONISTS Al STAFFORD. WINE OP TUMULT AND RIOT. Yesterday a sting of the protectionists was held at the Shin-hail, illaffurd. It was caevened by an sdver trauma% signed by Lord Talbot, which was addremed to the tetrads of yeaseetioa to native industry and British capital." end wen kg therEl y " taking into considers tan the 'marks of the state of agriculture and all other hi IMAM eif PP • The doors of the hall ware 'gonad at 12 o'clock, but be- , lore that hour about 400 psalm had hem admitted by a I sort of private entrance, these, for the m a st part, appear ing to be of the elms called " tenant farmers " There wee. ale, in the principal gallery Berl Talbot, Berl Bt. Vincent, Newport, M.P., Lard Lewisham!, M.P., Mr. Adderley, Id P. and other persons of comideratios is the county. In • side gantry were Mr. li. Vittoria end other free leaders. Immediately on the great dean being *pima, there rushed in some hooked of the sturdy shoemakers of Staf ford, who set up • hearty cheer, and cried out most lustily but good-humouredly, for "fire trade" and • "cheep loaf.' There were at this lune about 1,000 persons in the hall, bat it was observed that so scan as the free trade party had entered, as many of the fanners se could be accommo dated, made their way into the galleries. Lord Talbot's tetrads for some time vainly urged the lemon to descend to the body of the hall, of which the Ina trade party held pos. sagef u n, until at length Lard Lewisham himself set the ex ample, and his lordship was followed by a hundred of his trim* Mr. Meteyard, the barrister, urged the freetraden to quit, and order having been to • certain extent ob tained, Lord St. VINCENT moved that Lord Talbot should take the chair. For upwards of a quarter of an hour the :pear was so great, that not a word of his lordship's speech ould be heard. He was understood to say that he was not noun of the Queen's having delegated her authority, or any portion of it, to Mr. Cobden, but from that arch-agitator's speech at Leeds it seemed as it this wen the cue; now he put it to the farmers of Ho gland wheth er th e y would permit this man to exercise such an influence on the nation ? (linens.) He did not wish ti say anything in disparage ment of Sir Robert Peel; that distinguished person had a right to maks any arrangement he pleased with tie temuys, bat there were points in his resent letter deserving of the it serious attention ; by the course which that statesman had canned, a stimulus had been given to agriculture in foreign naafis', and the consequence was that Englund had been inund xerl with foreign corn. et A good thing.") He (Lord St. Vincent) enterained a different opinion, and he humbly thought Sir Robert Peel, before he opened the fixrdgate• of the counrry to the foreigner, should have taken ears to.adiqoitely provide for the British farmer. A cry of disapprooation, met by cheers, at this sentiment was the signal toe a g I uproar, which ended in a regu lar fight in the body of the hall. The fns trade: party, who appeered for the most part to oe mechanism, and of course unarmed, were assailed by the farmers with heavy riding. whips and sticks. In a minute or two both ruin was, d into a perfect fury; blued war observed to be str eatuing from the heads of half persons at onc and for upwards of ten minutes the fight continued from one end or the hall to the other with unmistakeable enmity and deter mination of purpose on both sides. At length the farmers betook themselves to the gall. vies, the fret traders set up • tremendous about, and order was partially restored for the moment. Lard ST. VINCENT then prseeeded to rem uk that the best interests of the enintry b en eacriti-ed ; that the cry of " cheap bread" had se _need to the fire teed, rs many friends, but that the poor people nad been deprived of the means of paying for it ; ant hie Lordship said that he hoped the spirit of the ileitis's tanner would beanoured, a. d • gr.dul attempt mote to alter the ptesert scats of things, watch w..re fatal to the toter eta of the il•itish empire. Lord Nl3 WPC'S. V, next r we, end was proceeding to explain Lis views, when teen emitted another and a moat tremendous test : the scare baffles description ; come of those who bed been most belabsured by the farmers is the pr..cidit.g melt , . had proVi.:rd themselv.a wits immense bludgeons more than a yard its length, and proportionably thick—for a while both pardon I.ugut like demons until at length the contest appiaring to go rgaime the agricul , ural party, the county pul:ce were called in, and them', slice la) in .t about them with great violence for a few minutes, succeeded in getting the upper hand of the frei•-tradcrs, whi were belaboured with fearful violence, and dragged out of It!. e;.11 by the heel. or h e i r •f t h e heed, minus various articles of wearing apparel, but some time ne cessarily elans:d b fore the final process of , j etiud could b. achieved. Youths were thrust out—others a more slued> character were seised by their haunches and literal:) , thrown oat. After this summary recess bad continued tor about a quince of an hour, the hall was declared to he cleared of the Ire o trade party ; the farmers there upon, with • shout of triumph, descended from the gadeet.s, and tilled the body ut the ball ,• Lsrd erdired the doors to be closed, whick was done, amidst the groans of thew outside, and at the same instant, promised by this act, as immense stone, Moen with fearful precision, was the mu carom& the windows, and struck the torehead of lir. F:wler, a London reporter, who stood im mediately behind le.rd Talbot, and whom It felled tinme• dietely, the blo-d putting profusely from his forehead ; the doors were eludes opened, and the body of polim men guard leg the entranes, to pr-vent the free-trade party cawing, order was partiel:y revored. Lord TALBOT thereupon (after a passing is/lesion to what he dMgeatee the outrage of a Loved m^b), proceeded to address the assershly. Ma lordship said that the meeting had bees called of the friends of protection ocly, rid that cons, quently no o•her persons had a ri,..ot to enter :he hall. lie went on to a mpiein of the conduct of Mr. Buller (late M.P. foe North St dfordshire), in bald' g jected to the hall being used for the purposes of this mee•ing, an objection which (he said) he regarded in the lidit of an insult to himself, and through him to the counts. His lordship proceeded to advert to the old statements relative to cl , pres‘ion—to the disinterestednees of the land -I.rels, who did not (he said) want any undue protection, and were therefore not deterring the epithet of • monopo iies," which had been to freely applied to them. He en:ered into statistic., with the v.ew to show bow im possible it was for the farmers to live under the ea:sting system, and he denounced Mr. Cobden and his friends as a set of demagogues going up and down the coontry endeavouring to uproot its best interests. His lord ship referred especi .lly to" that iniquitous piece of sedition and insolence dtl'vered at Leeds, which was on the verge of tr, ason, and it was only a piece of cowardice on the port both of Cobden and Bright that they did not open their hears and avow their disloyalty to the crown.•• His lords .ip went over the old ground of the speakers at the various proterionist meetings recently held he expressed an opinion that, be ore 18.52, the price of wheat would be 28r. or 275. a quarter, and he conclude 1 by remarking that they were not called upon to propose rtme. dies. Their business was to impress on parliament the ne cessity of some change, either by an alteration of the cur rency system, Cr by a return to protection, or by a relief from those special burdens which pressed most grievously on the agricultural interest. All the time that Lord Talbot had been speaking the crowd outside the hall had been increasing, and the showing and groaning was kept up so incessantly that it was quite clew a crisis was at hand. In these circumstances the speakers were specially enjoined to brevi . y. Mr. TURNER, a tenant-former, moved, briefly, the fol lowing resolution " That the present painful and distressed situation of the agricultural interest bears puticularly on the tenant-farmer, and all others employed in the cultivation of the soil, as well as - all trades dependent on r griculture for support: the grievous injury inflicted on Ireland, our colonial empire, the shipping and all other industrial interests, is mainly attri butable to the mistaken policy of free trade." Mr. THOMAS HAgTSHORN, a county magistrate, essayed a lengthened speech, amidst the it;cressing clamours of those without the hall. He said that he knew better than Mr. Hurtable and the " gim crack " farmers, and that high farming would not pay, but that low farming would be better in these times. The speaker referred to various parrs in the course of his speech, sad his auditory impatiently urged him to "be quick." Mr. Hartshorn rejoined, " D—d if I can see." This provoked another uproar from the free-traders at the door, whereupon Mr. Hartshorn said, " lam not talking to you, but to my friends here with good hats on." Not another sentence was beard : with a tremendous shout a volley of stones was poured upon the hail windows—brick ende, pebbles, and other such missiles, descending into the hall ; many present fled in terror from the building, and order was never again restored; the county constabulary, not strong enough to cope with the force of the ease pera'ed people outside the ball, had fled; the mob held poisession in front of the building and, in this crisis, Mr. Proctor, the chief of the constabLlary, brought word to Lord Talbot that the Mayor declined to interfere ; in feet, there was no call for his worship's interference, for his towns men bad behaved well uutil attacked. Mr. ADDERLBY, M.P., hastily moved, and some other Renames& emeaded an address to the Queen, pra, inu for a dissolution of parliament, and the meeting broke up in panic sad disorder, the noble chairman not having put either re solution to the meeting. His lordship said he should con sider them as carried. As the farmen left the hall, they encountered their anta gonists la the square, and for upwards of an hour a sharp fight was kept up. Scores were knocked down like bul locks, garments were torn off, and numbers escaped only with terrible bruises ; even Lord Talbot himself found him• self engaged in one or two severe tussles before ho could gain the shelter of his hotel. At the time this report was despatched, the town was in a highly excited state; the mob hunted the leaders in the affray down to the railway, pelting them with stones and other offensive missiles: these only found safety within the walla of the railway station. Our r 4 porter adds—" It was a very sad exhibition altv gether„ but those only were to blame who, by their attempt to make the misting of an exclusive character, provoked that spirit of bad feeling which resulted in this unfortunate strife.' A POLICR3LiN DROWNED WHILE IN PURSUIT OP AN Oirrannui.—Shortly before twelve o'clock on Wednesday evening 68'n:sight, Archibald Y'Donald, a police constable belonging to the city establishment, was accidentally drowned in the water of Leith, immediately behind Sunbury distil lery. It appeared that the unfortunate man, along _with a brother constable, wee endeavouring to UM the Water of Leith by • darn-dyke, in pursuit of - a person accused of as sault, when his foot slipped on the Ms with which the dyke had bums encrusted, and be fell into a deep pool below. Ilia body wee not recovered till several hours afterwards. We ands:stand the deceased had been upwards of eighteen lean In the establishment, and had a most wisiseptloaable charsetca.—EdialmriA ddraliaor. MA: est to to itsay:of &Iwo to p .ist 31 It 0 . 4. 4 keit' to. betide MUM one U 01 me • paciob 114.1 I 111,1111 Ca, n r".." Pr. PM pewit. 31r.1 1 Vt I rl. ll t i .. 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I , colt - ;id to • • •1 a the 4 •.,., o, Il.ae lay oulta 1...) PA , II I be g& " tct pp osa THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1860. ELY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. DISTRUST OF TWO COUNTY MEMBERS. ELY, TIIIMIDAT, J AN. 10. This being market day, the opportunity w as seined by the protectionists of Ely end he neighbourhood of eliciting et a public meeting the feeling of the ishabitaati of the county of Cambridge cm the question of protection to agriculture. The meeting was held in the Shire Hall Male pleas, and by 12 o'clock the Hell was crowded with • goodly muter of Mount farmers and inhabitants of Ely and the neighbour- Mtn. To be more precise as to the object' of the meeting and Its tompositioa, we ex t rac t f rom the circulars. It woe : "A Meetingmembers ot the Ely Agricultural Society, and of the owners and occupiers of land in the south level of the Fens, will be holden at the Shire Hall, in Ely, to re helve and consider a report of the committee of the society, and also to consider the propriety of adopting measures by petitions to the throne, or to Parliament, or otherwise, for re moving the difficulties under which the agricalturiate now labour." The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he had bad frequent opportunities of attending meetings in that hall, but he had never attended one or a more exciting na ture, or of greater importance than that over which he had now the honour to preside. The time bed now arrivtd when it was the duty of every person to give what assistance he could to extricate the country from the difficulties which sur rounded it. He bad received listen from Mr. E Yorke rad Lord G. Manners apologising for their absence, th e f ormer on account of 111-hea lth, and the latter on account of having to attend a district mart martial at Maidstone. The 82 CRISTAitY baring read the report, Mr. MOSELEY, of New Bans, tenant farmer, proposed the first resolution : " That the present deplorable position of the agricul turists, arising out of the tree a , mission of foreign agricul tural produce into this country, calls aloud for immediate remedial measures at the bends of the legisl dine, and that this meeting concurs in the views of the committee of this society, so fully .'pressed in the report this dry presented by them, and adopts the report" Mr. H. MARTIN, of Littleport, seconded the resolution and it was cursed unanimously. Mr. BALL, of Bs:await, one of the delegates from the Central Protection Society, proposi d the second re s o l u tio n: " 'Lust an humble petition be presented to her Majesty bee , etching her to direct the attention of the two houses of parliani:nt to the depressed state of the agricultural interests of this kingdom, and to recommend those tones t. re consider the laws elf, cling the imp oration of foreign corn, and also to tult.pt such measures as shall secure to all the producing class,* of the communi•y just protection from foreign comp , tition, and restore this c,untry to the state of prosperity it enjoyed before the recent disastrous expe riments of free trams were made, and which have so sig nally failed." Mr. LITTLE, of Li:tlefort, seconded the resolution, and it wee carried rum COll. Mr. AltC H Eft, solicitor and secretary to the association, proposed the third resolution. "That petitions to both h,sisss of pat) tunent, in accord ance with the st.ntiments of this twitting, ha signed and pre sented, and that similar petition. be sap, to th e neight,.,ur• lag towns and .illag.s for signature by the resident owners and oecupien of lard." H. 84;1 all Us it the farmers 'ought Iry equslity of taxa tion as respected the foreigner, and equally ut prytecti m as respected mher classes of the Gommt i'y—could anything be faint.? The farmer protes ed against being compelled to II et f. reign prices, while he was obliged to purchase at Britivi price., enhanced by British taxation. 'rho spa: he: then alluded to the octrui which prevail,..l in Framer, Rol. Nod, Belgium, and numbing, and coutended that as by shi?ping to this country the torebreer avoided that octro: duty, a similar duty ought to be finial oa foreign produce wh , •n imported into (hunt Britsiu. Me. aSPLEY, of Ely, second .d the resciatiin, and at the same time said I. had but little hope from the prises% It. nee of Commons, and stilt lees from the present mini_ try. (Cheers, and " Turn 'em out.") Ihe country, however, had now spoken out so plainly that it , oull Ea impossible for the present ministry to hold office bye anutlisr twelve me. dr, thin they would have &dissolution and a I rotectifinht House of C salmons. (Cheers ) The rsolutio'n was carried unanimuugy. Mr. 11l DDLIATONE then prvos , d, and Mr. 8311711 u m:ldea, the 4th resolution : " That the petitions produced at this meeting be adopted, and that Use petition to her 111.•jesty he tranunitted to one of m .j est r s Secretaries of 8 ; ai.cl that the flail f Hardoi kc be requtatid to ' , me:A the petition ti the ruse of Lords, and Lord 0. Manners the one to the these of C.inimone." " That a deputation he a, pointed to att.od in London cn the anemhling of parliament, for the purp we of communT eating perronally with the mcmh Ti Um the ecnnty upon the me.ject of the petitions agreed to at this meeting, and of C.). op•rating with the central protrctinn rocisty and cotamits e of other protection secietier, in naching the proceedings in parliament, and promoting the Brett objects which the pro te.tion societies in general hare iu slew." The CHAIRMAN here intimated that Mr. Towneley wish, d to address tee meeting. Mr. TOWNELEY, M P., said if he did not feel the imt parterre rf quntto n, aura the nt co !sit y tar protection to na ire industry and aparieultute, he h batter perhaps hay. t-sy. d away ; and perhaps some who had read the Cant• bri. sfe Chronicle might think that at it was he had b.Att r have reinstated away. That journal access. d him of vat no for the navigation lass, which was true, of giving his general support to the tree trade legislatoan of the put-era govern ment, of being some years ago in favour of a half-and halt protection. and of now being a regular fete-trader. Upon what authority the editor made that attack upon bins he could nit understand, unless it wore that a ime other candi date for parlitant attar, h.tnoure was very auxione to take tis place. (A laugh) Now, on his own behalf he mutt say this: he never had flinched nor shrunk from any d.claration he had made ; whe hi r the name were popular or unpopular, b• did not scruple to avow himself still a ert ig. (Hoar ) But that did not prevent him having the same deep feelings to w trele thosa who serrounded him, amongst whom and by whom he lived ; and he begged them toned. stand that when their interests were affect d, so in like manner, at least, were his own. Again when the present prime minister proposed, in lieu of the sitting Kale, • fixed duty, he (Mr. Townelcy) voted spinet th.t proposition. In spite of the calumnies set the Cenebeidge Chroutch, as to his "half and•half protec tion," that was the fact, and he del _d any man to gainsay it. (Hear.) Ile had come is teat meeting with treat plea sure. The chairman had kindly sent hint tha report of the committee, and he had read it with much ;devalue. It was clear, temperate, and forcible ; sad certainly all the speeches of that day would do credit to any place in the world. He did not want to compliant at anyb - ,dy—be did not want to ask votes even; but ho would say thin, if remarks had been mad , on Mr. Cobden he had richly deserved them, but these remarks had been made with a temper and discretion which did credit to those who uttered them. How desire , le it would be if Mr. Cobden, instead of having recourse to :mischievous eheervatione respecting interests to which he did net belong, and of which he knew nothing, would follow a similar course. (Cheers.) Much as be admired Mr. Cubden's ability and perseverance, there certainly was 1.1.1 impertinence and presumption about him which he thought no Englithmut would readily succumb to. (Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Towneley) certainly had said at Cambridge, that when the sliding scale was abandoned he did not think it ever would return; still he asserted that to protec:ion they were entitled, and he should feel that they had great reason to comphin if their deep and pteseing wants were not attended to and relieved. (Cheers.) Mr. HCDDLESTONE then proposed to fill up the blank in the resolution with the names of the three county members—Mr. E. Yorke, Mr. Towneley, and Lord G. Manners. (No. no.) . . . _ , A gentleman in the body of the meeting then proposed that the petition should be emru,ted to Mr. Townley and Lo r d G e orge Manners. Mr. TOWNELEY hoped that his colleague, Mr. Yorke, would be associated with them. Mr. Yorke was as much in favour of protection as he was, and they both agreed in thinking that the sliding scale could not be restored. (A Yoioe—" Tura 'em both out," and loud cheers.") The CHAIRMAN also thought it desirable to include Mr. Yorke. (No, no.) Mr. Wool. then proposed, and Mr. BALL seconded an amendment, to the effect that the petition be entrusted to Lord O. Manners alone. (Loud cheers.) This last amendment was thee put with the others to the meeting, and carried all but unanimously, only three voting against it. On the motion of Mr. Hicks, seconded by Mr. Iloatocg, it was then resolved, unless some measures for protection were introduced before the Easter recess, to convene a meet ing of the associstioa, to pray her Majesty to remove her present advisers, and to dissolve parliament. After the usual compliment to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. ROYAL FREEMABO24B' SCMOOL FOR FEMALE CHlL nham.—A quarterly g I court of this institution was held yesterday at the Sfliool-house, Westminster-road, to Plate approved candidates on the list for the election in April, and for other business. W. F. Bastion, EN., pre sided. The charity was establishel in 1788, by Chevalier Ruspini, for the purpose of maintaining, clothing, and edu cating female children, daughters of brethren belonging to the Society of Free and Accepted Masons. who, from pros perous circumstances, have become so reduced as to require its aid, and for protecting and preserving them from the dangers and misfortunes to which distressed young females are peculiarly exposed. Althuugh it is support' d entirely by voluntary contributions, no his than 616 children hare been admitted into the school since its foundation, the report stating " most of these have been returned to their friends, some have been apprenticed or provided with situations, and all have become good and useful members of society." The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed, and the accounts, which showed that the funds were in • flourishing and sati , factory state, having been passed, the secretary intimated the decease of Lou a Hayes Petit, Esq., one of the vice-presidents, and a meet active member of the charity. Mr. Beadon was unani mously elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by his death. There were tour vacancies for children in the school, and only six candidates, who were all approved of by the meeting, and allowed to stand for the next election. Before breaking up several of the subscribers visited the children, who were arranged in the school-room, and pre sented a picture of health and neatness such as any institu tion might be proud of. Although none were above sixteen, the penmanship would have startled the most rionced caligraphist, and the needlework of others e the but efforts of clever matrons, whilst their panel education seemed to be of • kind most useful to thorn In the sphere of life M which they are most likely to more NORTH RENT RAILWAY CONTINUATION. A demonstration was made on Wednesday, by many of the leading landowners in the county of Kent, at a public nude g, held at Siffingbonen. to consider the proposal to complete the North Kent Railway from Svood to Dover, to be constructed under the direction of • public commission, to be appointed under an net which is to be applied for in the awning 'mien of parliament. The novelty of the proposi tion attracted a large attendance, there being present up wards of 290 of the principal landowners, occupiers, and in habitants resieent in the neighbourhood, and on the rents of the proposed line of railway. Among Maw were the Right Hon. 8. R. Lesbington F. Bradley Dyne, Esq., Biz John K. Tylden, James Yalliu:ce,Esq., Rev. H. T.Wal ford, W. tlunon, Reci , J. Walter, E• q., J. Grayling, Fwel George Cobb, Esq., W. Disney... Ewe., Rev. H. Hilton, E. Homewood, B q., Rev. W. J. Brewer, T. Knight, Esq., R. Knight, Req., an Mesers.Vinson. Hyne, Jordan, Fooed, B. Court, E. Barrow, G. Sneed, J. Warden, R. White, J. Dean, J. B Coulter, J. Church, am, Re. On the motion of Sir J. M. Tilden ..conded by the Right Hon. S. Ruesbold Lashisgton, F. B. D 1741, Esq., of Gore Court, was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the necessity for a railway communication along the line of North Kent, for local convenience. and for connecting other parts of the county. and the various government establishment., was too well known to need much °eminent. At the same time, it was as well known that such a route was the only way by which a direct oinuunnication with the continent could be effected. The public utility and importance of such a line had been ' often declered, not only by the inhabitants of Kent, but by the Commissioner,. of Railways, to whom the question was re ferred by the House of Lords, in 1847, tor a special report. The report of the commissioners was to the effect that, looking to the importance of Dover as a harbour of refug e, _ and the exp ense which it has been determined sh a ll be incurred in forming that harbour, and, bully believing that the ',nekton which Dover occupies tinnier coot, is a sufficient reason to justify , that large cational expenditure, they were of opinion that its connexion by a secure and direct railway communication with the metropolis and the naval arsenals, wee of the grea:est importance; and, therefore, they con sidered that it is expedient that another lined railway should be constructed by which Dover and Dover harbour may be connected with the metropolis and the government 'meanie's ments, without being dependent ou the present exposed por tion of railway between Folkestone tied D_ver. (Hear.) ' That was the deliberate opinion off red by the railway coin mis•ieners, and they had now met together for the purpose of concerting mecums of cooperation among the landowners and genii. meet of the county, in order to obtain parliamen tary pow• nto construct the necessary works under the auspices of a public commission. Having stated that the nature of such cemmieston would be ex e l st n as ed to the ee:- fog by the solicitor of the bill, he calls.: on Mr. U. L. Taylor, the engineer, to describe the course of the line. Mr. TAYL'ili entered into a detailed statement of the course proposed to be token by the line, which well form a junction with the present South-Eastern Com. , anre No:th Kent line at 8 roud, and thence teas the river Medway by a bridge which had received the sanction ul Mr. Cahill, the engineer. Aver bag expensive reopen, as reach as penile's, it was intended to take the course of Vignoile's North Kent line, with such emseclaiona as lea ther experience, titer that fine was laid down, had shown to be necessary. A.l the plat a and necessary no:ices sad been deposited, and the prcject had been reported on by Mr. 1 Walker, the governm• rat engineer, to whom it had been re -1 felted by the L . .rd Warden of the Cinque l'orts, as by far the best line that had ever been prop cted in the county. (Hear. hair,) The details having been tally gone Inc. Sir J. M. 'f YLDEN moved a aeries of re'elutioae, which will be found in our advertising columns. He stated that the efforts et hich had been frequently made to establkh a line through Nu:th Kent had been iovartsely opposed and frustrated by the South• Eastern Railway Company, on the ground of their intending to construct a suetrior system of railw es , mreunicsticn throughout the aunty—anintention which Pay had Last to amomplish, and had now neither the means nor the disposigon to attenpt. (Hear, hear.) The South•Eas et n cempany tied iiven written pledges, bum personal and parliamentu, to execute such a line of rail way, but though they b ed induced, by such promises, a withdrawal of the pr jecta of their opp :rents, they had abstained hem performing their own engagements. (Hear.) Under these circumataucee, it re w became the dui of curt) gentleman, and, indeed, of every innabitant, of the county to come forward and give setae substantial earnest 0: their determination to be no linger deprived of the means of inter communication which was enjoyed by almost every other portion if the kingdom. (lii ter, hear.) It one wed known that the traffic to be brought on the Ilea would realise a re turn which would amply compensate the county fur the cost of construction. (Hear, hear.) It was particularly to he observed that no c mmereial profit was s mght by the un dert.king; hence no i.ers cal leibiaties wile to be incurred. (Hear, hear.) Bee, iu order to secure a faithful discharge et the duties of management, it was intended to secure an ample and judicious pubic audit. (Hear, hear.) JAMES VALLANCE, Eaq , banker, sec , ndea the re solutien, and atte r a iew observations tram Mr. CiAbCOVNE, who appeared to think that the lice would not prose a pro• titable undertaking, —......... The CHAIIIIIAN stated, that Mr. M'Gregor bad fee qnently declared than the line must be made, that it would pay well, and that the Ramsgate, Margate and North of Europ a GAIN which now went by wa•er, woul4 come over this lime. With regard to the conduct of the South Eastern Railway COalrisl, he did me wish to refer to it, hot would leave it to be dealt e i:h by other gentlemen as it deserved. (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. S. R. LUSHINGION stated that he rose to address the meeting on the occasion uhder feelings of great difficulty and euabarr.ssiacnt, iz consequence of the opposition which it seemed the directors of the South Eastern Railway Company bed determined to give to the proposition before it. For wend years, and during a 1 tag series of struggles, he had unitlarmiy given his Enos. strenuous support to the South Eastern Railway Company from a conviction that they were the best able to tem. plate the hulwoy communication of the county. In 1830 he cad been on a committee of the House of Commons and bad on that occasion opposed the then proposed hue. His opposition had continued to the year 1845, when a clause was iutroduced into the bells of the South Eastern Company which satisfied him they wcre in earnest, and fully intended to construct the direct line. From that time he bad assisted the South Eastern Company to the utmost cf his power, fully relying on the good taitn of the chairman and directors of that company. I: now appeared however, that berthed been mistaken in ha views • that in short, the efforts which were now being made by th e county for its own convenience were to be met by strenuous oppssitian, instead of receiving the countenance and co-operation which the correspond. ence with the company had lead him to anticipate. the right hon. gentleman, having read the correspond ence referred to, concluded his remarks by stating that be considered that the South Eastern Company ought to have been more 'pendia as to the grounds of their threatened opposition. Under the circumstance', he thought the only alternative they had was to proceed with the bill. He thought the clauses its the bill for appointing a public COUILOtaIiJa were unexceptionable, and that the mode of raising the required capital upon the same pritsciple as turnpike trusts, was the only practicable and proper one to take in the present condition of the money market, and in the present state ot railway property. (Hear, bear.) The public neces sity for making the line was unquestionable. On public grounds, it was well known, that the government would aid and support the measure • and therefore he considered that everything ought to be dne, that parliament and all constitutional powers rendered necessary, in order to accom plish the undertaking in its lull integrity. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman concluded by declanng his deter mination to do all in Lis power to effect this great public object. Mr. WHITE, solicitor to the bill, explained the nature tied operations of the clauses, and pointed out in a very able manner the evils of the existing oommunication by the Rei gate angle. He considered that no progress could be made except by showing a bold front and dtteruainatiou on the part of the gentlemen of Kent to carryout for themselves what the South Eastern Company either could net or would not do for th•• m. He (Mr. W.) was no railway lawyer; but, in his profes sional position as solicitor to the ecclesiastical commissioners, he had had great experience as to the gross mismanagement. that prevailed in the whole railway ay stem of the county y (Hear, hear.) He could undertake to prove that from first to last the railway system had been conducted upon an un sound bail, and that if a proper superintending control had been exerc ised by the legislature the whole railways of the kingdom might have been constfueted for 100 millions in stead cat having cost something like 250 millions. (liter.) In his view, had this been done, there would have been no job bing and no extravagaut expenditure. (Hear, hear.) It was almonstrous thing for the government of the day to have pent ittesl the power of conducting the transit of the country to have pissed out of their hands entirely and into the hands of pelves commercial companies. (Hear, hear.) The highways of the country are now no longer the Queen's highway. (Hear, hear ) G -vernment audit and govern ment control is shown to be necensry, and it should be torgotten that all railway companies have • partner who hue constructed the lines. That 'sterner is the public, who must be served without risk, and who must be accom modated without expense. The CHAIRMAN, alter referring to the attempt which was made some years since by Messrs. J. and it. Lace to promote the Kentish Railway, and which was abandoned only because of the pledges then given by the South Eastern Company, to carry the project out themselves, desired the meeting would allow him to support this statement by read ing a letter setting forth the arrangement then entered into between Mr. Fearoo, on behalf of the South Eastern Com• pany, and Mr K d, on behalf of the projected Kentish Cuiu l biuy. The letter was as follows: To It. W. Kennard, Esq., Temple, Nov. 16, 1814. Dear Sir, —Referring to the communications which have takeu place betwtea you and myself on the subject of the North Kent Rue, promoted by the gentlemen arsoeated with yourself us the Kentish company, I beg to state that I am authorised by the directors of the South Eastern Railway Company to agree to the followieg terms, vii.:—That the South Eastern Company shall pay all the expenses incurred by the Kentish Company to this time; that the Kentish Company shall withdraw, and that the local noblemen and gentry, and such others as may bo so disposed, shall form henceforth a committee to give their best aid to the South Esstern Company to carry out the plan of the latter coin. pang ; that such of the members of your committee as may not be locally interested shall engage to do anything in their peer to assist the South Eastern Company i■ their project. 1 am induced to think that b may not be unacceptable to the local noblemen and gentry of your party to remain as a com mittee of co-operation, beams. I know that a considerable proportion of them entered on the Kentish project not as a speculation, bat from a strong wish to see a hoe carried into effect in their diatziok 1 wish, therefore, to accompany • this preposition with an engagement which I am also autho rised to give on the part of the South Eastern Board - , to pro secute the line in North Kent by every moans in their power, and to carry it into full effect. They have the mean. of doiag it in the best manner, and they are quite determined If they obtain the sanction of parliament to do so. With reference to the suggestion that some one or more ausabers of /our provisioeil committee should have a seat in the South Eastern direction, the poeltion of the booed does not permit them so to engage, but it feu always been their wish, as the (component parts et the direction will show, to Lave in their body a sufficient in lotion of local men • sad, if they should be authorised to extend their works, the same principle i will unquestionably be applied to North K ent. — Sir, yours very truly, J . P . FEARON. The CHAIRMAN continued, and said that he wua mem ber of the proeicioeal committee which had been formed, in 1644, by the Mea•re. Lake, to whom the county were at that time mush indebted—(hear, hear)—although, owing to the oondut of the Snail Eastern Company, no goed had resulted tram their exertions. On the present occasion, the genlle men en Kent did In' enter on thi. matter as a speculation, but from a strong sense of the duty they owed to the county, to come forward and rescue it from the tyranny to which they were now subjected. (Hear, hear.) It would be for the South Eastern Company to consider how far they will be justified in offering a vigorous opposition to the pledges they bad given. Looking at the feeling which had been displayed at this meeting as well as at other meetings, which had been held at Dever and Canterbury, he had no hesitation in declaring that any opposition while the South Eastern C empany might ~for would merely teed to increase the indlgnatln of all right mingled men, and which, when fairly aroused, could only retell in the most disacrone consequences to the Snub Eastern Company, the end of which no one could 'entice. (Hear, hear.) Mr. IVHITE betted to quote emu portions of the eai deuce taken before the Houses of Parliament with regard to the pledges given by the South Bayern Company, as prov ing the hollowness of their inteutiou throughout their wade proceedings. Extract.—Hoene of Lords, July 21, 1816.—Greenwich Railway to Cbilham, Itc. Earl DEVON—The committee are satisfied that this line would pay, but I would tat , an opportunity of throwing rut, that the South Eastern Com pany will lose their character if they .10 not make a good line from Canterbury to Dover. or. MEM:WEINER—The strongest pledges have been given. Earl Devon—The com mittee will think thenuelee s taken in if they do not. Mr. MeItEWETHEIL—Tat: moment the decision took plum we pledged ourselves to Mr. Pineaptre to proceed with the line. Route of Commons—Session 18(7.—lames Mequegor. Esq., examined.—Mr. AttalN—Did you consider your.elves under the pledge to bring in a bill to continue tie North Kent scheme? Mr. Macomsocas—Yee, unquistlonably. Lord GRANVILLE SO3II.IISIT—Did you not say before the committee late year feet rat had likewise pledged your selves to corns forward this session to get that line ? Mr. Maconsoon —We did. Mr. TALBOT Where is the pledge; did it bind you to construct the hue to Dater ?—Mr. MACaOEoo.t : I do not think there was any strict pledge for it; hur I c• dainty wrote • letter to Mr. Plumpire fur the purposed bi• oommuniewing to the U- use of Commons the fact of the company binding themselves to go on with the North Kent Line, cartalnly.—Mr. TALDUT— rbe plans were not depoeited tm it this year I—Mr. MAC. 08/1001t : No. they were Dot. Sir .1. TYLDEN comeeo i that alter such aa exkibi;ion of the conduct of :ha Scutt, Z.Asta Company it was sta,Las to dwell upon the matter, h'..• to put thea shoulders to the work, and earnestly mice to for theeetelvts what the &wit Emern C .muany would n t dr, fur them. (Hear.) With this view, he would move that 'Aral mantel:be ba appoinkd to collect ulomriptions in aid if t..e paliamcntary tip:tune to be incurred. The Right Hon. 9. R. LUSRINOTON seconded t'.e re lion, and au influential cooin.it -1 was a?p.iint..d accordingly. A liberal subscription WA Vivo entered into, to the amount of several bun rin le, and a vote of thanks having been given to its e: Aram", the pro.ned:ngs termi nated. It was stated thi.t , tv.ti.er meeting is to ha held at Fyn:sham early next wick :"sitar ~bjemt. PRINCE ALBERT AND SAVINGS BANKS. TO TILE =ITO& OP THE DAILY HEWS. Sik—By the dir.ctil. U 4 t.e B girl of Managers of this Tina ution, I for:- r: o you copies of a le'"er wiLten by command of Ilia Royal Highness the Prince Albert, hesidint Instirutioti, and o' resolution unanimously at opted thereon by •eta board. As the sub ect is one of coh-id r uble importance us regar }treks at d l'rovi dent Instate. ons g. nemll7, on may el; em it of utli clent public interest one cot c •rn to give ineerticu to these documents in your jou-r al. I am, sir, your elh.nient servant, EDWARD BOODLE, Comptroller a c S ert wry of the Providett Sth Jan. Institution, .it. Nlartin'a-place. Windsor Castle, Dec. 27, 1849. My dear Sir,—l hat.. Lid before the Prince Albert your letter of the 21:h ins'.,t .gether with the pc.ers !which accompanied it. Hi.. rhyal highness is much pleased to see so larg e an i. cressiot the number o f depositors and of thebaDrees wnich [Teak so stronely tor the increased prcep rity a. d feeling of eccuri y of the middle and lower classes. His royal h!ghhess wishes very much tn.:, of A. late occurtei..ef, an institution at the head u; which. stands his r highness's name as president, ,Lould take the toad in subjecting itself to acme ir. dTendent audit, of tee strictest and most sealenirg kind. I nerd no. sty that this wish is not founeed upon the sliOtest duolot or want of confidence upon the part of his royal highness, but he Obits that such an example from suc h an institution w.mld be of very great value, and would serve not only to raise it very much in the es'ims'ioa of the public, but would tend to restore the public. confidence in savings banks, which must have been shaken by the disgraceful exposj which has taken place in an esta blishment bearing, up to the day of the discovery, a very high character. Such a voluntary submission of their accounts upon tho putt of an institution stand ing so high as the St. Nlartin's.Vace Provident Insti ' tntion would be a precedent of immense importance. I ma commanded to requ.st that you will submit this letter to the committee of managers. Sincerely yours, (Signed) C. 11. PHIPPS. To Edward Boodle, Esq. At the special meeting of the committee of ma nagers of the Proci•:ent Institution, held at the;r board room, St. llartin's-place, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to: That this committee of managers cordially concur in the suggestion of his Royal Righners, conveyed to them by Cal• Phipps's letter, read at this meeting ; and that it is quite n.dy to submit the account of this institution to the exami nation of any person or penises who may be appointed tor that purpose. CLERICAL rgEYEILME.Nre.—Etv. D. Cooper to be chaplain to the imn.igrauts newly arrived at Sydney, N.S W. Rev. IL S. Disbrowe to the rectory of Conisholme, Lin colnshire ; value UN. ; patron, Esrl of Ripon. Rev. A. D. Parkinson to the vicarage of Utterby, Lincoln shire ; value 1111.;patrons, Rev. .1. Staunton and others. . , Rev: .1. W. Welsh to be emigrant chaplain at the port of Liverpool. VACANCIE9.—The episcopal chaplaincy at Shaighsi. China, by death of Rev. J. Lowdir. Exeter, St. Mary Steps R. ;Ivalue 1791. ; pat., Rev. W. Carwithen ; Rev. T. A. blelhuish, dcc. Northampton, St. Peter R , to Kingsthorpe C. and Upton C., dio. Peterborough ; value 5001., with residence ; pat.. St. Katherine's Hosyital, London. Halesowen C., county and dio. Worcester ; stipend 1201. ; pat., the vicar of Hal.sowen. Madeley C., Salop, dio. Hereford ; stipend 1001. ; pat., the vicar ut Madeley. British ch.plaincy at Palermo ; stipend 100/. ; pats., the Church Committee, British Consulate, Palermo ; atphca tion before April 1. Mancnhip of Leek Grammar School, S:affardahire. SPORTING. TATTERSALL'S-Dummy. The slack:els ... of business psi. r.lay will be gathered from the subjoined statement of the bets actucly LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 15 to 1 apt Lortl WatertortPs Sir John 5.1 to 1 Mr. Vevers's Vain** 33 to 1 Mr. Mangan'. Farnham The above were taken to small sums. CIIESTKIt CUP. 300 to 10 Mot Mr. Murphy'a Dough MVO to 43 Captain Ellerdale 1,000 to 13 Mr. Colgan'. flora of Qum DERBY. 42 to 50 apt Mr. W. Edwards no Bolingbroke 1,000 to 100 Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Cithatt 0.111 to SO Lord Eichnot's liniskt of Avenel LuOu to 00 Lord Let oltastem 72S to 25 Lord k;glinton'a Motors ui► 8 to 1 apt Lord Fglintooc Probity MARY, 1531. 5,000 to 75 apt Mr. 11. hill's Wens. DOVALK Dan, &c.-300 to 60 agst Beehunter winning the '2,000 Guineas Stake., and Flying Dutchman the Em perot's Plate. 1,000 to 20 nest Badwater winning the 2,000 Guineas and St. Leger, and Probity the Oaks. A STRANGE WAY OF RETURNING STOLEN GOODS —The Nurth IYaks Chruhick, under the heading, " The Brynmawr Robbery, nem Baatunaria„ . " says : Wednesday night last, as Mrs. Rowlands was le** art of putting her Child to bed, something which she took to be a atone canto in with a crash through the window, and so alarmed her that she feinted away. On recovering herself she discovered in the cause of alum of the recently stolen sovercig_ns, wrapped up in a plea of the Tames newspaper. The following morning the husband disoovered under the $llllll window six other sovereigns wrapped up in a pine of the same papa.