The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

Zbe Coats. WINDSOR, JAN. Th e Queen sad the royal children walked this men- Ine the Bow Park. R o yal Habana Pena' Albert, aesenpanied by hie • wanner" Prises Goom of Cambridge, oet.tout shoot initAt, wearers. In etraese were Lard Rlphinstoes, • il.nt C. B. Papp. Colonel Hoe. Climbs Grey, Colonel Berkeley Drennan. Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lien, • ',,mows, sad Baron Esesebeek. r Matte, took a dew, is the afteraine, accompsain b.. I. ? ,k al Tinton. In the first twine one th e Q 5..., the 1 , „„ a r.g Mal, a, the Duchess es Cmatwidge, andthe .ry. le the oesinad e.tZte were his Royal l`rinee Albert. Primer Al . Prince George of C a n hod re, and Prima. Frederick or Hesse. lathe third car , were the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Augusts Cadoc.n. L •r.I Elphostonet. and Mr. Hindu The Equrries Lard Charles Foam and Lan -Colonel B,y pour, rode On horsed's& with the segues party The royal dinner party this realise handed bet Royal Higbee.' the Duchies of IC. , at, the r Royal Highness. s the Muk• and Duchess of Csmbndge, their anyal Highemers r ,,„, Geroge and the Prince's M.ry of Cambridge, his Serifs! 11 ghne.• Prince i neletiCk it Meese, the Ladies in w.o in; en the Duchess of Kant, L .dy M. woe C a d ocan , t h e timescer Countess at Mmiellirld, Led, Eli, ateth Mar. say, Beton linembeck, the Commanding Officer of the Ger..adbr Gear& (Colossi Thorny's). the Commending etb,- , T of the le Life Guards (C..lonel Poker). Lou. , Charier , Firreor has errired at the Castle, and has ph. mil Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) in the duties of • rim is m a ki ng to toe Qua•n ; and Lust •Col. Franc. Hugh tier Ever less teliertd Colonel Rosati. in the duties of Hoary in Wai:ing to his Royal Highness Prints Albeit. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL Yesterday the quarterly court of the governors of welt place at the 11.11 of the C , rporation, erset•rouri, Fleet enwt. lir. NI.HXT in the chair. Ti.. minutes o. pr.vions meetings having been read and eontirowd. • stet. went of tr • receipts and payments of 'be liin:och Fend (in trust to the Scottish Hespital), for the year 'nutty flee. 31, 1849, was mid by Major Adair. the meretary. The receipts summated to 2,0741. 40. bd., end sad the esprit, i• we to 2,0111 Ps. 7d., kitties a balance of 621. 14s. 10s. An address of crnColraos to the (may of Sir cheer" Forbes (tete a rice-prisiaent of the institution), on the death of that yr atlemen, was reed and ord.rei to be pre sent. d - An address n 1 e neolinee to her /leper on the death of tb. Queen Poem, wag read by Dr. Webster, and le veleta the seal of the serporatioa. Pr WIRSTIII, in work( that this address be presented to 1 er thrmgh Bir George Grey, expatiated upon the twines of the late Queen Demmer, and observed that t he tio..i,et ewne of that illustrious lady's life wee oeie of tsr s. t trmerkable events in the history of this ottartry. The wining separated with a vets of thanks to the „le titian. CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST. Yesterday aftemcon the annual general meeting of the 'triton. and sub tcribers of this newly. formed Wants. as It 1.1 at the Lutdon Tavern, Babopegre street, for ite trasearion of the ordinary hints's& of the charity ; EOPTI:11, EN , in the choir. The "Mantis of the last tour: were confirmed, and the ad vertiement of the meeting having bra laid. the Bscia- T.1.11T proceeded to read the rrtort for the year just departed. A:: r e w.gratulatiog the goy. fool . , up Ha the rapid rite as I r °pita= coadi•soa of the charity, the document pro retied t•• erase that daring the past twelve months 1,601 per.• /Allah siting wader ddrmat looms of du: aces of the ' have r.cinved pratialtoss advice ant' medirme, maid: g, ymptber wish 2,323 who were relive. d in 1840, a total of 4 who Lays obtained smistames from the eb.rity Risen its rarcesiensest. During t h e year the attendance of r4itats each week has averaged 620, basing beta 11011111 min ryr a.t leis than 133 oe 140. The milli i.y of the paters awe retitled is the City and those districts of the mriop i s nor wsich :he institution was more esperaLy in ; bat a laps number of persons resiiing in "tiler r]73 of L adon red some at coasiderablis distances sa the set •rent cor.ties hays also obtained relief.. the statemeht Of the income and ezpin4iture, wt,. Le Ken that the tiaancial condition of the incitation is isa ta;:ory. At th- last annual meeting there remained in the Loos of the treasurer • balance of 471. 8t 4d ; at the same tan., hoer. ver, the lia6ilitiee of the insti•ation sot 1 I .t.d amounted to 1471.6 a 24.. M sing a deficiency of 1^.4. 16 . 10A. During the current year them have beet re . 4 trim various sources a sum of 2,013/. 8.. 2d.. while the ant utl • ip.testiture has assosat.d to only 9861. 16s. or incladiag the payment of the prsvious arrears, and the wee', of th expenses sines lacarred, to 1,6301, 9 ~ leaving a balance of 4•4t1. 194 21. is favour of the institution, ot wnieti 4331 lls. 3d. has been inv.red in the purchase of 4001. st.e. in tee 3 per ant. eor.eolidated bask anntilthe. I. the las: report the committee tarries's! the hope that the fla social eoi dittan of the charity might shortly justify Oust in providing scconsmo-tatiois tor the myths of in patients, and, encouraged by the liberal support *kith 1• re• ceded at the anniversary festival, when the contributions amounted to 1,7241. 13a., they theided to open an In-Ps tithts' Hospital After, therefor., van us inquiries and much con-aderatioa. Owyhee. ',vim' into arrangements wit. h.r Majesty's CrillfO/B•iOn•n of Wo We and Fnre.ts for . plot of proud Is front of the entrance to the Victori r ark, in every way suitable for the sits in a h-epitel. Ttuis p.6', witch ix.eltses a space of 31 acres, they has obtained at • ret.tsl of 44 0 1 per annum tor 99 ,ter., on the conditions UV it shalt be inclosed before Ilichaelates, 1830, and that the trip.tal *hail be wired within three c an of the date at width the erreentent shall be Maned. In accordance with this 11/11ArM• at they have drawn up a specification of the ace .mai..dati *es required in the baildirg to ho erected, and have authorised sow orobitects to pro;)sre plans tor coup, wilt.. It pro,weri that the hospital shad be adapted tor the ree-ption of aboat seventy packets, bat that • portion, rscisn for forty patients, shell °alp be at 6r4 erected and the seas to ha expeaded on lite 'region of the part and whole of the building have been fined at 4,5001 and respectively. . • . la. mint haw', beet unanimously adopted, and the LI it laws aaseneed, thanks were very ,ordially voted to the treasurer, H. E Gantry, , to the hon. 11 cretsry, and to the chairman, after which the meeting separated. PRoviDENT CLEE=r MOTVAL 1,17fi ASSURANCE lATION.—Last night a spoil general marina of the meaner. of the Provident Clerie Mutual Life A ear nee Aten:laden wag held at the London Tavern, fur the purpnae of timing into coosideration and deciding upon certain r ter vie., of the rules which the board of management thought t aivi , able to make. Mr. K. H. Jona., 'he chairman, ex .lamed the object of the meeting, and stated they the rules e.!ered had been approved by the vetuary, and certified ny Mr Tidd Pratt. The altered rule, were then mad ser.ahns It. principal alterations consisted In raising the goal. oil t.oc of mutants from a life assurance of 3001. to one of .500!., sad in empowering them to grant reaurances In the extent of , the maximum amount of aesurance under the old rule being 1,0001. The fines on account of arrears were re duced oae•half. The other alterations were mostly verbal. A n•te of thanks to the chairman and bard of manage meet was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting ie- Tara ed 1/ENTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Shlrtly before one o'clock Tempt a fire broke cu• in the Ship .n Dirres Tavern, N 46, Warmer street, Soho It appears that after the was cloud fee the nista she landlord was in the set of nae of the int., in the bar with gin. In so attempting the litbler upon which be was mending suddenly snapped inlander, which reused him to fall, and the gin he was pour- 4 in; into the vs. fell upon the fiior, an i the vapour coming want with the lighted angle the spirit income igaited, and ma round the bar with the rapidity of lightning, firing ; t,mu Mneouslv the other vats filed - with brandies and other l sews Mr. Pester (the landlord) made an attempt to c'n "s'r the Haws but finding he was unable to do re, he was eh 'et to make his escape, when recollecting that the barmaid , *as is the upper 117 , 11 asleep, he made to that part it. premises end bunt her door ole a, but could nut mike her sensible of the great danger to which she was ea:raed until he bad pulled her out of bed. The times by that period were rushing in huge volumes up the steiresse, ard in attempting to drag the female down the .tain Mr. Pearce had his whisker, set on Sr.. By dint of tr. at carrion he fortunately swim died in forcing his bar- maid nut of one of Ike windows, and by dragging her over 'he parapet, both parttes were enebled to effect a safe re treat The flames at that time had obtained poseession of tb bee, parlour., and staircase, threatening destructioo to rv.ithing anund. The engines of the Laidin bri.ade, with Mr. Staples, the f roman of the C district, promptly eteerled, followed by Mr. Connorton, wi h the Wen if I.acittl engine. There tieing an abundant supply of water Le engines were set to work, but the flames were not en t trailed until the whole of the valuable stock in trade, , were tota ly , ormataed. The proprietor was fortunately .r.. 1 in the Sun Finnoffice for 1, 4 001. (ivy ACCII.ENT.-00 Thursday last a young man ~xerl Pose, living et the top of llaatings-hili, left home, topaniod by two other', on a shooting eseursion. Soon r vat the gun of one of Peg. 'e friends went off, ••:4ns 'kr contents in the hock part of Page's leg, who we 'to moment walking a few yards is advisee el the °then. '-:ants received were suck am to render amputation of Lemony. lie underwent the operation on Fridosy. her. 31.—Littlepoet having lately eufferod a ' mount el mortality, and eighty deaths having warred `•-, two ellialbe from scarlet fever, Me., in a population 'llll maishietters have deteratiaed to thoroughly the town, by clementine/ a newer (TOM the 14 W4 ir.m Ely to the Bleck Horst-bridge where it 'sr !apt, Pent Into the river ; and another frora Us; brewery ""Pl. • dwell, emptying itself into the old Craft net r. IiCkNIMG WATCI INSTEAD OF LUIP OlL.—The ark Nun km a latter from Werechester, Maas. in •' •'h Os • waiter c l a i ms to have invented an put in ;ash, "a apperetes which separates the mimeo of which water is 14 4 ' tilt awl produces gases for liable. This it does at t.• s•tier trapeze* than that of the machinery—es no antorial •*.titer wed. The water is decomposed by a current e.setotity, evolved by :ne apparatus. The labour of u•as's.. once in two hours in the day, in winding up that is requmed to produce two hundred 43 ) ' , tout G. - . of gas. The expense of t , e, nssehioe at ho,..frod dollar. and it ens be carried tti a man •••'lrr b. arm. .ch is the descriptimi of it. Tian will 'lttrantot 'whether it ti etelt ere. MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. (Rom th• Daft/ Nom) NANCSISTSII. JAN. Z. The obeerrassee of Now Year's Day in them die tricts is only a shade lees strictly, though it say be Ism seeredly attended to, those the pest (seat et Christmas; sad, with the empties of • few hours' work is the yesterday was kept es • general holiday. Bo many .111 11 may not make • point of goiag to a plates of worship; sever. they all bat abetsin from beauties, and settalaly the rule to " cat, drink, and be mmy," Ii as rigidly observed by all who have it In their power, as though it were prescribed by law. Could lir. Pips ham bees embodied and come as, es* might Jemmies him jotting it down in his es " pretty to or. the poor in all our workhouses eating of ram* beef and plum podding es Christmas day ;" and ft may be soaceded as not see of the least pigmies and humaisising hiatuses of the times that, notwithstandiag the oppress se ars of pour rates, and the tight rein whisk the poor law board bath it nearmary to keep upon boards of guardians in their • zpinditem, the screw has not born allowed to resets this poiat. It issaid to be • " poor Mart that slaver rejoices," aid it was maces the most pleasing eirshastmess seauseted with the celebration of Christmas in this great town—where, as is your own vast metropolis, aloe' with name of wealth rad all the thimble that attend it, ws have slowest unfathomable and incooesivable depths of wretched. new and poverty—that we were found to have gestlths.n of the wisest wealth and highest station acmes as, who could consent to leave for an hour or two the Inzages of their own Uhl. s and the endearing ties which es that day MOTs than usually attract them to the family *helm to me that the paupers gathered round the workhosee beard, and the wretched children nolleeted together in the named schools, for ones in the year wen made to fare ormaptectesly and to tormt the distance which separates thu Dives aid Lazarus of these modern times. "8 L dimmed " le est down (es a mark ea this bale Of Nude) "H L Ote a digitised ; " sad " fity-flour Misty-ewe " pea dews "6431 " es a progressive member Os the same bale. " One-terolue" k integrated "lest 9qn. 10. b." Throne .beet 30 bias er peeksges of sloth pissed upon the roam time Nam it Is full, end before the thence is esimplees; sad the meow time far Reloading, weighing, fiekteMnig. end Wreaks the whale 30 is only fin minutes. ' k hankies the gelds yen hardly wonder at the deem ekelenellem of Ike dark Irks pen learn the whets of Mssik dosing the fles minks& He has not only had to tee deseriptiou and weight of eseh pukes*, bat to determine to *hike( Bee slaws of geode, charged micordim to their respestive duels, it belong . He has a long prinfed thief the Mails of goods in each of these clauses before hies, •kb the prise et sea glass, and the additional instruction that the goods are of eunie aew description, which have sever yet bees classed, they shall be charged as fourth clue, oe the blithest priced but one; but it is obvious there must be a repnat of this list in his brai n , and of the " reedy Neiman" too ; for he to the originals, best jots down the_ prices of the carriage at once, calculated to the farthing. When the hruck is loaded it ie shoved forward, and, by means of • tarn-table at the end of the arab, Is plaited upon a siding which leads to the hoist Whilst this operation is going on the top of the truck receives the sheet or oil-cloth which is to protect the goods from the weather, the porter wb o throws it over Salting out the number (ia this ease " 9,364 ") marked upon it under the hadal. a the company, sad this the clerk also inserts in th& inveigle; sad by this time he is expected to bees the in voice east up sad to have entered on it the total weight in tons, hundreds, quarters, sail pounds, and the total charge which is to be made for menage, n pounds, *billings, and pence.. And whilst the track goes up above by the hoist, this theme, which will have to accompany it, guest) into the heads of ether clerks, one of whom will copy it by • press, and others of whom wiil perform • aeries of uperatiteas from that copy, as little dreamt of by the tradesman in Loa d,. to whom the goods are going, aa if the prongs were per forator( in semi can planet. Thts is called the general office, It is ea cake of checks and counterchecks, and that manes sad abstrams. One clerk exuding and testa the neuron of the arithmetic of the clerk below, and enters the totals of each invoice is a book, with any overcharge or undercharge be may discover, and • copy of these has to be entered upon a sheet of paper and sent to London. Another clerk makes a return, which Is forwarded daily, of the totals of every ekes of geodesist by the line, with the station, they are sent to, 130 is number upon the London and North Western line, and sends a copy to the offices of the company in Londe.; or if the goods have to leave the company's lines at any point to go upon the rails of another company, he makes out a similar return in respect to them to be twinned to the clearing -house, that the clerks of that astahlisismeet may de termine and bring out the exact proportions Icr carriage which will be due to each onipaey ; and el complete are the details of railway management in this respect (through the estsblishment of the Cie weal Itailways Complete. le C.earicg-house), that if the sheet or oilcloth which covers a waggon only gets upon another hoe, or gets upon half-a dozen others in succession, an account of it is kept, and the eighth of a penny per mite is paid to the owned for every mile it travels upon each line, with sixpence per day for dean& n should it be kept back al'ier dune with. Another clerk copies the totals of each clan of goods per day, week, and month, into an =meths book, with the stations they arc sent to, for the use of the manager of the traffic. who sees at • glance whether there is any falling off, detects at once the class of goods in which the falling off or increase may appear, so that if there be occasion for alarm or mquiry as to the cause, due notice may be taken of it, to ascertain it it arise from de prtseion of trade or competition, and a remedy be sought, if there is one. Then there are be sides these books the ledgers in which all the amounts have to be kept, with • view to getting the money. Bat there are besides this office up stairs an office for the agents' clerks, through whose bands Oleo documents have to pass, an audit office, • collectors' office, an inquiry Olin, aa office in which all correspondence re. aliening the goods' traffic are " enr.lied" or starred, soothe r when they are copied and ii.dexed, replied to and teed ; end even this matter of correspondence, extending to about 450 letten•day, ion° trifling matter. But we go back to the truck. of goods to be sent off to Landon by the 7 o'clock train, which have been sent up the hoist, and have now to be " mar shalled " (u it is termed) in the 'Rorer order, the trucks to toed in having precedence always, of course, whilst the one to be left behind at the nearest station is last. 11. re • clerk is making out a waybill, on which he enters the number of each truck, and what soothe it will have to be left at. This is given in charge of the guard, who at this moment (close upon 7 o'clock) is examining the wheels and axlee of all the trucks iu his charge, having power to refuse them if not to his mind (but be must Benign the reason in writing) ; atter which he takes his place in tit! break waggon behind, and the train rolls off. The train which we saw depart was not one of the largest expreeies; it consisted of 3.1 trucks, with 120 tons of goods at a charge of 21. per ton on the see rege, or a total of 2401. for the train. Immeoietely this train is despatched the workmen direct their energies to the loading of the eleven o'clock train, which is usually of about twice the length of the other, and do not go home mete that hour, returning to their laborious employment at five next morning, to receive, unload, and deliver the goods which the down trains from London and elsewhere have brought in ' during the night—calling for as much activity and energy as that we have described of the previous evening. Some idea may be formed cf the labours of this enormous esfaleiehment when it is stated that t - ere have been upwards of Iteo,ooo tons of gods brought in and taken out of Manchester by it during the year ; that then have been 150,000 trucks moved in and out; that there have been about two millions of package, received and forwarded; and that the management cif this bwiuess has led to a correspondence daring the year in reference to then goods consisting of 114,901 letters mkt memt rendume. Without discipline this bode of men, receiving about 18.. • week wages, could not get through their work in the time. Sobriety is strictly enjoined. Oaths are punishable with seem Ames. It is surprising to observe the order and regu larity with which they perform the work, and the absence of that disgusting lane cage which so often characterises the conduct of bodies of labourers in the same rank of life. Years ago, at this station, the bale of good. was passed from Wind to hand with an oath, and received with an oath. lint tae manager observed that in the interchange of these in civilities much time was lost. They led to quarrelling and fighting, and • traia of goods might be delayed, and the op portunity to despatch it lost, through such disgraceml broils To compensate them for the loss of such an accustomed interchange of sentiment, Mr Salt made them a present of a library of nearly 400 volumes of books, bought at his own cost, which are kept in the premises, and lent out without charge. Tnough the men are obliged to commence work at Ave in the morning and cannot leave till eleven o'clock at night, there is a con. Biderable interval in the middle of the day when they have nothing to do, and this interval, formerly a temptation to drunkenness, is now often devoted to reading. Mr. Kaye, one of the principal clerks, informed us that on seeking the library on one occasion ter a book, he found every voition except one had been taken out—and that tolitary volume was one of two bibles the library contains! Such are the men employed at the Manchester station of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and such the circumstances under which they were gathered together last evening to enjoy their new year's treat. Their ban. quetting-hall wean immense arch which leavens* the centre of the ordinary arches at right angles, forming an int/real communication between them, laid with rails anti turn tables for the railway trucks. Visited at ordinary times, teen at midday, it would present the appearance of a dark and gloomy, but lofty, cavern ; but the ready hands and willing and ingenious minds of these workmen had trans formed it into a fairy palace. It has a spacious platform at one end, and midway along one of the aides an orchestra has been erected for musicians. The rough woodwork of which it and some other contrivances are composed are screened from observation by • profusion of evergreens disposed in most tasteful devices. The gloomy, cavernous looking archways which open out of it on either side, filled up with hollies and tell sad graceful laurel trees, become elegant recesses. A profusion of similar lofty ever greens, kindly contributed by Mr. Leigh of Adlington Hall, form a semen at either end of the room, concealing from view immense stoves which have been kept well supplied with fire to give warmth to the place. The tables are loaded with Leicestershire pork-pies and plum-cakes, purchased by the hundredweight, and the beverage for the guests is tea, sup plied from numerous urns, which have been planet at con naient distances; and jets of gas from nearly a thousand burners throw a find of light over the whole scene—a scene to which, after all, the pea is able to do bat poor and far from sufficient justice. Mr. Salt and his brother officers occupied seats on the platform ; toasts and compliments were passed with hearty good will ; music added to the charm of the pro ceedings ; the evening closed with • ball; and • real treat was enjoyed by these sons of toil, which in some respects men of wealth and station, whose lot has been cut in happier hours, might justly envy them of. Next to the pleasure of witnessing th em seasonable tier eims of sheeny, may be noted the kindly displays of hospi tality between employers ai.d workmen which often mark this period of the year, and shed a ray of sunatine over the labosreeslot. I was invited last scalar (the evening of New Year's Day) to witness one of these scenes. It was the annual treat given to the porters and workmen employed in the goods department at the Manchester ter minus of the London and North Western Railway—the department over which Mr. Salt (the author of a new week of railway statistics, recently very favourably reviewed in the Daily News) presides. This least, given to &boat 3UO workmen and their wives, it will hardly be supposed in then days of declining dividend...— whets a meeting of shareholders is like an antaanlage of en many bears with sore heads—can be paid for out of the fords of distempers.: directon woali as soon think of placing their unhappy semen in the pillory. No : Mr. Salt is a strict diaciplinartan amongst his workmen, and to carry out his plans has established a system of fines for breaches of that disc ; line, and these fines go to a fund, which ha generously adds about 501. a you to, that his men may thus enjoy themselves. But before we Went to see them feast, it was thought nut much less its toreeticg to take an opportunity of beholding how the) could work. And upon this point • few words may not be once usable to some of your readers who are not familiar with the dotaPs of railway management in this department of its slain. They may rest assured that it is a much mem animating sues to witness one of those long gouts' trans which they may have seen pees them ea the railway, in the warn of tormation and putting together, than to watch It dragging its slow length along, coven d up in unsightly weather beaten oil-cloths, with the interminable inidai " L.& N. W. 1t.," which so constently meet the eve, god with a long line of figures underneath them, such as" 95467," denoting the proms -in number. Your London tradesman suds himself in a fin:-clew carriage at Eus•on-rquere, at five o'clock in the evens," with the luxury of easy cushions to rest upon, the sofest i and warmest of rues fur his tcet, and a lamp throwing ho banned light from above over the whole interior. Even ventilation is not lost sight of as another essential comfort. Six hours afterwards he finds himself seated at supper at his betel at Manchester. Next day he takes a run tboital our manufactorm' or merchants' warehouses; select a bale of goods here, and perhaps five or :en elsewhere; dines at three or four o'clock; is in the express train with his face to London by • 'inlet after five again ; sleeps at home, after a jaunt of nearly 400 miles , and an absence of only about 30 honer, without the loos of a night's rest. The next =onion, when he visits his itsfahlishment in London—say at nine o'clock he ti ols the fabrics which he hod finished selecting at Man chester the evening before—no male, whether at one ware noose or fifty, and without regard to weight, whether In hundred pounds, or fifty or a hundred toes—lying at hie shopdoor. If the mention of a reality so extraordinary as this fails to awaken thoughts skin to those excited by the story of Aladdin's wonderful lamp, it may be questioned whether the reader, could he have all the details, all ve machinery, all the activity of mind and body, all the skill and lemony which have been at work in the int. real of 16 to 17 hours. in the packing, transport, and dello ry of the., goods, placed before him • t a glance, would not marvel mon at the bare Gets thus revealed even than at all he extrannanciee of Ruse rn romance. Were these goods endowed with power to look after themselves—to walk to the statics, take their tickets and their places in the waggons, and unload and deliver themselves at ti.e j .urney's end, rulwaye have been long enough et work now to have enabled t eeiple to suppress any rising tendency to manifest their though."' in core...ions of vulgar surprise; bat when it is re eoliected that a bale of hoods is so much inert matter dependicg for in safety on cue in packing, on a simple lab-I, and the intel ligence brought to bear upon it in every direction where it passes—that it is one of six or seven thousand puke.. es which pan threugh the company's hands every day, and that whatever accident attends it (whether it be left at • wron nation. raiedirected, overcharged , lust, or stolen) \here must be such an see. not kept of it and recorded in the company's hooks, that the superintend. est of the department may be able to put his finger upon It and say almost at once where the error originated, and who is to blame; and that if this were not done, in lest than two' days t e whole business of the com,tany would he thrown into a mass of inextricable confurion ,• a glimmering idea may be formed of the feat which has to be accomplished, and which, regular as clock-work almost, is accomplished. Tee Linden-road station and terminus of the company at Manchester is over a series of lofty and exec dengly spacious archer. extend ng to a groat distance, and as the cemnans an sufficiently confined on the top of dies* arches for room 03 conduct their passenger traffic, all the goods Defile is pre pared and Laded for transit underneath, in the arches them selves; and each railway truck or waggon, as soon as loaded, Is pissed upon a ooist worked by a power'ul engine, and Shed wholesale up to the rails above, ready to be marshalled the train in which it is to forma part. The goods earri-d by the com pany are brought to, and taken teem, the station, I not by the company's own servants, but by two delivery agents, Messrs. Pickford and Co and Messrs. Chaplin and Horne. The two principal goods trains which the com• pang run at night to London are one at seven, arid one at eleven. The first is called the goods express train ; it leaves Manchester at seven at night, and reaches Euston-square almost to the minute at seven next morning, so that, after taking off stoppages, it travels when in motion at something like 20 miles the hour. It would be by this train the London .neltsmen's goods, before alluded to, would be despatched ; and we were allowed to lie present to see the preparation for starting the train. The two delivery agents, who keep about 80 lorries or teams In work, usually set about collecting the goods to be despatched by this train at fin o'clock in the evening. Each team has its allotted district of the town, and it is wonderful to note with what precision they drop upon the warehouses at which the goods are to be had. There might be something of Instinct about it; they rarely step at a doer where they are not wanted ; and from half past lies or six o'clock ibey begin to pour into the arches at the railway station to unloal their goods. Aud here a scone of activity commences, aided by a nice division of labour, such as is rarely seen. Down the centre of each of them arches is a stage for receiving and weighing the goods upon. At convenient distances slong this stage are placed small cranes of the oldest sad simplest construction, in couples (one on each side) to lift and move about the pack ages of goods. Tne lorries or carriers' waggons take up a position along one side of these cranes, and on the opposite side are the empty railway trucks ready to receive the goods. The driver of the lorry mounts to the top of it for unloading, and inserts the hook attached to the rope of the nearest crane under one of the bandages. The cranetnan lifts the package upon the stage, where a third man receives and guides it upon the plata ills weighing machine, and unhooks it. The weigher Inserts the hook of the other crane in the bandage as the first is let go, and shouts or sings out in a drawling monotonous voice, " H. L. diamond—fi fty four, thirty one —one, two, ten," or some dollar description, and, en the last words are out of his mouth, the package is swinging over the railway truck, where the loader having spread • sufficient quantity of straw on the bottom of his vehicle, to prevent the heads of any nails or bolts in it from injuring the gods in transit by friction, receives the package in its proper position, scatters straw over it, end awaits the arrival of another package, which is already on its way towards him with the same deliberate steps as the lest, and &command with the same, or similar, myeteri. ems exclamations from the man who weighs it. Packages weighing from one to five hundred pounds are teeellg about upon the stags with the aid of the erases, and the quick eyes of the men who murk them to seise the proper moment for hoisting them, as though they ware so many bundles of feathers • and the loader as he builds them up into a load has at tained by practice such lice discrimination and judgment that he guides them as het would were they but a to is his hands to the place when they will peek most firmly, at once, and rarely in the course abases or indite ci days has he ever to move them, through miscalculation. Whilst we have been engrossed in looking at the workmen thus sugagod, for live or ten urinates, • new object has attracted our attention. Perched up aloft at a window be hind the railway truck, under • gas light, is a man with • pen is his hand, and his eyes directed towards • abut of paper under his noes. He appears!. be in • fit of abstraction so deep as to be insensible to may. thing simian before or aroma him, and to every nand, gee he is supposed to knew every thing that is rand sm. Th s skeet of paper before him is the invade of thee giggle mks Owed Ia the railway truth. The flint words b. ennieng en it weft "London truck," which mum • :ruck going to Leaded; the next " 2,974," whith is the number ' of the track; and to these particulars he adds the same of " Pickford." se doh memos that the goods era eons gned to Pitaatord in L indon fur de 'rho jareon of eir:spi e a b o v e a i u d e d to, uttered in a tom incompreheseik.le to the stranger, he inserts with al- I meet unerring Cali in this invoice, and as the ink Howe from bit pen they appear Is a much more intelligible form. TIIRRE LIVES LOST ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILITAY.—On Tuesday miming, one of the most dreadful aseidants which has occurred in that locality for a long period of time, happened at the Maghull Station, on the Rest Lancashire Railway. It appears from the narrative of a passenger that a train left Preston at a quarter before eight o'clock in the evening for Liverpool, with only ode mange attached to the engine, consisting of But and second clue compartments. At the Ormakirk station there was a considerable accession of penengen, for whom it did net spinier that there was ads gnats room. When the train arrived at the Magbull etatioa there was a spare carnage on the siding, and to get hold of this carnage the train creased the line on to the other rails, and for about tea minutes wee 'moving up and down an the rails on the wrong side of the line, when an alarm was given that a train was coming up, and being in the way of any train on the wrong rails, it was apprehended by the passengers that a train might be coming up on the same line as that on which they were moving, and, curler thin apprehension, several of the passengers jumped out, when a train towards Liverpool paned at a rapid rem, and the night IV dark, sad the passengers on the track of the M undt* no in a state of the utmost contusion end alarm, ahem, thr ee them were caught by the engine end killed on the got. Their bodies were inunedlateiy picked op, het is •daseking state of lllsUlatios. We tame not been able to hen the names of the parties, bat it i s b e li eve d that they were country peo ple who had bean t rense etin g b lo kes,. at Orniskirk. Rad these nAketnne:ie people retained their mate, they would have sustained no injury; but the concise ' ass meving eat the train up sr:4 down the fined the station, I the knowledge that they ee' re on the wrong rails for their own male, and the IOW: of the approaching engine, appear te have anima • peoie.., resulting in this melancholy carmine- Um. Whether atone attaches anywhere or net cannot as • yet In samr:alned, but no doubt the whole of the facts will transpire at tit, inquest to be held on the bodies of the rm . ketultlie pampa. THE EXPRESS THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1850. OF MAGISTRATF.B IN BOROUGHS. A ear " 1 ropeadast, molar dent, date, Birmingham, Jae. 2, tort, "I aranaatt yea y a report oorreernelenee Manus to an affair wid Mu excited sa Dat es ense stir Dere during Wiese two manthe. The matter has been prodve • dr* d the blttereess sad bad feeling that I have aw fully alemakel sesoneekaing to It hitherto; now, however, it his emelined seek se aspect that it could not properly he passed by. The 'Mita documents will almost telly explain the sab rre but it wi ll be better that of the filets I should give a ief rimmed. In the year 1847.8, the *Su of mayor ages town was filled by • gentleman named Owls. In the muss of hie mayoralty Mr. (leach lewd (as he alleges) that the duties of the megistrael won hydahhihilY performed, because of the repeated ne-attendances of the inetiees as the Pahlie-edles. Mr. Desch, finding the duties onerous as regarded himself, and seeing the increasing difficulty of seeming a sufficient attendance on the parted the gentlemee who were is the commission, conceived the idea of seeking at the hands of the Lord Chancellor an infusion of new magistrates ; before, however, he was enabled to carry cut his purpose, another gentlemen named Thornton sue 'seeded him in his offios as mayor, and to him Mr. Ouch communicated the difficulties in which he had found hint self placid, and the project he had conceived as • remedy. Mr. Thornton at ones entered into the matter with spirit : the borough members were communicated with, and at their request Kr. Thornton wrote an official letter contaialng an application to the Lord Chau:tailor requesting hie lordship to appoint • dumber of new magis trates for this borough. A list of thirteen gentlemen was enclosed. Mews. Thornton and (huh Including their own names The letter was forwarded to the Lord Chancellor by Mr. Seholefteld, M.P. and some two months since the town clerk receiv e d an int imation from the Lord Chancellor to the effete that the thirteen gentlemen named in the applies'. tion made to him had been added to the OIDUMIDiOn of the peace. It is proper to mention that neither the acting magis trates, nor aey other person whatever, was consulted on the subject by Messrs. Thornton and Geier, who concocted their own list. Immediately that the new appointments were made known is Birmingham the town council took up the matter, and appointed a committee to inquire into the entire eirencestanees. The result is the correspondence and report appended. I here introduce the report of the town council committee, together with such documentary evidence connected with this remarkable affair as tends to throw a light upon it : The cornatittee appointed by the council to iovestigate all transactions relative to the recent appointment of borough magistrates, and to consider and poiot out what proceedings (if any) .hould be taken in this matter, report that your committee after taring the setject into considera tion, and it having been stated to the council that the memoers for the borough co-operated with Alderman Thornton sand ()each in procuring the recent appointment of borough magistrates, one or both of the metaben having been previously informed that the list was a secret produc tion unknown to the council or any other body, your com mines deemed it desirable to resolve that the members for the borough should be respectiully requested to in form your cemcnittee what part (if any) they took in promoting the said appointments, and whether they were previously informed that the list wu a Cont.:M- D= of the said two aldermen without the consent, ape proval, or knowledge of this council, the bench of magis trates or any other body, and directed tho town clerk to transmit a copy of such resolution to the members for the borough. "That your committee submit for the information of the Council copies of letters revived from the borough members in answer to such resolution:— " Lee Hall, near Birmingham, 14th December, 1819. "To Solomon Bray, EN., 4 , Er,--1 have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your latter of the I leb instant, enclosing a copy of a reaolu thin of the Town Council, and have much pleasure in stating below all that I know of the proceedings connected with the recent appointment of magistrates. The late mayor called upon me some time bolt spring upon other business, and then told me that they felt • great want of new magistrates in Birmingham, aed wonted a list, which he showed me laid before the Lord Chancellor, that there was some difficulty respecting some of the parties, but that they had canvassed the list over among themselves, and upon the whole thought it • lair one, l replied that I would speak to Mr. Senolefieti upon the subject, which I did, and we agreed that we could take no steps in the matter, unless we hod an official letter, requesting us to lay the list before the Lord Chancellor, which the mayor promised to send. The letter was sent to Mr. Scholefield, who showed it to me one; evening screws the table of the House of Commons Library, and coked me to accompany him some day to the Lord Chancellor. We went to the House of Lords one morning shortly after, one Itarntthat his lordship was very unwell, and could not he s een ; s i nce w hi c h l i me I have :no recollection whatever of ever havit.g heard anything more upon the subject till about a month ago, when I first he and that thirteen magistrates had been ap e . Wed. With respect to the town council having been consulted or not, nothing was said to me, and certainly if I had supposed that Mr. Thornton had applied to me as an individual, I should not have entertained the subject a moment.—Yours Isith•ully, 0. F. Myers." " Birmingham, 15'b Dee., 1849, Saturday. " Sir,—ln reply to your note of the 11th instant (received on my return from London), containing the copy of a reso lution Famed at a nee lag of the ' Jur ices' Investigation Committee,' I beg to state that, in common with Mr. Maws, I was some months ago informed by Mr. Thornton and Mr. Gooch that, owing to a di fic:ency in the num ber of acting borough magietrates, it was necessiry that an addition should b, made to the commission. Me. Monts and myself made it, at their request, our especial business to endeavour to see the Lord Chancellor, and learn Ibis views as to the firm in which the application should be made. On calling, however, at his rooms en the House of Lords, we were told that his ill health prevented his giving us the required interview. On communi ating this result to Mr. Thornton and Mr. (leach, they stated that the matter had already been inconveniently delayed ; and was ' then, I believe, that we ugg sted that an officia.* letter should be written, signed by the mat or and • x•msyor, which we might forward to the Lord Chancellor. Such letter was given sad sent in. I must add, however, that though I was well aware that the town council had not been consulted as • body, I oertaiely did not at all suppose that the names re commended by Mr. Thornton and Mr. Oath were selected solely on the responsibility of those gentlemen. With the names recommended, neither Mr. ?ducts nor myself inter feted by any suggestion whatever. Finding my own name— though without previius communica ion with me—inserted in a list of magistrates who were non-acting (through death, absence, and other causes) and having ascertained that the Lord Chancellor, in similar else', was desirous of issuing new commissions, with the names of such parties excluded, I certainly intimated, both personally and by let ter, to the Lord Chancellor's secretary, my entire concur rence in such exclusion as regarded myself, and in my con sequent removal from the bench. But with this exception, seeing that the principle on which the selection professed to proceed was, so tar as I can remember, distinctly laid down in the letter addressed to us, and appeared, generally, an unobjectionable one, however open to question as to the parties who ought to have put it forward, no suggestion of any kind was, I believe, offered either be Mr. Mime or my ' eel/ These are the main points within my recollection. If then be any others on which the committee require further particulars, I held myself reedy to give them in the most complete and unreserved manner. After reading the 'riflemen's recently employed on this gelation, I cannot help regretting as much as any can do that the direct course of an application through the town council was not adopted by Mr. Thornton and Mr. °each. But in expressing tkits opinion, I have no desire to evade my full share of blame, whatever it may be. for having, from want of more deliberate consideration, sanctioned, however remotely, a departure from so wholesome a practice. ' am, Sir, yours faithfully, " ' WILLIAM SCHOLI.IIIL.D. " The Town Clerk, &c., &c., &c. " That your committee also deemed it advisable to resolve —That Mr.Ald. Thornton be respectfully TN:loss:int to favour your committee with a copy of the official letter sent to Mr. Schoiefield, Di P., containing the names recently recom mended as new magistrates ; and to tarnish your committee with copies of any communications he, as mayor, had re ceived from any member of the government on the subject of sub appointments; together with any other information as to the ste pe he took in promoting the same, and directed tho Town-CUrk to forward a copy c.f such resolution to Mr. Alderman Thornton. And yoor committee submit for the further information of the council, copy of a letter received from him is answer to such resolution— " Binning' em, Dm 14, 1849. "Sir,—ln reply to your communicaqoa on the 11th Mgt, I beg to inform you that I have not written any official letter to Bcholefield, M.P., on the cubed of the new magistracy. Mr. death and myself addressed a letter to Mr. Mutts and Mr. Bcholefield,at their moist, after a conversa tion with them, and this is doubtless the letter to which the committee refer in the resolution, of which they have sent sae • copy. I find I have only the rough draft, and aa it is possible the letter was not an exact copy of that draft, to avoid any future charge of misrepresentation, I must refer you to the members for a copy of the letter itself. Ido this with lose reluctance, because it appears to me right that it should come from them instead of from me. I beg respect fully to state that there is no further information that I feel sailed upon to give to the committee. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, "8. Bray, Esq., Town Clerk. " Batont. THORNTON. "That your committee regret they cannot avoid declaring that they consider the letter of Mr. Alderman Thornton, wherein he declines to answer almost 111 the inquiries of your committee, is not such a communication as they were eutitkd to expect from the late Major, in reference to an important transaction in which he, as Mayor, was principally esteemed. Treat your committee is of opinion that Mr. Musts, in taking a part in the recommendation of new justices, was kept in ignorance of any fact that might load him to suppose that such roommendation had not pro ceeded in the usual manner through this council; and your committee is of opinion that Mr. Aldo man Bcholefield, M.P., cooperated in promoting the recent appointments, and transmitted the names to the Lord Chancellor, haying at the time a knowledge that this council had not been concerned in the proceedings. It appears, however, that both the members for the borough acted under the Impression that tome sanction had been • " I ball the letter official,' not became I deemed that had the , direct venation of the town council, which we were never :whore, but became it wee only at the r Need of Ilr. Thornton, to eon olheial capacity na savor and al the leatime, that we felt sdled upon to Interfere at all. Any 'liter brought to us by .that I gentleman, or by himself and Mr. Gre..gh jointly, had they ensiled is 1 14°1 P rivate tenacity mkr ,l 4l etJuld not tut plumes; have been cntertained is " awarded to the aphietioa of the names, and that hid they matarialsad any doubt on the subject, or supposed that the late Mayor wa d os Mayor sated in their individual capacity, they would Stowell have refused their mention to the pro moting. That Mr. Alderman Scholefleld, M.P., having In his haw mameowely oared to give any further informadm In his power, your committee resolve forward e de respectfully regained to inform it if the lower to the Lord Chancellor was the identical letter which was submitted to Mr. Musts when he went with Mr. Scholefleld to the Home of Lord., alio the data when the letter was treasinitted to the Lord Chancellor, and from whom Mr. Itch ilefleld to *rived the same. That in answer to the said resolution, lamas, of which the following are copies, have been re mimed from Mr. Scholefleld " Birmingham, Dee. 19, like. " sir,—l skull be very glad to a. wily, so far ae I es., with the request oentained in the resolution handed to se In your note of this sprain', but the investigation c =mitts will pleas bear in mind that I give the circumstance only from imperfect reconsiders. I have no record of the various steps taken, and cannot therefore be sure of complete accuracy. My impression is that I received the letter which wu sent in to the Lis? Chancellor from Mr. Thorn ton in person, and that it was given to me (though addressed outwardly to Mr. Mums) in consequence of Mr. Munts's absence hove London. I believe I kept the letter till Mr. Munts's return, and after showing it him mat it to the Lord Chancellor immediately. I should think this was about the end of June or beginning of July, but I speek with great distrust or my memory on this point. The letter sub mitted to Mr. Musts was the identical one fame:dad to the Lord Chancellor. I am not aware of any letter but that one having been written at all. ' I em, sir, your meet obedient servant, " WILLIAM SCHOLIMLD. " The Town Clerk, dc., kn." " Loudest Reform Club, Dee. 20. 1849. "Sir,—Since my arrival in town, I have been wanking through my memorandums, and I find one showing that it was on the 4th of August that I had the interview with the Lord Chancellor's Secretary ; and I am inclined to think that it must have been very little before that (end not in June or July) that the letter from Mr. Thornton end Mr. (leach was sent in. My impression is, that it was immediately on its receipt that the Lord Chancellor's secretary called on me at the Reform Club on the subject of it, and that, after two or three unsucceesful attempts to meet each other, an ap pointment was finally made (Mr. Munts being mid absent from Londe.) for the 4th of August, the only interview I had with him. It was then, I think, that I first learnt the Lord Chancellor's wishes u to the exclusion of the names of non.acting magistraLs from the commission, which led to my personally authorising the omission of my own, an authority afterwards confirmed by letter. Pro bably the Lord Chancellor's secretary, if applied to, may be able to give this committee more definite and posi ive in. formation on all these points, for, as I have already said, my recollectirn of the different steps is very imper cot, and the above details have been recalled to me ouly by finding the memorandum I have referred to above.-1 am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " WILLIAM SCHOLartELD. " The Tuwn Clerk, Birmingham." That your committee deemed it advisable respectfully to request that the mayor would aseerain from tne borough magistrates whether any communication was made by them to his predecessor, the late mayor, of the necessity of new magistrates being appointed for the horouph, and your committee is informed that no tub communicdtion was made. Un ler these circumstances, your committee recommend the council to memorialise the Lord High Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Secre tary of State for the Hume Department, praying that the recent appointment of borough magierates may be super, seded ; and your committee appends to this its repot t, draft of a memorial, and recommends that the some be adopted by the council :— " • To the Right Bitola Cottenham, Lord High Chan cellor of Great Britain, the humble Memorial of the Mayer, Aide rmen, and Burgesses of the Borough c f Bir mingham, in the county of Warwick, in Council as ambled, •• • Sitowerit,—That your memorialists learn with un feigned regret that 13 new justices have been added to the Commission of the Peace for this beroueh. '• • That, although your memormlis s are fully aware that the power of appointing justices is vested exclusively in the Crown, yet thee have observed that it has been a common I practice, since the Municipal Corporation Ace, 6th and Gth William IV., cap. 76, was passed, for the Ministers of the Crown to receive recommendations from the town councils of the respective boroughs, and that such recommendations have been encouraged by the frequent appo.ntmeut of the gentlemen so proposed. " ' That your memorialists value as a high es sl most im portant privilege the opportunity of recommend rig gensle men for appointment, and that such has been the course adopted in this borough previous to the recent appointments, respecting which neither your memorialists nor the bench of borough justices were consulted. "' lent from an inquiry instituted by your memorialists, it appean that two individuals, the then mayor and ex mayor of this borough, made a selection of themselves and others, and transmitted the list to *he honourable members for the borough, by one of whom it appcdrs to have been forwarded to your lordship's secretary. " ' That the honourable members for the her ugh were persuaded that the mayor and ex-mayor were acting etheially ; moreover, your memorialists are informed, that had the honourable mutate n entertained any doubt on that subject, or had they been aware from whom alone the list einan d, they would not have taken any part in the transaction, nor have sanctioned the application to your lordship. " • That it appears, therefore, the honourable members for the bcrough, and through them unwittingly, your lordship has been led to an erroneous c ,nclus:on ; otherwise the said appointments might not have taken • Th.t your memorialists respectfully beg to inform your lordship that, under the circumstances before stated, these appointments have caused great dissatisfaction amongst al. chases of her Majest)'s subjecss in this borough ; and it is submitted to your lordship that the gentlemen so appointee, being but the nominees of the said two individuals, can never possess the pub is esteem and emifideuce, or that respect, in fluence, and authority so essentially requisite to their effi ciency as magistrates. " • Your memorialists, therefore, humbly pray your lord ship, that, for pubic satisfaction, and for the maintenance of the proper influence of the bench of maeistrates acting for this important borough, the r. cent as p intineut of borough magistrates may be superseded. And your memorialists will ever pray,' " &c. A meeting of the town council was held yesterday, when the foregoing report and correspondence was read; and by a majority of 37 to 3 the memorial to the Lord Chan cellor was adopted. Miura °each and Thornton attended, and made statements relative to this improper proceeding. The former candidly and honourably admitted the error '. into which he bad fallen; and as this gentleman has for a long course of years usefully exerted himself in the borough, the ill-advised step he has taken is the more to be regretted. Mr. Thornton exhibited neither the mull nese nor the discretion of his colleague : his explanation was an aggravati mot his folly, and afforded another proof of the pertinacity with which narrow 'rands stick to their own wet). g-doing. As mayor Mr Thornton held in custoly the honour of the town : his impudent assumption of authority has shown how unworthily he was promoted to eminence, and how poorly he appreeiated the confidence of his fellow tbeowiwnesmementh.. tw W o n a h m M u r kad . Geac line h s t bt e ul c d ase be i d s different; ra fer .n Whatever the result of the application to the Lord Chan cellor may be, is is quite dear that the matter will end only with the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate. With a population approaching a quarter of a million, the public in terests can only thereby be satisfied. REPRESENTATION OF LIMERICK.—ME J. O'Connell has rather unexpectedly resigned the npresentati as of the city of Limerick, and already menial candidates are men tioned for the seat thus nested; &mot gat others, Colonel Venker, son of the late Lord Oen, end Captsia Gough, son of the patient Lord Gough, both on proteetimist prin. ciplas. On the liberal side, Mr. F. W. Rueell, of the eminent firm of Rowell and Sons, has formally adhered the elector'. I]IYNOVEM6ST IN LECIAL EDCCATION.—At the monthly board of the council of Queen's College at Bir mingham, held on Tuesday last, the Right Hon. Lord Lyttel ton, the principal, in the chair, Charles Hann Kennedy, E the remedy appointed professor of law, attended, and submitted to the members au outline of hit plan of legal in struction. Mr. Kennedy proposed to the council to give three *ounce of lectures annually in the months of May and June, November and December, January and February; each course to consist of thirty or forty lectures, and to give examinations at the chess of each term, with three annual prizes, to be awarded to the three students who shall on the whole have passed the best examinations. Mr. Kennedy's proposals were unanimously adopted A catalogue raisons,., prepared by the Rev. Chancellor Law, of the valuable books (upwards of 2,000 vols.) presented by him was laid on the table :—Greek Classics, 105 vols. ; Latin Classics, 227 vols. ; Mathematics, 16 vols.; Natural Philosophy, 87 vele. ; Eng lish Classics, 84 vols. ; French Classics, 38 vols. ; History, 116 vols. ; Biography, 81 vols.; Poetry, 47 vols.; Letters and Painting, 37 vols. ; Lexicons. Dictionaries, and Gram mars, 66 vols.; Journals and Reviews, 373 vole. ; Chemistry, Natural History. Medicine, 95 vols.; Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Common Law, 19 vols.; Catalogues, 8 vols. ; Miscel laneous, 59 vols.; Theology, 431 vols.; Sermons. 98 vole. Mr. Tends Cox reported that various rooms in the recently. erected east wing were completed. The meeting was then adjourned until Friday, Jan. 11.—We learn that the council are now prepared to receive offers for appointments in the, "engineering department ;" and in aid of this now im portant branch of education, the council are about to renew their application (issued in October 1848, previously to the erection of the new buildings) to the friends. of education to found preiemorships and scholarships, to eta by bemefen- Hors, by donations, by loans of models, of machinery, archi tecture, specimen+ of the higher branches of manufactures, the tine arts, philosophical apparatus, books, specimens of natural history, geology, mineralogy ; so as to forma per manent "economic museum" worthy of the midland metropolis. It is intended to appeal to the gwvernment to assist the college to astray out tt e extended powers of educe. Don granted by the crown under her Majesty's supplemen:ail charter and warrant under the sign manual. Ma WEATHER AND TIIII Foo.—A Bristo,l eu rr e. 'pendent, writing yesterday, says It is men' years since we have been visited by so heavy a fog as •:461, which now envelops the city. The gm-lights were :inning in mid-day in the different basking establishmene:, an in many of t h e leading shops and places of businer,.. o in o in the nethh h e „ Bee a 5• 14 ,.., 0 * tw,_• 7 04, it is tetrad that there will be 111. - 4 *!.cnse that it is difficult to line" it i ' 'tat any shipping reports will reach this h oo: l e " cof r uth:lisc l u ! nstae ; thetwe 6 7,101, although with present &ppm evening." AGRICULTURAL PRICES. TO TRII EDITOR OP TAE EXPRESS. Bta,—An article in the Express of the 29th Dec., headed as above, contains tee following quota tion : " Oats, beans, and peas, which it is to the farmers' interest to buy, are selling at moderate prices. Farmers are in many respects greatly bene. Ilte I by the low price of grain; as, for instance, in home provender, good feed oats, beans and peas, being full one third cheaper than for some years put, and there is scarcely a farmer who will not admit the ad vantage of this state of things." Now, I assert that it is not to the farmer's interest, in general, to buy oats, beans, and pea-, but to grow them, and obtain higher prices than the muketa at present will afford. My purpose being merely to correct a gross and important misstatement, I will not indulgo further criticism, but take this opportu nity to acknowledge that your views of the too gene ra rally humble, If not degraded, political position of the class to which I belong, and niche meats for its ame lioration, so ably urged in the Express, are highly appreciated by, sir, your's, &c , A TENANT FARMER. East Kent, Dec. 31,1849. THE GORHAM CASE. TO TEE EDITOR OP THR EXPRESS. Sts,—Pending the iucisiry before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, it may not be amisi to get all the information we can touching the important doctrine now under discussion in the case ^ Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter." With thin view I would sibeowd that the following questions should be esbmitted by the Quei n, u the acknow ledged head of the church, or her Prime Minister, to each and every of the bishops of the United Kingdom for their opinion State—What is the naming of the word regeneration, both literally and grammatically, as derived from the root of the original language in which it was written ? What is the doctrine of regeneration, as taught by the Church of England by law established, and proved from the Scriptures themselves? What is your own individual opinion of baptismal regene ration ? Were Christ and his apostles regenerate ? sad if so, when, and in what manner were they made so ? Are we regen. rated in the same manner as Christ ? By what means and in what manner is spiritual regenera tion communicated—through what sense ? When, where, and how does it take place, as proved from the original scsipturet ? Is there any difference between the efficacy of circumcision and that of betrism, and what ? If none, does not the rea soning applicable to onz apply equally to the other? how do you prove whether a person is regenerate or riot ? It may be said that this doctrine is one of belief, but, since all b lief niu,t rest upon some fact, upon what (.ct do you rest this belief, and how do you prove the connexion between caw, and effect ? Siam the d utrine of baptismal rrrnerivion is made the grounds of salvation of every one born into the world, it surely must be of the last importance that the public should bays rigt.t views 'lip. cting it; and, if answers to the sblve questions (or others to the tame purport) could be obtained from the bishops, and published for the bent fit of mankind, it curt ly would be a great advantage, and I doubt not would be duly appreciated by society nt large. I remain, sir, &c., AN INQUIRER AFTER TRUTH. Dee. 31. FRUITS OF THE GAME LAWS. POACIIING.—A scandalous outraze bas been com mitted on the domain cf Sir W. F. Middleton, Aar•., Shrub land Park In the midd:e of the night, a gunk of from ten to fifteen armed poachers precteded to tne gamekeeper's lodge. Here they discharged some guns under the window, uttering ferocious threats, after which they entered the preserves, and from the constant and prolong•d , UCCISIVON of reports, no doubt re maies thst a I rte quantity of game wu kaki and stolen. It is supposed, a• in the case of soles Pt ultry, the whole of the game was r. moved in some vehicle provided for the purpcs,, and s nt cff :o a &steal market. The gamekeepers and watchers wire deterred from pursuit 01 the 'Plains, and very properly sn, fcr had they intar fared, the probability is, that bloodshed would have been the result, as the genet, from their laniru ,ge, appeared to In clude s ,me of the or st determined desperadoes in the neigh bourhood.—Bury Post. POACHING AFFRAY AT HOLKHAM —A desperate affray took place on Tuesday morning 1•s•, ab oit f:ur o'.lork, in a wood opposite t►e Parsonage-house of the Rev. J. W. Met hod, at Wight's°, between the ganstk.t pars of the Earl of Leicostir and a gang of eight or ten poachers, who were armed with guns aid stay..s. Two of the keepers were seriously injured, and one of item new lies in a dangerous stye. Four of the olf,nders are now in Walsingham bride- well, wain. g eamin►tion, and the police are on the tract of the others, all of whom are pretty we:l known. Mr. Methold says, hearing an unusual noise, be went to his window, and looked out, and that he could distinctly hear 'he blows which were struck, and even same part of the conversation of the psrty, although the wood is at a consi derable dwaoce from his house.— Lpoi Advertiser. DEATH FROM BC RN ING.—Ou Saturday morning a young woman namAl Eiza Sneeshy was burnt to death under the :e110.0.,a circumstances The deceased was _ serv.nt in the faerii:y of Mr. Rim:wood, of Dom! terrace, Konninkiton.er is, snclon the niornirg ir. titais•na she wag standici with Pne of her nvest-r's u o.U:trete ne,r the k,tcuen grate, when by some accident Ihr drew caught tire. As son as the flames were extinguished she was taken to the Westminster limpiral, where she expired shortly after her admission. An inquest was held last evening by Mr. Bedford, when the above facts having been detailed in the evidence, the jury returced a verdict of " Accidental death." BURGLART IN LINCOLNSIIIRE.—On Friday morn ing la.t, between two and three o'clock, a daring burglary was committed at Horkstow, near Barton, upon the premises of Mrs. Robinson, the widow of a late vicar of that place. Tne villains effected their entrance by taking out entire the window of the pantry, which having accomplished thi y bad few obstacles to hinder them from gaining admittance into other puts of the house. Mrs. itibILSOD, who has attained the advanced a,.e of 91 years, occupies one of the ground floor rooms of the cottage is , her sleeping apartment, in which also her servant-maid passes the night, that she may be in readiness, whenever needed, to attend upon her mistress. Happily the old lady slept throughout the night unconscious of danger, but the young women displayed great presence of mind and courage on the 0CC0.14011, for, hearing the thieves ransacking th e drawers and cupbo ards in the adjoining parlour, and afterwards cone and try to open the door of the room in which she and the mistress were, she feigned to be soundly asleep by snoring loudly. This artifice seems to have bad the desired effect, for the men intmeoiately left the door, and went up stairs in searah of further booty. Upon. this the girl cautiously opened the window, and, jumping out, ran over the way to the house of Miss Espener's fore man, where she succeeded in, calling up the terming men servants, without the robbers being aware of her proceed ' logs. But we are sorry to add that her new auxiliaries did not display the same energy and courage which this intrepid female hal done. For although, when they arrived at the Icottage, they beard the thieves oa the other side of toe I house, they made no attempt to rapture them, but allowed them to escape at their leisure with the plunder they had collected. Toe missing articles consist merely of three silver teaspoons, one silver caddy spoon, and two plated candle sticks together with a small boa containing some papers and trinkets of trifling salve.—lfuil Packet. A FaßMElen FRIENII.—A correspondent says: " At the recent vent audit of the Duke of Marlborough, the tenantry looked for an abahement, and some of them appled for one. 'I he application. was met by a refusal, and an inti mation that prate tion was coining beck Some of the fermi rs were so annoyed at the result of the application that they intimated their displeasure at it. His grace, who is one l of the stlimyled farmer's frauds, is not satisfied with one feat for his land, but lets the shooting by public advertise ment, and thus obtains a second rental, His grace's popu larity may be estimated from the fact that at the annual public dinner to commemorate his birthday, which was held at Woodstock a few days since, there were but seven persona present, viz , two lawyees, two butchers, two grocers, and oas farmer " VISIT OF TUE BRITISH ASSOCIATION TO ICELAND. —Dr. Daubecee, Protestor of Chemistry at Oxford, states in the Guardian of yesterday, that a steamer is to start from Leith abort two months before the next meeting of the British Association, for the purpose of carrying out a scien tific expedition to explore the geology of Iceland. It is arranged that the voyagers shall return in time to roman afeate the result of their observations and disco • 'o the congress in Edinburgh. 'rim AMERICAN PRESS.—The ent•rpriee and libe ral ty of the New York press am, we apprehend, unequalled ia my ether eity in. the world, except, perhaps, the city of London. Among the late enterprises of the pre.e for pro- curing early forums news was the establishment of a weekly e sprees between this city and St. John, New Brunswick, a distance by land of nearly 300 miles, which was rue from February to November at a rate of *mid, over most of the route, of '.early 20 miles per hour. From St. John the news has been regulaely telegraphed to New York, some 600 miles further, at en additional expense of 1001 . , mak in g the total weekly *lvens,' for a single despatch of 3,000 words nearly 20 '..11. The completion of the telegraph to this city Trllden the contiauance of the horse express unnecee earY, l'.ut the telegraph tolls are still to he paid, and they amorist, for 3,000 words, which the press contract to receive, to r. very heavy sum, say 5,0001. to 6,0001. per year. A goad d':al has been said, and not a little opposition exists, in this community, against grouting the exclusive use of the wires for the transmission of the foreign news despatch to the New York press, and as the merits of the case do not op ' pear to be fully comprehended by the public we propose to give what we believe to be a correct statement of the matter. The New York Associated Frew embraces all the leading papers in that eity, and the committee appointed by the different publishers also represent, in this foreign news business, the morning papers of Boston, the principal papers, of Philidelphia, and all intermediate cities to New Orle The leading object the committee of the press pre.ese to have in view is to place the principal commercial "- A . be . fere the whole public in advance of its receipt '. er purposes; and their arrangements for g 'specula the tive benefit of their enterprise ere the .noel Anuabtl.ni° devieed.—RoNcir Ste S i R j