The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-21 00:00:00

ABOLITION OF BETTING HOUSES.

On Saturday, at a fully attended meeting of the
Marylobate vestry, 8. J. STIPXINS, Esq., churchwarden,
is the

WIIITMOILZ, pursuant to notice, brought forward his
resolution for the presentation of a petition to both houses
of the legislature, praying them to adopt semi starers' fur
the putting down of betting houses in the metroodie, and
other cities and tomes throughout the kingdom He be-
lieved there were icansly two *aims es to the evils whisk
the system of betting ho was, lately opera up is the metro-
polis sad other parts of the kimplem, wee edsuhted to in-
dict on society, more espedeßy these tithe rising genera-
tion. (Hear, hear.) It bad bees estabildrd beyond doubt
that too frequently the youth of die melespelle mad else-
where were bared into these betting drags, net to speculate
with their own money, but with the mosey of their em-
ployers. (Her, bor.) He had hoped that the time was
coining when the tee et padag mad boning would have
become low, end meal bare lessen es omit beneath the
dignity of a gentlemen to Indulge is as asek-ighting.
'But it appeared it was not se, nod it wee the Mill to
be regretted as It set an eters* to ethos.
utter;
Whitmore) held Is' his band hosts of adman
which a wtohirthhezehismeek a .s.bsr of fist vestry, beef
received, Ma he bit esideavoese to destroy the
betting houses, ill put en MA re Mt. imemedity the
system. (Hem beer.) He bed eho, is his pesemmien,
which any member of the vestry amid see, a host of
tickets width bad been taken hem en errand-boy whr
never been bares to b. poesemed of 10e. ia his life. but
upon which lottery tickets it wadi sees this he load some-
thing like 1501. at stake. (fihsese. shaven) Me dieuglet
they would all agree with him thst the were evils which
ought to be corrected by the snag ens of the law. He had
made inquirin, and found that the pikes were fullyac-
quainted with the stageitude et tbe end only
the public to interferes idyes the gevermeat se in
a mown to destroy it. The people who opened these t-
tiarlioness were persons generally of the mast reckless and
&pealed shooter. (Hear, bear.) He believed there
wife sot hei this 140 of thew hems in that por-
der of the metrepdis. sod be s.amiid that it was the
daty et the veiny, es Meads of monlity, to lend their aid
to cure this growing evil. Mr. Whitmore concluded by
moving his resolution.
Mr. C. 0 Rotas seconded the resolution.
Mr. Biscuit pretested against "the entry interfering in
the matter, as It was not parochial, and said it was useless
to attempt to correct the morale of the bumbler closes
when such persons in the arigtocrecy as Earl Derby, the
Duke of Richmond, and other penes', even had betting
places at their own houses. They ought to begin amongst
the aristocracy to put down the vice of gaming.
Mr. Burnouses (the police magistrate) could bear his
testimony to the vast injury to public morels which these
betting-houses had, especially amongst the juvenile portion
of the community. Many youths who had been brought
before him had admitted that the first thing which had
induced them to go wrong wee that betting boasts they
were the parents of a greet evil. (Hear, hear.) It was
true that betting took place at noblemen's houses, and even
there there was a law against gambling, which should be
put is force. Over public-houses where betting took plate
there was some eostrol, but it was not so with these cigar
and tames &Op which had sprung into betting Miler,
Won by same parliamentary enactment. As a constituted
beds le contended that the vestry owed It as a duty to the
pith,* to take this step to protect the morality of the
pariah. (Heir.)
Mr. HICKMAN thought they would do no good in this
case by dealing with it in a small way. They must go to
the root of the evil. (Hear, hear.) They might prevent a
boy from betting his ghillies, but 20 boys clubbing 20s.
together could get some one to go down to Tattersall's
even on a Sunday, and perhaps he would even find some
nobleman to take the odds with him. ("No, no," and
Hear.") It would be of no use unites they went to the
root of the evil. (Hear.)
Mr. Row created much amusement by denouncing King
ilium as the first gambler. He charged the aristocracy
from kings downward with being tainted with it.
Mr. D'IPI'ANOEIL, jun., certainly thrOt it was an evil
which would never be got rid of until Mallet er classes set
a better example. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution wee Genial samakseudy, and on the
motion of Mr. WHITMO seessided by Ilk. Boum, a peti-
tion for the suppression of wee reed to and
ordered to be pissed_ is the bads el lard Pitmen for
presentation to the Home of Leeds end Ur Deeilsaia Hall
to the House of Comnseer

PORT OF PLYMOUTH.—The works in connexion
with the Great Western Docks at Plymouth are being
carried on with much energy by the modractore, Messrs.
Hutchinson and Biwa. About 200 awegee at present en-
gaged, and when, in the course of the month, the
works of the West Cornwall Railway bath been completed,
it is undentood a samba of heath at Emma employed by
the contracteas hetwomalethwth and TM* will be trans.
I fared to Plymouth- Lit the .some et thes it is sup-
posed these belts will ite enfileithilly aithneed to be
capable .1 ineammilinnins the Rea if the largest of the
=era packet companies in ezielsam, not only for re-
and discharging of lath use for all purposes
Mommination and repair. Ia sitithetinte, temporary
samethasetties for the trade at Milthay is lobe presided far
by the pier awl by an extensive peewee% which will be
ready the testing is the course of a ear &qr.
AN UNHAPPY DEBTOR.—A tailor, What of eight
children, and weed for his debts, he. just himildmeelf at
Basle, in the gateway of hie creditor, to Them. by a letter
Semi In his germome, he has bequeathed MB body in pay-
reeet.-- Velbeseite.
Tms Biunense CHURCH RATE Crag.—lt is un-
doubted that the lbw of Leeds will this day give judg-
ment ea AO orAlt deem them the Exchequer Chamber in
"Oman v. Vcloy," etematly called "the Braintree
Masan eats ease." The treettlee foe &also is, whether
hoes the
if et a mollyletimieMi defyW emmotod weds. • atemit
iehiseen
toion
ed 'ag ea tho per
yet the aim* 'Moseyed/. and ihr that purpose to make •
rate, the makeithe same ea make any rate, the nitwit,
ma at the miming de that asejorii4rve
imen re-
fund se de, owl mho a oath Mediwhich Me
ae ea She
The Comet el Othen`e Bemis le 11147 dmided the mi-
?
serly Meese" a owd se allowed the demurer to this
dedesalite is pesiiiMlei. whereby de limiatil4 whom me
et the yedidicess shard by the_ role_ Opole by the mi-
nt▪ ateght to prohibit the ResimioelW Court from
Its painasst. The Ezelaropm Chamber, in
•Itileoldify mil_ 1114 by a majority of 4 to s, affirmed that'
Jraarraleth The ilkm 'math at the bar of the House
el Lathe, in the of lohnsay, I. the present ythr,
when lard Tows was Lord Cheandler. Hie lordship
(thee lard Obis( lustier of me Nett of Common Pleas)
was the peal/Nag judge in the exert below and in the mi-
nority, and at the seaclusion of a very alaberatelithdisneut
whole this Won expression of hie opinion. y opinion
is, that them le au utter absence of principle end authority
ia support of the present rate, and that the means and
arguments by which it is attempted le support
the present rate, will, if successful, be pregnant with
very dangerous consequences, and one emstrary to law,
and ought not to be supported." Curies*, seough,
another of the learned judges in the admafty is the
court below, Mr. Baron Rolfe is now onset
His lordship and the Lord Chi
ef Justice of dregtalit%
present in the house during part of the first day's orgareent
an February, but, as they did not hear the whole obit, it is
presumed they will not take part in the Judgment. Lord
Brougham was the other law lord. At the dose of the ar-
gument several questions were addressed by the house to
the learned judges of the eenunon law courts, which will be
answered to-day probably in the form of a joint written
opinion.
MOVEMENTS oP M. THEIRS.—The Opinione of
Turin states that M. Theirs arrived there on the 14th. He
was to stay four days anal then proceed to Clarena or Vevoy,
on Lake Leman, there to fis his residence. The Corriere
Mercant.le of Genoa having in a late number indulged in
some severe strictures upon M. Theirs' the new Orleanist
paper, It Meiliterratteo, takes up his defence, and, after
remking that the Intendant-General of the province of
Gaeta was among the first the other day to inscribe his name
as • visitor at the hotel where M. Theirs stopped, it
states, as a proof of his friendly feelings towards Pied-
mont, that the following were his words at parting
from the chief editor at' the Median-a:tea, on the 13th :
" his with the sincerest satisfaction I have seen this afire
and commercial city—this Piedmontme army, so well dis-
ciplined, and having en martial an appearance. It would
be a great misfortune were such • state of things not to
last; and, since you memos over here to publish • paper,
I earnestly recommend you to preach union. Let there hr
no division here, in the name of Heaven, for division would
he death." The Corriere Mercantile states that M. Thiers
as at prerent writing a history of Florence and that during
his stay at Rome ho had 60 statues of the Vatican photo-
, graphed by M. Canova.