The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-04 00:00:00

MISS BURDETT C1D17276 AND EMIGRATION.

The mail steamer which leaves Liverpool for
Halifax on Saturday next will have amongst Ito passengers
more than a hundred poor penises, whose exposers will be
defrayed by Miss Burdett Goutta. To bid farewell to suck
of these emigrants as start from London, a meeting was
held last night at Brown's-Lae, Spitaltelds. in premises
which are devoted to the purposes of a eswingechaol,
established and supported by the mime benevolent lady.
Miss Cootie hersisll was unable to be present, as She le
still sojourning at Torquay ; but she wrote a long letter,
which was full not cooly of anxious solicitude, but of
practical suggestion& At about Ave o'clock the stajomt. 7of
saigisais oaf dert to tor Thaw-
sad worms ansoagst them, and theme wen haldes edlk M
arms. Many of the youths boa bees carefully molested
from the St. Gileds Refuge rind other institutions ; whilst
several families belonged to the seighbourhood is which
the meeting was held—a district in which poverty and dis-
tress seem chronic. Mr. Samford, as the agent of Min
Commits, superintended all the arrangements. Amongst the
visitors were the Revs. Kennedy., Suter, and Stokes; and
several ladies graced the proceedings with their presence.
Miss Coutts's letter mentioned that a party of Irish
would joie them at Queermtown, and appealed to their
good feeling to treat them as friends and brothers. The
Rev. Mr. Suter, who has been very actively engaged in
the promotion of emigration to Queensland, delivered an
address, the mingled geniality and emrnestners of which
had a marked effect upon the andleace. Specially he
exhorted them to avoid the towns as mach as possible ; be
told them how hard was the life, mem of a elemymso,
who had to labour in a crowded city ; sad be urged them
to get away into the country. Mr. &Word dwelt upon
the necessity for orderly and obedient conduct during the
voyage, mad stated that he should himself mioompany them
as far as Queenstown. Excellent arrammenente have been
made for their reception at Halifax.

Stows or THZ BizetOle—Yesterday morning the
visitors to Weaminster-hall were satonished by the almost
incessant rifting of bells with amazing rapidity, experiment'
baviog oonstantly been made with the bells which are rung
to summon member; of the Hones of Commons when •
division is announced. Last seesion it will be remembered
the bells refuted to act, and in some cases members who
were in the various rooms about the house were without the
usual istelligenos that their votes were required. The
bells appear now to be in perfect order, and there is not
much -chance of • similar failure occurring again. Both
booms" have been thoroughly cleaned, and present quite •
smart appearance, while all the apprtacbes have been
brushed up. Even the statues in tit. Stephen's-hall appear
to have been dusted.
THE LONDON Cones AND EATING-HOUSE
BEEPERS' litorrvouvr Anaocumox.—Tbe Lord Mayor
has promised to preside at the anniversary dinser of this
valuable institution, which will take place at the London
Mavero on Friday, the Lith had. . .

INTserfoN lie STREIT CA...—At a meeting of
the vestry of Paddingtoo, hekl yesterday, Mr. Dickinson
called attention to the agitated state of the public mind in
reference to the couverance of small-pox and fever cue* in
public cabs A lady friend of his immediately after riding
in a cab was taken ill with the small-pox, which it wu
supposed she had coo traded from the vehicle, and which
was likely to seriously injure her appearance for life. lie
wished to know what provision was made for the convey-
mace of smell-pox and fever cases in that parish The
chairman replied that the pariah authorities kept a cab at
the workhouse exclusively for that purpose. Mr. Dicidason
and others remarked that the existence of such a cab was
not gentrally known, and steps should be takeu to make
the fact more public. Mr. Shaw said this question was
brought under winos discussion at a meeting of the gover-
nors of St. Mery's Hospital a few days mace, and no one
at that meeting was aware of the existence of such a cab.
To keep the cab at the workhouse, situated as it wu in a
remote pert of the parish, rendered it perfectly useless.
The matter stood over to see what better course could be
adopted.

ATTEMPT TO UPS= • RhILWAY TRAIL —Yester-
day, information was forwarded to the police that the autho-
rids. of the Great Northers Railway had offered :10/. reward
for the appreheesion of some persons or pinion who had
placed several articled' oe the line betweeo the Seven Sisters-
road station and the Holloway-reed station, for the parp9e•
et upsetting the trains. On one of the up•trains arriving
at lung decor station, the persots in charge reported that
as they were coming slowly between the above two stations
they met with some obstruction on the line which beet their
clearing inn. The telegraph wires were at once put into
use, and on a porter proceeding up the lice be band on
the unlit* a piece of wood and several iron chairs, and on
the down line of railway a fire-bar sufficient to enure
obstruction to the pumag trains, and also t-r throw
the tildes off the line. The perpetrators of this act
are not at present known.
DRATIS OP • COMITY COURT JUL/AlL—The
Weston Doily Pm' records the death of fir. WM'S. 1410
suaeseded Sir J. E. Wilmot is county court judge at
Bristol. Ni. Wilke took his seat ou the bench for the first
tine in Bristol on the morning of Moriday week, and os
Moodily morning, about tea o'clock, be expired after an
illness of only a few days' cootinuance iu anything like a
enigma hem. The deemed, it is understood. was in a
somewhat delieate date of health previous to his leaving
Newcastle, and he expected that the milder climate of the
West of Failand would have a beneficial influence upon his

Mr. Windham appears to have started as coach
proprietor, having commenced a daily service between
Norwich mid Cromer. He Las purchased the nemenary
stoat et berms, sod bas overawe* opposition by buying up
tea individual who has ►itherto worked • coac► betasea
the two !icicle. It is uodentood that the coach will be
drive° oedisatily by a profs...dove! isosehman, but sometimes
Mr. Windham will tool it himself. Mr. Windham is in the
enjoyment of as saseity of 3,000 i. per annum.

gun-shot of Temple-bar, ought to stand in the waT '
of this greater right and convenience. When bilis
like the one which empowered the fortnelien
the Underground Railway were brought befaretbo
Rouse of Commons for its sanction, every
personal and private objection was overruled
for the sake of the general public. When the
railway was being constructed, during a painful
and never-to-be-forgotten period of three years, its
legalised nuisances were tolerated for the sake of
the public benefit. When several lunatics and
a 'cure bankrupts were made, and a vast amount
of house property was undermined and depreciated,
all these injuries were tolerated for the sake of
the public benefit. In the face of this and similar
undei ;.skings, where nothing has been allowed to
interfere with a work which is thought to be for the
public good, we should like to know why any hesi-
tation should be shown in dealing with
our London barriers. Powers, of course,
must be got from Parliament, and the vigorous
opposition of many landowners and property-
champions will probably have to be encountered ;
but if compensation were freely and liberally
offered, much of this opposition would either be
withdrawn, or deprived of its strength by the force
of public opinion. This question, like the
abolition of tolls question, must not be looked at
in a penny-wise manner. As a general metropo-
litan tax will be the only equitable financial sub-
stitute for tolls to pay for the maintenance of the
public highways, so a similar tax ought to furnish
the funds for this purchase of thoroughfares. Ws
task is an important part of that greater work
which is necessary for the improvement of London,
and if undertaken in an earnest spirit it will not
be merely tilting at windmills.

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