The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-05 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

WARWICKSHIRE AND :BIRMINGHAM RE-
FORMATORY INSTITUTION.
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BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.
Last evening a public borer took plan at the
Royal Hotel in tbis town, for the purpose of bringing toge-
ther • nembqg of geatlessea who take an interest in the
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flalthorpe, Lord Lyttaltes, Lord Leigh, C. W. Hiner.,
Req. (High Sheriff of the comity), C. B. Adderley, Req.,
M.P., M. Milees, Req., M.P., G. F. Menu, Req.,
M.P., R. Spooner, IrSq., M.P.. C. R. Bracebridge,
Req., of Ailment."' Hall; the Honourable Menthe
Leigh; By Freud' Sean; the HeaoaraWe Augustus
Calthorpe ; the Mayors of Birmingham, Warwick, and
Belisha= ; Mr. Leigh Traffoed, the county court jades of
Warwickshire H. de Meta, the founder of the instivatioe
at Milroy ; Us. J. G. Perry, the elms Lapeer ; Mr.
Dickens, Main:lan of tbe Warwickshire sessions; Mr. Belle,
M the Oxford circuit; Nev. flydet, Tamer, of Red Hill;
Mr. Hark Phillips, of &Morbid ; Dr. Jejesoo, of Lee.
mingtou ; Mr. Leigh, stipsodiary magistrate of Sulth Star-
ildreshirs; Mr. Charles Bray, of COVinuy ; es Vex. Aroh•
Celleadford ; the Hoe. and Rev. Greeting& Yorke ;
Re. Canon Pilkington ; Mr. Baron Webster; Mr.
k Leduun ; Mr. Charles Toweehend, honorary sur-
plet le the Girls' Reformatory; Mr. William Morgan, sad
Mb Charles Ratcliffe, honorary imierstaries to the institu-
tion.; Alderman Bader., Hodgson, Rateliffs, Phillips, and
other ambers of the temperance% ; with many other of the
laity sad clergy of the district, and geatiomen from
GMu-
sestenhirs, Yorkshire, Cheshite, Berkshire, and other parts
of the country.
Bit BARDLRY WILMOT, But., melded.
The nasal toasts having been drank with more than
ordinary entheeium. tt Tem Minister" of Religion" was re-
seeded to by the Von. Arehdasesa Sandford and the Rev.
J. A. James.
The Von. ARCIIDRACON szpressod his delight at iscr.
operating with the lefty, even wben their zeal seemed
to outstrip their OHS. They rr..d SO SOO this
Reformatory Institution founded in Warwickshire. Their
wonder was not that It had bees sommemod, but
that it bad been so long delayed, for it was a
most honourable and moot nesareary work. They had
been sinfully oblivious of their duty in this respect, as •
Christian people. He might be permitted to observe that
then was a danger in the present day of their going lato the
opposite extreme—undue teeny to the mimics' was ibis.-
dee. The laws of England in former days seemed to have
bees written in blood ; modem advaeoomeat had deleted
tint It was better and mon oommenical to send them dells-
quests to a reformatory Institution than to prison or the
balks. Witb regard to the comprehensive character of this
irstitetioo, he was glad that good and conscientious men
who were 'operated by die' forms of worship could
here joie la theses* rightsou cause.
Mr JAMB' responded on behalf of dm dissenting =Misters.
He observed that the oburehman with the dissenter, and
the Monster with the °henbane, could, in this movement,
joie together for the interest of their country. He expelled
his great gratification at the widening of Christian bens
solemn, and the perpetual springing up of occasion" on
which they might ell meet, sheathe their weapons damn*•
veny, and band to each other the calumet of peace. (Hear,
bear.) Speaking of the tricolour which had bees hoisted
in the orobeetre on the proposal of the toast of the Emperor
of the French, he said he was reminded that enthusiasm for
a national victory now prevailed. His patriotism would out
be respected if he asserted that the victories of peece bed
tea tbripand more chores than the victoriesof war. (Hear,
bear.) He meant victories like they were met that sue.
log to sehieve—of knowledge over ignorance—of virtue
over vise—of happiness ever misery—uf social order over
haul dentoraiiation —of nhgioa over infidelity
noble efforts for the public good, whisk gave rue
to an extensive catholicity, tad produced • triumph over
low and &anew esearianism and greening bigotry. The
speaker dilated upon the props= of edateatloa du he
his owe expertise., and the niormation of the *riming seen.
Homer be to the names of Added., and purge—(bed
applause)—wbo had serried oat so well the object which
they had aseembled that evening to promote. (Chien.)
They had arrived at a period in English history when their
laws most be so longer like them of Draw, but more assi-
milated to the laws of heaven. (Hear, hear.) They now
recognised the principle that reformatlen, not 'engem.,
was the object of punishment ; end their gaols were arrayed
to make the criminal hats his sin, and at the same time to
he schools of virtue. The speaker forcibly directed atten-
tion to the vice of drunkenness, the enticements of the hen-
house, the gia palace, and the saloons, winch he designated
a meastrous evil, sad said, unless reduced, It would sea-
trades to a greet moat all efforts for reformation. (Hear,
hear) They might draw juveniles from the vortex of ruin
by molts, but as long as this dreadful Meson. remained It
would draw them in by scores. (Applause.)
Led LTeTILTOI gave the health of K. do Mete and
" BROWN to Movray and the French Reformatories " His
lordship remarked that Ike name of Ds Meta was held in
such "mention by all those whe took an Interest In this
subjs., that it would be unbecoming to him to attempt in
test place to pass any eulrglum upon him. According to
the best informatimi obtained respeetiag the Mettray
issfitutioe, It appeared that 90 per mat. of the inmates who
peed through It beesme reformed characters. (Corers )
Sten an abundant .steam weld afford to K. de Mets sad
▪ aeadjutors • retrospective pleasure beyond all pries.
The toast was duly honoured.
Lord Luton, in reply to the noble speaker who bad jest
set down, intimated that the object of that meeting was to
set as mush mosey es they possibly could. (Applause.)
M. Dg KM replied in Free. In the course of his
remarks he adverted to the rise and progress of the great
seliesetory lainitutios of which he is at the head, sad
poised to the great good which lad resulted as saner
des to more vigorous action is the tame direetkm.
0. B. Anninutr, then gay. "The
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been awl Warwickshire Reiermateries." He stated=
men el the fall of Sebastopol we made knows to the
pooh of Birmingham collected la their Town-hall teem-
minserate one of their social ineltudosis; and theihoolu4l
Amen substitated for rejoiciag inhonour of Um
this meeting which had for its ablest the edema...at of
meth. of their social institutions for the sere and etdmii-
ties ed. ehtidren in their streets. Long as they lingered
belatatethee enuatrire in resogeleing the meoessity of such
lestleatisms, keg as they were behind tb• Preach, -who 16
peen beak established a refeematery osier the preineacy of
their gust, M. de Mots, sad wins bed onscomfe* eerie it
eat. leag_ee they had Mimi_ beltiM, is was one satisfac-
tion*, WeelMtolthe NI~Mel to fool that they
tack the MO is immodest., the prinelple Into practical
eeeradea in this eountry ; sad 111111 H it was wanly by their
11111111 W. ramilatioe, end pereevenaes that this principle was
now reeogaiied In the statute book of Britain. (Cheers)
OHM the petidag of the resent statute on the subjs., within
Web. months between twenty and thirty_instinitiemehen
• up is miens pole of the lead. Kr. Ademeey ad.
to the her lea that the inmates if these hied-
Inliges might be Me OM petted ; spoke to the semmity of
saltesinhailmews. seed Ss Messes for white they were
lonneeds reed pot et • letter from Kr. Newhouse. M.P.,
111111 i aiselolledl by mott that in Os aphides them relose
Mao scald be soreo wreasokaly ehnkfatesA Misrules
elgidlyeefeemmirct their Mehilasse all MODS yaiesetei-
ailed sake esenegesent than 'peeresses' dine.
dea. He olio& aWm received 67 him hem Hr. J.
lardy, of AthinOse, with a does" se of 1001.
Lord CLLTIBOSIS amid that what bad fele from previous
speeless sealed eet easseragesent for them to praised
Win week they huh bone. Lord Lytteltes bad told
diem that in Preece cheat 90 or oat. of there whe were
lineelved isle the reboot at Kenny wen returned to
essiety as reformed. At Selby they meld at memat boast
doe web resale% because se yos the betitstiee was is its
batlasionmetwithelemileg Oa hot time it had
gad Si bad bees in eperation. they wee
gmieet hopeful and petit*, results. Du lag
OS She incitation had been in opsollea 76 bad beau
Oinwitileem (Meer, hear.) Several bed pose to differeet
ked emieratedead at that Nina were le the
(Cheers.) When the Beassatery was Ira
sliglni, It wee ansphised of by the pease as harbouring
Zmdeserving of punishmot, sad elso the laltsbitents coma-
e( the language the lade mesh sag the manner In
well* they behaved. No sub eemploints had recently
been mare, sad when he wee at Salto so lately he was
inheatal ef way pleasing iestaatees by whlsk was shown
Ile Inlinisee Mr. Ellis, the manager, had over the minds
.21Abli youth', and sienantwatly one thole seisms. Mr.
bed shown him garden. in tibia woe geweeel fruit
too separated only by • hedge diem the had ea whisk the
beys worked. Not sae of them halt teem had
Sea injured er led its fruit plaskeL He thought
thee spoke musk for the bramer of the lads.
(pore.) Teiastenee the kiwi i4lelsibes Ibe boys nes-
dni weer gob Ober, be wail swam Nat ems of them
nand, hal bees MOMS by terether raeralMforg &petty
Meng. The What braellassly, with Mr. Mies consent,
ollei a email el the remeiniag boys, which resulted fa
de NeAssimat of the boy, fee se month, beyoad the
s.faMasw(" Meth Isar," sod a Loh.) That showed the I
epereted ea the boys,
_sad the greet
Z!=irthey Mt at the ruts of the inaltatisa being
Mr. Mcmaileir Muxas weal the seat Mast," Moo
M the llehneaterise of Os Veiled Ziagdrem"
The Hes liansSlTlraMo. "bees name bad beea
he-
marl mooted with the Met. retool theahh
Mr. &WAY else eallelehldra.thh hoarigiamt.
After the Cheissoah bulk nag boa Ned by Lard

LZIOR, and day acknowledged, Mr. LIBIGH TRAFFORD
gave the " County Members," to which
Mr. Brook= replied—There waa one point on which he
thought they would all agree, that the present system of
endeavouring to stop crime by panishaii of lieu totally
failed. (" Hear, hear," and chears.) They were List), he
believed, agreed that it we the duty of every well. wither—
of every one who felt the responsibility of his lopailleo in
lile—uf each prison who wag 'ciliated by Christisn prin-
ciples—that it wee their duty to carry to Veit. u most
any system having for its object the p lion of crime,
to arrest from the commission of crime too.. g ..d end
unfortunate children who were nasally the deitequents,
and of affording them an opportasay of rrgebiaiue their
character. (Cheers.) All that they were now endea-
vouring to do by Christian education, which for centuries
they had failed to effect by punishment. (Hear, hear.)
Thi.se were his opinions of their work, and w ocher as a
member of the House of Commons or as a private gen-
Heinen, so long as he lived so long woalu he do hie beet
to carry out their objects. (Apples's)
"The Borough Mershon" followed, and was ',anew-
lodged by Mr. ATHIOTOX.
The health of Lord Le gb, as the truly active and zealous
chairman of the committee, was enthostasticinly received ;
and after a variety of other lowa tie tromps*, separated,
a little before midnight, the "lofty parson power " having
Maialy contributed to the delay in getting through the
toast list, and so far as the reformatory ',maple is con.
(tensed (the real 'abject to be discussed) wcbout much in
the dreary west' of words contributing to its e'ue•datioo.
Before the company sip 4, Mr. Cheri. s Rstcliff, the
►os. secretary, announced donations amounting to about
MAL, and new a 1 subscriptions amounting to between
*Maud 604. as the fruits of the dinner.

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.

Ttio four oommiagonero, Mogen. A. J. Wood,
G. S. Allen, A. Falai, wad W. D. Cooper, appointed by
Sir G. Grey, wider the 4th alma) of the new aet for the

better nsaageatea t of the iaetzopelie,to set oat the wards and

apportion the mustier of the vestsymea amongst the TaflOtlll
parishes affected by the set, complewd their duties peter-
day. sad had ea interview with Sir Beojamin Hall, at
Whitehall-plaos, for the purpow of reporting the result of
their labours.

It appeared that the total numbs/ of the metropolitan
parishes end districts affected by the act was 34, of which 6,
maladies Bt. Marylabour, Bt. Pancras, Lambeth, Bt.
George's, Ilanovercquare, Imhof/toe, and Showiditch, will

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sleet two nievabees of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

To each of these partake% as posesisiag the largest rasher

of resod hossoeholiers end the greatest mesas of totosblo

value, 120 winnow's have beef assigned. Tits only
district in addition to these parishes to which an squall
number of vestrymen has been apportioned, is the Hackney
district, which consists of the parishes of Hackney end St.
Miry, Stoke Newington. The remainder of the parishes
will each sleet one member to the Metropolitan Board of

Works, end the City of London three. The tot.t number
of wards into which the panehee and potted districts bays
been divicbd is 142, and the number of vestrymen emigood

to them 2,164, who will be elected between the 6th end 21et

of November, sad upon w►w election all the powers exor-
cised by the present vestries will, with the exception of
those relating to the msusgament of the poor, cease, and the
newlyappolated vratriss, together with the district board,
which they may eleet,will take upon themselves the entire
mansgemeat relating ft the improvement of the metropolis,
as respects the drainage, paving sad lighting, the repairs of
the roads, and other matters, so as to place the government
of the various parishes under ose unilorm system of menage.
neat. The Aet comes into operation on the Ist of January,
and will ►ave the effect of abolishing t►s powers now mar-

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Maid by 011Improus bodies of cassmiaioaera sad traateas
under local seta, many of which have been obtained .t great
cad- _ . .

Of the thirty-fear parishes sawed in the schedule, the
oramissionen reported that sin—namely, St. Giles's in-the-
Fields; St. &alone's, Southwark; Rotherbithe, Poplar,
Hammersmith, end Liniehouse—did not possess a sufficient
number of rated householders to enable them to be divided ;
they still however come within the operation of the set, and
as fin of them contain nearly 2,000 rated hoers holders each,
they will be *ethic d, under the provisions of the Act, to
be reproceeted by 24 vestrymen respectively. The only
parish which has been returned as possessing less than 1,000
rated householders, and therefore only entitled to be re-
presented by 18 vestrymen, is Bt. Savioat's, Southwark,
the *arable vales of which however, from the fact of its
Matataitg valuable wirehair' property, is nearly equal to
Mete of the others. The most valuable metropolitan perish
is that of St. Marylebone, which contains 13,410 rated '
hosseholdere, the rateable value of the property herein
befog 933,2321. Then are five parishes which have been
divided into eight wards, sash being the greatest number
allowed by the set. They are St. Panorsa, St. Marylebone,
Lambeth, Islington, and Shoreditch. Bt. George's, Hanover-
square, although powering 120 vestrymen, bas but seven
wards. This arises 'mainly from the comayact character of
the parish.
In the mares of the prossedhige before the commissioners
the statistics had been furnished by the vestry clerks and
pariah officers, and accurately mewed with the rateimoks,
the eat requiring that in the division of the parishes regard
should be had to the number of rated householders, and
in the lodgement of the vestry men to the number of par-
ries rated to the poor, and also to the rateable value of the
parishes. The figures therefose bare been confined to the
number of the rated householders, persons rated, sad the
rateable value of the property. Several meetiege bad been
held Ia most of the parishes before the necessary information
could be obtained. In most cams the maps produced one
old, and as the act required that the boundary of 'sub ward
should be laid down on the Ordnance maps, and the defini-
tions thereof published In the London Gazette, considerable
' difficulty arms in socarately settling them, with due regard
to the onivadeace of polling, gad to the adoption of clear
and welt defined boundaries. The oommiasionen however
ackaowledge the assistance which they received from the
parish officers, and the willingness the latter evinced to
forward the views of the government in introducing one
uniform system of Weal administratioe.
During the inquiry various questions of great importance
were brought under the attention of the siomatiolooom,
with which, however,
they had no power to deal, respect-
ing the settlement of the modification of vestrymen as well
as the right of oomplers of compounded property to vote in
the election of vest:masa. Questions were also raised se to
what constituted • rated householder, most of the lose sets
of parliament treating the owners of compounded property
es occupiers for all parochial purposes. The oonuntasioners
stated that with regard to the first of these two questions
the Secretary of State had authorised • case to be laid before
the law off' errs of the crows. It had already bees prepared,
red it was hoped that a desires would be given before the
lint elections. Ti. other point had been decided by them in
the discharge of their duty, it having hem bald, beth at
Clapham and Hackney, that all persons rated to any rate
whatsoever In the parish, and as such included in the rate-
books, were to be oessidered as rated hceseholders. At
Camberwell, however, where,under the local &robe owners
were absolutely rated for certain descriptions of property, it
was held that, aotwitherading the amass of the occupiers
were included in the rats-books they wore there fur the
purpose of description only, the compound ratepryen were
entitled WM treated as rated householders.
The sittings of thisoessaissiosen commenced on the 6th of
September, and concluded on the lird of October, meetings
brag held daily for that purpow. The notices are to be
published on the 10th of October, and dating the present
week the somerrimen bare totes engaged is preparing
their swards. Twenty-me deli' notice previous tn the
election must be given. The power of determinist' the order
of the first elections will rest with the eburchwardens, who
by the 24th 'Dodos of the oat are empowered to provide
the warm polling places, the espouses of the election
being defrayed oat of the poor rate. In all re
bel neat
eleemons, however, the vestries themselves are to provide the
seaman hinds by a rue, and also to take proper steps for
the publioatioa of the maims, and foe making the muds/ of
the elestions.
This esselndes the !craw of canine sit the wards, and
apportioning the vestrymen for the whole of the =strop*.
limn parishes at present within the operatics of the act.

'n UT OP A Tasrunto.—Atths Glasgow Central
Polioo•000rt, oa Wollsoaday, a sea aarasa Jews Galiachor
woo; °Deviated of Malta' a farttttog frost a woman is
Balboa/tot as Taamlay sight, and aeatocood to sixty dale
ilspeiscalaist.