The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-08 00:00:00

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

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On Thursday a deputation consisting of Meson.
Aston and Steward, town councillors; Meters. Child and
Gaunt, chairman and vice-chairmen of the Licensed Via-
tuallers' Society; Mr. Denton:, one of the committee; sad
Mr. T. Smith, parliamentary agent, to the United Towns
Aseociatioe, attended the above hon. memben by appoint-
ment, at the office of the Judge Advocate, for the purpose
of ;presenting • requisition or memorial, signed by the
Mayer, several justices of the peace, and a large number of
the most influential inhabitants of the borough, setting forth
the injury which would be inflicted upon the trade by the
adoption of the resolutions of the Select Committee of the
House of Commons. by the confiscation of their property,
and also to the morale of the community at large, by the
removal from the magistrates of the discretionary power of
granting or refusing licenses, and for the further purpose of
requesting them to present two petitions for the repeal of
the Sale of Beer, do. (Sandsy) Aet—one from the inhabi-
tants, numerously signed, ; the ether from the licensed
victuallers. The deputations were most courteously re-
mired.
The Sale of Beer, dic., Act was first entered upon, and
on the deputation pointing out the extreme inconvenience
and hardship which its provisions inflicted upon both the
licensed victuallers and the public at large, Mr.Thornely
oboe: ved that he was unavoidably absent from his parlia-
mentary duties at the time, but he understood that the so-
ciety who represented the trade in London were favourable
to the bill, which had been hurried through parliament.
Mr. V musts said he had mixed much with those
gentlemen, and be must say they were not favourable to
the bill ; he wide/stood they were opposed to any legis-
lation on the subject, but there was a strong feeling in
the house in favour of some legislation, and their object
was to obtain an extension of time beyond the hour (nine
o'clock at night) named in the bill, and with that view
they contented to ten o'clock as a compromise. He
positively denied the assertion he had heard, of the bill
being smuggled through the house. The hon. member
observed that the petitions (which were for a total closing)
were exceedingly numerously signed, and it must be ad-
mitted that pulilio-houses being kept open on Sunday
night had a very injurious effect upon the working classes,
who abstained from labour half, and frequently the whole
of Monday. If, however, the act was found to be in-
convenient and oppressive the hours should be extended,
but be gave no hopes of the bill being repealed. The hoe.
member appeared to be exceedingly anxious to make him-
self acquainted with the objections of the public to the
working of the act.
A very lengthened conversation took plan upon the reso-
lutions of the select committee noommending the throw-
ing open the trade. The arguments advanced by the depu-
tation were listened to by both members with the greatest
attention, and the palletises retired, after an interview
which lasted an hour and a half, expressing their thanks
for the kindneu with which they had been received.—
Wolverhampton Chroxick.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS' ALSO-
CIATION.—List evening a meeting of the friends of this
association was held in the Brixton National School Rooms,
Church. road, Brixton ; Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart., pre-
siding. The Chairman having briefly opened the proceed-
ings, the Rev. William Curling, in moving the diet meals-
don stated that the association already supported 120
rssden, and appealed most strongly fee farther funds to
COM out more fully the objects et the eseeeletion. The
reeelution was to the fideriag amt. ss Tilet the operations
of the society, by easpieyiNg isdpluse sueffiess to any the
word of God to the poor hwaleesitle Munster fe seasite
with the spirit of our Preinelest sMu, and are
calculated to accomplish the pelt mil peopled by the
society, of maintain sad erMedleg the Imemelite and effi-
ciency of the whim The Rev. Mudd Moors,
is secondingresellutims, whiskers, waseinewely carried,
pointed oat the great good elhetad by the Nebo is large
parishes, where from 10,000 to 10,000 seeds were essensit-
ted to the care of me sass. The leered /swindle was
moved by J. J. Cactus, Req., " That the spiritual wants
of the adult parallels et this country, assasaiai the ut-
most seal as strength of the ordained Widelry et the
church to supply dila, urgently all fora to mks •1'
such lay ageacy as this easselatlee presides." Kr. Cum-
mins hoped the seems soda age MS a dent ear to the
wants dame wbe emslett the melte' beg fe es poor, and
hoped that before Ism a breath essisly wield be founded
at Brizton.—This rseelatice having less seconded br, the
Rev. G. ifatlala, aid also carried, the pressedinp myna ,
with Oinks Is UR 11. W. rewrsitee, the thalami.