The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-23 00:00:00

WEST LONDON WORKING CLASSES' INDUS-
TRIAL EXHIBITION.

On Monday evening last a public meeting was
held in Castle-street school-room (kindly lent to the com-
mittee by Mr. Charles Marshall), which was numerously
attended. The chairman not being able to attend, Mr. H.
M. MORRELL, the senior secretary, was requested to preside,
and upon opening the meeting said be believed that the ob-
ject' of the industrial exhibitions were now so generally
known that it would require but little explanation from
him. He felt confident that much good had admen from
those exhibitions that had been already held, and as the
north and south of London has successfully held their exhi-
bitions, he (Mr. Morrell) contended that it would be an
utter disgrace to the working men of the western division
of London if they did not make as good, if not a
better exhibition than those previonaly hold. After reading
the preliminary prospectus and commenting upon the
names of the several gentlemen who have already con-
sented to become patrons to;the guarantee rand, be left the
proceedings entirely in the hands of the committee. It was
then moved by Mews. Howe and J. B. Bailey, " That this
meeting pledges dealt to support the Industrial Exhibition
for thOorough of Marylebone that is now in course of for-
maim all that lies in its power." After which Mr. Tucker
propmed, and Mr. C. Hooper seconded, " That • district
committee be formed from this meeting for the pumas of
making the movement known and obtaining patrons from
members of this district," which was also carried. A
working man then asked whether the committee
of the exhibition would guarantee the registra-
tion of any new invention that would he exhibited.
The chairman, in answering, said that as the committees of
those exhibitions which had already been held (he believed)
did not feel themselves safe in premising to guarantee • re-
gistration to any exhibitors of a new invention, he thought
his committeswould tithe the same view of the question, bat
he would accept the feeling expressed by the meeting as an
instruction for him to put himself in oorrespoodenee with
the committees of the past exhibitions, and would comsat
• member of the government as to the desirability of intro-
ducing a short act of parliament which should give the
desired guarantee of security to all future exhibitors. The
assistant secretary, Mr. S. A. Barrows, then said that he
thought it would be unfair to the patrons of the guarantee
fund for the committee to promise to guarantee menthe-
tions, at all events for the first exhibition, but as
it was decided to invest any surplus that might
arise from this exhibition in the names of trustees
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of any future
exhibition that might be bold in the west of London, he
thought that if it should be decided that the committee
could not guarantee registration on this occasion, they
might be able to do so on the next. (Cheers.) Mr. C.
Hooper then asked what prizes it was intended to award.
The chairman said that be was extremely sorry that the
committee did not feel themselves in • positios to promise
pecuniary prizes, but undoubtedly if the exhibition proved
as successful as the north of London, they would distribute
part of the returns in prizes, and invest the simples. Mr.
Pox well, • working man, addressed the meeting at some
length on the subject of the guarantee fund. He said that
he would be sorry to object to the upper classes assist-
ing the projectors in so excellent • movement,
but he considered that working men themselves
should figure largely in the guarantee fund. lie should
like to see every working man in the west of London, and
indeed all others who take any interest in such • move-
ment, guarantee some sum, if only a shilling—(lond cheers)
—but he also hoped that althoogh the committee might
have many names on their guarantee fund, there would
be no necessity to call upon one of them. (Loud cheers.)
He then moved the following ressolutims,which wassecosded
by Mr. Haswell, and carried amid loud cheering :—" That
working men present pledge themselves to support the gua-
rantee fund of themselves as far as lies in their power." The
assistant-secretary then received the names of the working
men present for RUM/ varying from 10s. to 2s. 6d. A die-
tnct committee of eigbt,with power to add to their number,
was then formed, and after • vote of thanks to Mr. Charles
Marshall for the use of the room, the meeting concluded
with • vote of thanks to the clauses.

THE SChPECTED OrTILLON ON THE LONDON AND
roars WESTERN HAILNAT.—About ten o'clock on Monday
night the Liverpool detectives were put into an alarming
state of excitement in consequence of receiving a telegram
from Rugby to the effect bate man bad been robbed and
murdered in the flu o'clock London express train to Liver-
pool, and it was believed that be had been thrown out of
the railway carriage. A batch of detectives awaited the
arrival of the train at Liverpool, end on its coming up to the
platform they at owe proceeded to the compartment indi-
cated in the telegram from Rugby, and arrested four sailors
and an artillery sergeant sa the parties concerned in the
outrage. These men were at once taken to the
Detectiveoffioe and closely questioned, but two of
the sailors were so much intoxicated that they
could give no account of the affair at all. It
transpired, however, that when near Rugby a sailor in the
compartment of a second class carnage, while in a state of
intoxication, lurched against the door, which flew open, and
he then fell out. At this time the train was going at en.
pram speed, and nothing could be done. In the course of
the night the Rugby and Stafford detectives telegraphed
that they could not find or hear anything of the missing
man. All the sailors and the soldier arrested were there-
fore detained in custody until yesterday morning, when Mr.
Eccles, of the Rugby police, telegraphed that the supposed
victim had been discovered dancing in a fell near the rail-
way, a few miles from Rugby, "to keep himself warm."
A few hours after this, After (the man's name) appeared
before Mr. Riau the Liverpool stipendiary, in proprin
persona, sound and well, and without even a scratch on
him. He says that when he awoke in the morning he found
himself, to his great astenishmeet, in a ditch at the foot of
• railway embarkment, without having the slightest idea an
to how he came there. His escape—which of course gave
great satisfaction to his fellow passengers—was wonderful.
under the circumstances, as the train was going about forty
miles an hour when he fell out

-
Ceun MURDER IN MARYLEBONIL—Yesterday
Dr. Lankester held an inquiry at the St. Marylebone
Workhouse touching the death of two children whose
bodies had been found in the West after baying been
murdered. The first case was that of a newly born child
found dead in Albert-road, near Avenue-road, Regent's-
park. The body was discovered by a labouring man between
7an 8 o'clock in the morning. It was wrapped up in •
parcel and on the attention of a policeman being directed
to it ha caused it to be conveyed to the workhouse. Mr.
Fuller, the medical officer, said the child died a violent
death by suffocation. The cord had been cut. The second
case was that of a newly born female child found dead
under the area railings of 37, Devonshire-Area, Portland-
place. In this case too it was shown {that the life of the
child had been violently destroyed before it was thrown
into the street. The jury returned as their verdict that
both children bad died of strangulation—a verdict of wilful
murder in fact against some person or persons unknown.
The coroner said cases of child murder were increasing to •
fearful extent, especially in that part of London, the
ordinary plan being to 'wrap the dead child up in
a parcel, and then drop it at the first convenient
spot which presented itself. The police treated
these cases in a very off-hand manner, and generally
speaking, walked away from a dead child as they would
from • dead cat. The crime of infanticide was increasing to
• fearful extent ; indeed, be might almost say that it was
becoming a fashionable institution. For Thursday next be
had a case of a child murdered after it bad lived four days ,•
and for the 30th be had ao adjourned inquest on a child
found in the first-class waiting room of the Great Western
Railway. Nothing was easier than for ladies even to have
children born, and then to have them wrapped up and left
in the park or in the street, so that nobody could by any
possibility get at the parents. He really thought there
might be some sharper looking after these people on the
part of the police. 3lr. J. J. Tebbe, the assistant overseer,
said he would being the facts under the notice of the board
of guardians, who were mestylesirousof Catlin every possible
means of putting • stop to the system of infanticide, which
was so alarmingly prevalent in the pariah of St. Marylebone.
A reward of 501. has bee, offered for the perpetrator of
the crime ie either of the above cases.

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fendant Joseph Wakefield Terry, who is charged with
Thomas Burch for having published a false sod fraudulent
balance•abeet of the affairs of the Unity Bank. Mr. Lewis
said be bad no objection to make to the gentlemen who had
been named by Mr. Wateon, and they were accordingly ac-
cepted.
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23, 1864.