The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-18 00:00:00

akin depended, la his *plaice, spas the financial results,
foe charity and aimegiving were matters entirely oat of the
*eve of their association. (Lied cheers.)
Mr. BLANEY, M.P., said that as an early shareholder of
this enterprise he had felt the deepest Interest in its noes"
as well is a Road and social as is • peinialy point of view,
sad he could idly say that be sot only rejoiced In the results
that had been attained, bet t • entertained the mastsanplas
enticipatiotta ea to Its fated 1111CCON.
The resolutise was then carried sum eon.
The CHAIRMAN assouseed that 1,627 sheds led bees
takes up is
_the previous day, and that 10 ebefes had daft
been suberftod far. (Cheers.)
Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMITH proposed: 0 That the com-
mon seal of the esesdattes be sow &Seed to the list of &ere
lielisee." Is dein this. Dr. Smith dated that onals had
been the eiesegiese embed from the healthful
adnerd is the seeisty's beildinp that the mortalrtgyertlid=
had besa “thessil ra soe.haU of that which had odened
within the same ogees of time in the metropolis at large.
There bad bee, se eases of typhus, none of fever anon& the
adults, no 4111111111114 and acme of those general distal-based of
health whim►h had token place elsewhere. Even the most
delimits test the modality of *feats—peeved how aches-
capons the alludes el the sonistre tenants was ; for whilst
geostall
the mortality of infest, le the metropolis y wee
6.7-10 per seat.. It mese* 1.4-10 in the soeiety's buildings.
The worthy Assess IlltieNd Wm a variety of interesting de-
tails, showing low iastasly and highly the poor people who
tenanted the Bt. Peados ledirlue-beeete appreciated the
cleanliness, the quid, the healthful appli.oces, the comfort.
indeposdenee, and siesegans of their little homes ; and ended
by moving the resthedis se above formulated.
Berl POETES01:111, fa seconding the motion, expedited
his dicers hope that at the next meeting he should find the
list of shareholders very largely extended.
Mr. FINLAISON (auditor) ingested that, in order to
obtain starred sanitary remiss the eolleetar of the weekly
rents shoe* he ordered to Make a weekly report of the
health ef all the inmate* of the society's lodgers.
The resolution wee then carried MIN. cow.
Dad RADITOCIL moved, and the Hon. F. BTIIO se-
conded, the customary vote el thanks to the chairman and
directors of the aisociation, idiot was carried unanimously.

GICILDNALL.—The City Lads Committee are
about to isms orders teat the Guildhall shall be shown to the
public without psymeat of fees to the servants of the sets-
blhhmsat, who are to be paid from other funds.
COUNT OF CONNOR COUNClL—Yesterday a court
ins laid for the despatch of bulimia A report was brought
up ben Me Teams Navigatioa and Port of Landes Cam
Mime be waling a dent relative to 'Wog down the olostrie
toloneopli is the river Thanes. Is stated that the sommiltme
had Miss into omoddsration the application et hoes.
Nut, aka amhisiss, he penalwicia to lay dews es electric
%Vona la the chin Thema, to eseassaaliale with a earl
has ; that, se the esetaCtme were at *mita that
she kr laying lowa the liars was at pt sad sa-
tiesal , they were dhissilsed to prehilsk a am
barns the aadmiakiag, sod thirster, did .at dent to Its
being carried fate elect ; but did not unfolds* tt mo as to
Smear any respamlbility, leaving Miens. Blunt to =ine
Han at tsar owe via, they asslsetaldog to do so
either to the public or to individads, sad to My all het her
works when required so to do, sad to issame my wok that
shall be *mad injurious. The report was avail so, sad the
Cityseal was an to the conditions pram dby the City

&CAPE or PIIISONERS.—At en early boor on
Monday morning. four prisoners, aimed Haidtrion,
John Scarrichs, Jesus Wihom, and Peter MILITay, contrived
to offset their maps front the polio* statics in the Manors.
The first named three wen oftfined on charge of felony,
and the latter on suspicion of hoeing committed • forgery
at Edinburgh. They were all put into oats cell, and haying
wreathed • bar bona the iron area is front of the fireplace,
they commenced to nano the brinks and mortar boa the
wall on the south side of the cal ; sad though it was at
least fifteen lashes in thick» as, they soon saoseded la
making an aperture sonantly largo to admit of the body of
amu being paned through. Oa of the pascals was a
brieklayor, sad their daring operations had been -closed
so quietly, that the polies bad no intimation of the sena
rase until the pitmen had been gone some tins. Lessen
as the affair was discovered, immediate awls we mob to
the fugitives, who, with the empties dame, has
aids retakes.—Nascastie Journal.
RAILWAY GUARDS AND BREAXSMEN.—A numerous
amain of the pads and brakemen of the various maw
fats* railways was held lately at the Star Tare», OW-
ingstomearest, Old St. Pancras-rued, for the panne of
. establishing a Railway Oasis' traversal Friendly Se-
nay." Mr. Gray, ono of the head guards of the Luaus
and North-Western Compan ea in the chair. The Alm
which the men hays in view Is to provide • sick hind m sun
M be paid to the family of • amber who is Med; animism
tea for disabled Members; bat esposially • /make tit sad
of the widow ea sepbas of the dassesd man n The
aelaiithemest Of Ibis enialy_ hat been sestina by the
guards of the Lana sad Noah-Weans Oesmigemy ; ad
we Sall that Mr. G. C. Cilym, the ehsirsoma of the anew
don, has not Gay given hie earnest support to it, but
has twomented to bosom* one of the truisms. From
the statemeats made at the maim last night, it appear
thatimert to the proposed object has boss offered by
the sad bream= upon the following railways, vis.:
theßirmingham and Bristol, the Great Northern, the Groat
North of England, the York and North Midland, the Caledo-
nian, the Lancaster and Csrlials,the Liverpool and Prost:: n,the
Preston and Wyre, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the Edit.
burgh and Glasgow, the Glasgow and Gasmen, the Mar
cheater sad Birmashmea, the Liverpool sad Masellwar,
the Menehester, 111 Math, the Sendels Central,
Me Eastern Cocain th Unita the Leeds emd
Bradford, the Hell ma Selby, the South Has the Ma-
derstisid and Manalastur, sad Midland. It was also stated
that upwards of 1,000 guards sad brakemen have *oiled
their willingness to Maw simian of the society. The
preliminary rules sad regiblioas of the soeivy were read
over sad approved of. The Tare of weekly payment by the
matron to the recipients of walla are eau the considers-
dos of Mr. Naas, the actuary.
Summit ZOOLOGICAL GARDZlGL—Tiniterdity an
eZ-
hibitleo of flowers took place at these gardens, and although
the weather was somewhat unpromising in the early port of
the day there was a tolerably good attendance of people.
The an disdained to shins, but the weather was set very
wegamous' se d those who had made up their made
mew an atternoon's entertainment were not le he
dashed liky a few passing showers. The Remit
eablblisil ea this mass being the same spe4
MO= idiot have shady dose duty at the Chiserlir
end at the botanical show in the Emput'e.park,
1t (r saseeemary fs It, to sabasikupra their sassifold
See. Sales it to say, that the *belay el yesterday was ex-
gratifylag to these who led sue been fortunate
sssa to win's' the farmer exhibitions, sad the general
impisda seamed to he that the proprietors of the pages
knew well bow to eater for the labia smaessmat. In
odisism ei the " wild bloat show," thew of !
the « Illestang of Banta," and the various es s which
eseilltuleShe weal eats at them gardens, another
eibelies MS* be hoed is the eisetrie light, with which
as womb were illuminated.
Rai IN THE STRAND.—)Iet night between 10
lM II ebb* a fire brae out on the premises belonging to
, lb. tibial. • tailor and draper carrying cat brawl next
lane Imitme to the broad Moan. The dames mmansemed
la the lima abegh, amt before their existence become kaolin
OW pods ef the premhas become wrapped ta dames. In-
humed= basin teas forwarded to the engin* stations
ebb mills megabit. the ODOM* of the parish
Unlash omil West of England attended, sad tthered
bong ma mers of water set to work, the An was
is. ealigulisd, but not until the lower part as burned
oat eel the upper pertisa severely injured. The people in
the *sans at the time of the alarm being given made a
mes4itate retreat boos the building, but no on. was
inured.
AORIMIXITRALDISTRMBB.—The Stamford Iferenryl
states tbatr is spite of agricultural distress, all kinds of See
stock sad implements fetch fall value at the slut.
and there is snag seetpstitioa for every farm that is to let.
ODESSA, APRIL 20.—We receive from all parts to
the mirth sad sorth-amt of ribs most dopierable seseants of
seetality, set 'sly amain math, hone, sad obese, bat'
she mas( the osmary, who are salsraiswarliy thnough•
set the Chown, Wmaasesimr
ben wavy agemdered by the' pastime srisreihilllhe
Mem of the stop of all Wads as wet asses mof neon
ails, lest sown The 100 of 'horned stile sad bowie le
~wally estimated at from half to tumbrels of the wish
ale*, sad of sheep Still mare series., in come am
aides leeks having been carried ell The stock of bur
ma baler of all kinds is entirely exhaatted ear •
vast =ant of country, so that the poor salmala are limn
ally be* of stamutioa ; sad I mmetered that eves as
Chelsea- banns have boss turned adrift by the owners
sa the Sapp, so mesas whatever of hefts them
bobs weak mash.. Several shipmate of hay have bees
mode boro fir Minion sad other ports, and some also of
rye, barley, mid oats, the last articles having in
advaaced to 13.15 is, for the two former and 19, or the
latter. The protracted severity of the weather, and putt-
calmly the saddest ream of cold two or throe weeks since
has aggravated immeastuibly the evil, its greatest intensity
Inv* boon quite meat The cheap brim the last few
days may, if general, be of great scrota, but the time for the
labours of the field is short, while the want of hands and
cattle most seriously increaser the dineulty, and, under any
sireanutances, we mast, it is to be feared look :
caw
limited predates this mason. Bessarabia has happily
the snared havoc, and Odessa therefore has been compara-
tively well et —Huff Eastern Comnim Herald.
THE Denton BLOCL•DE.—The answer of Lord
Palmerston to the memorial of the Hull merchants and
shipownets,_was received in this town on Thursday last, by
Mr. John Foster. It stated that the privileges granted by
Denmark to the American, French, and Dutch steamers
Banta by the memorialists, had boon granted to them, as
they being the regular and official carriers of the mails from
the respective countries to which thev belong ; and " that
any_ demand of the sauce required the mentorialkts
night in all probehtlity only load to • withdrawal of the
pianos in quads& from the parties who now espy than,
sod would thus lathe ea injury upon boa, without bear
Attlee the isomidable. But if the asset of the maw
ridists were to he anglimi with by the Desish prennsat.
molt • mesa-' es wield lave a 11=1:1 Ail% *lb
Menai. ad the Dana gevaninunt add set
sessi mode es sak rosZatti &mem per
peed to alsaba their bleithie the ro-
ws of this Mitlgrmwa lid Qum ef &Masai (s.
eiimt freest li pi" eh nub, emelop)isitssit
, sad wee haired ea Peleay enstbe
(s.), Capt. Hurst, sad ea Saturday by the Ham ll'fbeger
(a.), Capt Prost. Name of those Torah have as yet no
trissed.—lbli Bailors audio Honk,.