The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-04 00:00:00

PROrDICIAL.

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REPRESENTATION OP WEST YORIESIIIRE.—Yester-
day a meeting of delegates from the several committees of
liberal electors in the respective polling districts of the West
Riding was held at the George Hotel, Wakefield, to con-
sider the course to be adopted b the liberal party at the
ensuing election foe the riding. This meeting originated in
a meeting of Leeds electors, held in consequence of not
finding in the address of the Hon. Chu. W. W. Fitawilliam
to the electors any declaration as to his opinions on the
questions which the deputation, appointed to attend at a pre-
vious meeting at Normanton, were instructed to ask of any
eandidate, and therefore not fulfilling the conditions on
which they support to that hon. gentleman was pledged.
The Mayor of !weds was called to the chair, and there
were upwards of 60 delegates, &c., present.—Mr. Flint, of
Leeds, sou ainted secretary to the meeting.—The chair-
man then explained, as stated above, the eirnunstaness un-
der which he had been called upon to convene the meeting;
and he added that he had written to Mr. Filawilliam,desiring
that if he did not think it proper to allude to the matters
adverted to in the Normanton resolution, he would enable
his worship to make it known simultaneously with his
address. To that letter he had received the following
111111WR

Weatwarth, O. K 1648.—fiir,—I have reed your letter, and have
to same my slams thanks to pit for the suggations you bare
male with a err stt m muse among the numerous dee-
tam la pour et the . I feel have
them In the MgirtN Madly sadl therefore havmadee
mai pimantit iia adoptiog than if I mold do so,
Ina hems aid druitty ; but the meet important°, the firs points
adwerent es Is am list has teen scarcely mentioned in parliament ; it
weskit. Oresilare, be hardly respectful to the public were I at the
esonsmume amy political Ills to hazard aa opinion on a subject
wed& hes weer bentealmly end ecesiderately damaged by the public.
reanmy is • thing as ualversnly acknowledged, that it did not seem
to me nualemy M station it Le my address. With regard to the =-
tasks 011ie ealibikge, ths question conoerning it, as put to the rem-
laths. was in simlngneas, that I did not see how to give a decided
mower, sad did est wish lomisleed by an undecided one. I have, Ice,
Cuestas W. Women= len:wittier.

The Chairman Wad, that alter the meeting at Leeds, on
Tuesd.ay last, he had sent a copy of the resolution to Mr. Fite.
William, and a further letter expressing regret that the
'mural of his political creed wu not more astufacto,y. To
that letter he had not received any answer, and therefore,
unless some gentleman was present, deputed to explain ou
behalf of Mr. Fi!zwilliatn, it would appear that they must
consider that be had taken his stand irrespective of that
meeting at Normanton, and of what might be done at this
meeting. He inquired if any gentleman was so reputed on
behalf of Mr. ; but no person responded.—Mr.
Newman, of Barnsley, one of the law agents of
Earl FitzwLliam, said that he was so satis-
fied of the honour and punctuali'y of Mr. Chas
Fiturilliate that he could not but believe that the Mayor of
Leeds' letter had miscarried and had not reached him, other-
I wise he would have replied to it. The delegates from the
different districts then reported the resolutions or other indi-
cations of opinion entertained in their respective districts.
Several of them expressed dissa•isfattioa at the address of
Mr. Filswilliam ; and at me place (Gotnersal) it was re-
solved that Mr. Pitswilliam is an unfit person to represent
the West Riding on account of his youth and obvious in-
competency in other rupee's, and therefore they would not
support him. Other delegates intimated their optnion that it
was undesirable to provoke a contest at present; and one gentle-
man exclaimed that they would rather have Mr. B. Denis=
than Mr. Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliarn. At Holrafirth
the electors resolved not to support any candidate who would
not pledge himself to support the repeal of the currency act
of 1844 ; believing that the present state of great depression
under which trade and commerce is now suffering was pro-
duced by the alteration in the currency which that measure
had effected.—The Chairman said it appeared from the ge-
neral tenor of the reports, that as Mr. Fitzwilliam bad not
satisfactorily expounded his views, he could not be consi-
dered ea a fit and proper representative of the Riding. He
then read three resolutions, which had been drawn up by
the Leeds electors, as a guide to this meeting, but not to
bis 3 it is myrtles's. The first resolution was:

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all 'Roam M Ile maks el Mast eleetors, held at N ea
the alt, sada sessetavard by the secretary of &West
Ream hamatlia sod pet Mal ova by Lord Vissmust Mass,
mak mat se !dams to the raohatta yammd. sad rads%
as esollaer wadilba ths sambas aloe puma pledged
Wawa= Is pas Ilia Oar support.
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Tide rilatie was moved for adoption, at the print
Robert
meeting, hMilli. an, Esq., Mayor of Bradford ; and
sessial by C. H. Belly, Esq., of Shettleld —Mr. Todd, of
Dewleery, proposed the mansion of the words, " deep re-
gret; and the. Ms or of Wakefield was left speaking in
favour of the wtetaei propositica, at the time that our report
wr dispatched.—The other two resolutions, which the chair-
man read rhaving hese prepared at Leeds, ran as follow.;
' and from the temper exhibited by the meeting we doubt not
that all the three nersitions worM be in substance ado4t.
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Um maws no admen al hie spieler men ihe Ism leffat wfM
hem We neWeit of is remlatim ef the and as the mew
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etherBi isk his spline uple thine pits are sot Sind er Not
hob .men
penewnd is the vim of the mai /WWII thilw. Me int
ten . thwehee, empiedintly theirs thst tbey rani Mee
than isprialtr. arise 'Meat Wentworth trii swains at We
Met the aleeewe now prima d.drre that the KS.
=open lethey we give their support to any candidate ore,
that he be b to the principles of hoe trade, to ronwieny in the

adadalstratlon of the national eapesditure, to • gradual and rah cx.
tusks
sligloa sot dat tbs suffrage
tbs . sa
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,that be to opposed to any further ename-
g r by ts
CHARTIST TOWN-COUNCILLORS. Amongst the
persica elected to the ofßoe of town.rouocillor for the
borough of Leeds, on Wednesday last, was Mr. Joseph
Barker, printer, of Wortley the proposed candidate for
Bolton, who it will be remembered was arrested on a charge
of sed.tioue conspiracy on the eve of the election. Mr.
Barker was put forward by the chartists of the Holbeek
ward. la the West ward also the Chartists succeeded is
@letting one of the eonaillors, but in the South ward Mr.
Barker's brother, who stood on the same interest, was
defeated.

LANCASHIRE.
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.— Yesterday a man and
woman, named Thous Cooke and Blies Jones, were brought
before the magistrates at Manchester on suspicion of murder.
The prisoners reside in a court in Dole Field, in which, at
the bottom of a flight of stone steps, a man was found during
one night at the end of last week, with a fearful contused
ent at the back of the head. He was tarried in a
state of insensibility to the infirmary, and died almost
immediately. The evidence against the prisoners was that
a woman living in the court heard a try of " Watch !"
on the night in question, which was subsequently repeated,
or repeated in pan, the word being suppressed when half
uttered. Two little girls were the next witnesses, and said
that they saw the male prisoner dreg a man who lay at the
bottom of the etre* into his house and bathe his head with
water, and afterwards take him back to the steps and leave
him there. The prisonen denied all knowledge of the
affair. A surgeon from the infirmary, who bad examined
the head of deceased, said the wound might have been
caused by his falling backwards down the steps, or by a blow
from behind. The evidence waist the prisoners, or rather
against the male prisoner (for there was nothing against the
woman), was considered inaufileient, and the case, after they
bad been put heck is the dock several times that fresh evi-
dence might be obtained if pomible. wa dim:Limed.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT NEWCABTLR.—III
this case, the facts of which have already appeared in this
paper, tie prisoner Dunn was fully committed to take his
trial at the next anises for the attempted murder of Ann
Moffatt.

WARWICKSHIRE.
THE PEACE MOVEMENT.—A meeting on this sub li
-
ject, convened by the gentlemen who took part in the recent
congress at Brussels, wee held in the Town-hall at Binning-
ham, on Thursday night. The interest excited by the affair
may be estimated by the fact that the immense building was
crowded in every part (a very unusual thing) ; indeed, there
could not have been lem than from nine to tan thousand per-
sons present, including a very large number of ladies, who
graced the galleries. M. Visechers, the Belgian represen-
tative, was received with great anplanse, and every possible
manifestation of a cordial greeting was adopted. Dr.
Bowring, M.P., Mr. Ewart, 11. P , and other gentlemen
were also present. Mr. R. T. Cadbury, a venerable
and highly respected number of the Society of Friends was
called to the chair.—Mr. .1. Scoble, who was amongst the
earliest speakers, said that the thousands who stool before
him was a convincing proof that the noble assemblage of
philanthropists, who had gathered together at Brussels, had
not done so to promote a cause in which Englishmen took no
interest. He entered into a statement of the object of the
movement, which was to realise some of those great princi-
ples which would have the effect M removing from the na-
tions of Christendom the cause of war. He remarked on the
hospitality, the courtesy, the kindness, and the high consi-
deration with which the Belgian people had received the
English delegates, and expressed a hope that if a simi-
lar congress was held in this country, English.
men would endeavour to imitate they could not
surpass—the noble example which had been set them by their
brethren in Belgium. He congratulated his auditory on the
fact that the entire press of Belgium with en exception or
two, that of France, and an influential portion of that of
England, was in favour of this movement ; and expressed a
hope that the day was not far distant when men would pro-
claim on earth as in heaven—an universal peace and good-
will with each other,—Mr. Joseph Sturge moved a resolution
to the effect that the meeting entirely sympathised with the
late Peace Congress at Brussels, and in its purpose of devising
other means for the settlement of international disputes then
by an appeal to arms. After some general observa-
tions with reference to the movement, Mr. Sturgis
adverted to the fact of its having been determined
to offer two thousand francs fora prize cagey on the subject
of the like conference at Brussels, the same to be awarded
at the congress to assemble at Paris next year. There was
a general reeling (he said) amongst the friends of the cause
that a motion, or possibly an address to the crown should be
made on the subject in the next session of parliament ; and
it afforded him some satisfaction to be able to inform them
that a gentleman who had already so nobly and manfully
fought the battle of the people had consented to take charge
of ft. The individual to whom he referred was Mr. Cobden.
He had hopes too yet for the future, seeing that there were
at that time in Birmingham nearly double the number
of persons employed in making steel pens than there were
in the manufacture of instruments of destruction.—
This resolution having been seconded, was put and
unanimously carried, as was also one to the following effect,
moved by the Rev. J. A. James, " that, in the opinion
of the mectiog, conventions of the people of different na-
tions to promote the cause of universal peace and brotherhood
are in themselves eminently calculated to prevent any
future hostile collision ; and that the meeting hailed with
satidsctioe and delight the presence of U. Visechers and the
other delegates at the late congress at Brussels. In the
course of his remark., Mr. James expressed hie thankful-
ness that peace congresses were not now merely proposed,
but that they were turned into realities, and he declared
it to be his opinion that a candle had been lighted
at Brussels which would net be extinguished until
the whole earth was filled with its light. The
men of Birmingham hailed M. Vissehm as the messenger
of pesos, and they loved him for the sake of the good cause
he was so nobly fostering, and the influence of which was
daily extending. [Mr. James extended his hand to the die-
tinguished foreigner, on which the whole audience rose and
cheered for severs] minutes.] Dr. Bowring, M.P., and Mr.
Ewart, M.P., subsequently addressed the meeting, as did
also M. Visschers, who spoke in French. He said that •
few years ago an individual, then in obscurity, came to visit
the town of Birmingham, which in every respect so much
resembled his own. He came to study, not only ite institu-
tions, but also that industry for which the town was so cele-
brated; and in later times that same man had the happiness
to be selected to preside over the first Peace Congress held
in Brussels, and it was his further privilege, as the represen-
tative of that assemble e, to visit England once mon, and to
be welcomed by the Prime Minister of the country. He
rejoiced in his visit to Birmingham, where, es in his own
Liege, he found the minds of the people to be as tranquil as
their hands were occupied ; and when they. reflected on the
disturbances and revolutions which bad during the last few
months shaken Europe, it was a great satisfaction indeed to
find that in old England and young Belgium only was there
perfect peace. He deprecated that which modern civiliaatioa
called an armed peace, and said that the future duty of philan-
thropists was not only to aid in the amelioration of existing in-
stitutions, but also in the preservation of peace on .he
Conti-
nent. For your reception oft's' this night (said M. Visachers), I
can only say that your brother of Liege will never forget
his brethren in Birmingham. The Rev. A. O'Neil', Mr.
Alderman Palmer, Mr. Councillor Baldwin, the Rev. J.
Sibree, and other gentlemen, afterwards addressed the
meeting; the sentiments of each were enthusiastically re-
ceived, and the meeting terminated shortly after 10 o'clock.
A considerable sum was subscribed in aid of the funds re.
quired to carry on the movement.

SURREY.
A BURGLAR CAUGHT IN TUE FACT.—Yesterday a
daring attempt at burglary was made in Coombe Wood-
house, near Kingston, the residence of Mr. W. 0. Hunt, by
a plant named George Martin. A servant, named Warren,
having heard a noise in the adjoining room about two
o'clock in the morning, he got up, and saw the prisoner
standing at a bureau with a light in his hand. Oa seeing
the servant, the prisoner said, " there ate three men in the
house ; I have a pistol in my pocket ; stead back, or I'll
shoot you." Warren, however, rushed in and secured him.
Ina short time Mr. Hunt came to his insistence with a loaded
gnu. A silver cream ewer, and nearly 200 ancient 'we
and coppercoins, were fetus" U
in his possession. It appears
that an entrance was effected by cutting a piece of panelling
out of the front door. The prisoner was brought before Mr.
Lambert, a county magistrate, and was fully committed.

stair-head, where, in a short time, one of the cheek .
takers had collected upwards of twelve pounds.
Under these circumstance., therefore, it can create but
little surprise when the Met is stated that great confusion
and uproar prevailed throughout the evening from time to
time; though, it must be said to the credit of the audience
that undivided attention was paid to some of the more ela-
borate pieces of music, such as the "Overture to Fidello,"
and the selection and fantasia from " The Huguenots," both
of which were admirably performed by the orchestra. The
great feature of the evening, however, was the " National
Anthem," arranged by Jullien for four combined
military bards, and the orchestra of stringed and
wind instruments, Disking in all five coniFlete bands. The
Gaped of the house as the audience stood up to do honour to
the hymn of loyalty was of a most imposing character, and
the cheers and enthusiasm excited by the well-known strains
were absolutely deafening. A slight disturbance occurred,
owing to the neglect of some persons in the parterre to pall
of their hats whilst it was being sung; but this subsided as
soon as it was discovered that the bats were kept on not for
want of loyalty but want of room, their wirers being
jammed and hemmed in by the crowd around them. The
whole of the performance deserves great praise : • portion
(the larghello) of Beethoven's symphony in D elicited
very justly several rounds of applause. It was
given with great precision and sigra.. Altogether
the public taste has been greatly improved by such
concerts as the one under notice, and few will deny that
11. Jullien amply deserves that p,tronsge which it seems he
is destined to receive. The present series of concerts is only
for one month. The house was beautifully lighted; the de-
corations having been refreshed, looked as neat and new as
when they first were seen; a large and convenient
lounging-room has been added to the promenade,
wherein are placed tables covered with newspapers and
other periodicals of nearly every country in Europe.
It ought not, in justice to Min Mimi, to be omitted to be
stated that she has been engaged for the present concerts,
and that she made her first appearance last evening. The
airs which she executed were " Il cos greto per ewer felice,"
from " Lucresia Borgia," and a new composition by Ball.,
descriptive of the descent of Orpheus into the infernal
regions—a subject which has been so admirably handled by
Gluck as to render it hazardous to provoke a comparison,
and which in the present instance, out of mercy to Mr.
Belie, we abstain from entering into.