The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-12 00:00:00

MR. GLADSTONE .4 T MANCHESTER.

Mr. GI% lateen's first appearance in public since
his arrival at Manchestsr was on the Exchange, yesterday
morning. whin he was escorted by Mr. Robert Barnes,
mayor of the city, and accompanied by et* Right lie,. Has
Bishop of t .bford. There was a large assemblage in front
of the Exchsnge, and the interior of the building wax'
crowded Pf •übsorilote, who with difficulty formed a lane,
through which the distin7uishcd visitors could pass. Mr.
Gladstone leaned upon the Mayor's right arm, and the
bishop upon his left. In this order they proceeded from
the west to the extreme rest end of the building. Thetis's
was half-past one, the hour of "high change," when mer-
chants awl manufacturers are supposed to be most deeply
immers'el ,n husiuese ; but the fact was that many haw
dreds, fur fully half an hour before, had done nothing
better than collect as nest the front door as possible t•
Waft the best place for obtrining a view of the eminent
statesman. Several loud, if not very hearty, cheers weft
given duvet g Mr. Glaclstoae's presence in the Exchange,
which th. ii,at hon. gentleman acknowledged by alight
tow. In T 1 rem to time, es he passed along. The visit aid
not last more than a few minutes. It was a curious cir-
cumstance that the Chanccaur of the Exchequer's arrival
should hay, been ao peculiarly timed as it was—his visit to
the merchants and manufacturers of Manchester, yester-
day, brio; on the first day ni his new stamp law coming
into edict. Copies of the new stamps had been freely
!lauded about before his arrival, by such as had been able to
procure mortis, ; and, without any disrespect meant to
the eminent financier, the law was characterised by many
persons a, s nuisaxce. The old receipt stamp was compa-
ratively in eperative, not because of its high rates (though
that was wmetkine, but because the sale was graduated
according to the amount paid, and parties could hardly be
expected t i have with them a stamp of the right amount.
Hundreds of manufacturers were on the Exchange, yesters
their '

day, who scarcely ever pea 4 reasipt stamp in lives,
even w',, 11 receiving sums of a thousand or ten thousand
pounds. The facility for applying the new stamps ',Milliken
tenure them to be much more generally if not universally,
given and accepted; and many houses here expect that
they ail p 701., 801., or 1001. a year in the penny receipt
stamps where they paid notLtng before. The large "coun-
try " or home trade house", will doubtless incur a charge
which w'.ll In quite new to them, and a serious addition to
their income taxes. That the Chancellor of the Exchequer
should have been received with a general feeling of good-
will on such a day says much for his popularity, therefore,
and not a little for those who welcomed him oa this
occasion.

Previous to his reception at the Exchange, Mr. Gls&
doe, ace( ospaitied by the Bishop of Oxford imigtagg
thou, had paid a private visit to the @stodge wrl6 st
Mon. Joseph Whitworth and Co., machisonakere, when
be arrived ab.iut half-past eleven, and renadood nearly as
hour and a half, inspecting the various seebanical appti-
'aces in operation. Mr. Gladstone was received by Mr.
Whitworth in person, who conducted him through the
the

establishment, which is almost entirely devoted to ma•
nufacture of • class of machines commonly called, for want
of a better term, engine tools, being in fact machines
for the making of machines, including all those which are
aseessary in the construction of • railway locomotive or'
steamboat. Among them were large numbers of planing
and shaving machines, worked by steam, under the opera-
tion of which the solid metal becomes as pliant and yielding
as wood in the hands of the carpenter. There were also
self-acting lathes of various dimensions, employed in time
big wheels of locomotives and for other railway priest*.
Among the novelties were many duple: lathes, whisk legs
the work on both sides at once, so that there is a bobsled
forces, whilst double the amount of work is done AMON
possible with the older machines. In one of the 1101116118
was a self-acting crane, capable of lifting a waist*
twenty tons, worked by power, under the direction dean
man, the driving abaft being 100 feet long, in one bar. Mr.
Gladstone was much interested by • beautifully simple ma-
chine for making standard measures of six, for engineen,
which is capable of determining with the greatest nicety
the very smallest differences of mcuurement, even to the
millionth part of an inch.
It was expected that Mr. Gladstone would visit several
other of the principal industrial istablisbninits of the town
during the day.