The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

TILE CAMDEN ATHENEUM.

One evening in November last a few isstlsman
held a preliminary meeting in Camden-towsr an demi
the propriety of establiahing • literary and seised's
is that retpectable and populous district. The want el=
an institution hail keen long felt, and the few who 110/11,
present, feeling that the time for action had seetwall. 11111.
((Mina upou the formation of • society, to ba wiled
tt The Camden Atheneum." A provisional SONIIIIINSI
was at once named to make the necewry amellee
gums, sad to bring the affair into Ye • she
• would warrant them comieg before the public.
Accordinaly last evening • numerous meeting of the prin-
cipal Inltattitatit. of the district was held at the North Lon-
don Collegiate School, High-street, Camden-town.
The Kew. Thos. DATA, Vicar of St. Pancras, presided,
end opened the proceedings by calling on Mr. 11. 1. Deo-
good, the ho.l.ofafy secretary, to read the correspondence,
which included communications from the Marquis Cam.
deo, consenting to become the president of the institutioo,
and Lord Seelempton, the Earl of Carlisle, and LIM
Robert Grosvenor, M.P., accepting the office of vice-press.
dents.
lie Rev. CUAllilleal then made a few remarks upon the
advantages to be shrived from the formation of the per
npoosseedd institution. Perhaps one of its most satisfactory and
fiesefieel effects would be that all tread meet upon one
common ground, and reap the benefits derivable from the
study of sciences and the arts, irrespective of any particular
ellipses or political views. No one could for • moment
doubt the influence this institution would have upon the
social condition of the neighbourhood. It was to be re-
gretted that St. Patera., with its population of 170,000
souls, equal to that of imperial Rome, had not up to that
time a common ground upon which the inhabitants could
meet for the spread of science and literature. (Hear.)
Mr. W. S. Etttore read a report, from which it ap-
peared that within a radius of half a mile from the place
in which they were assembled, there was a population of
60,000 j‘fiabitants, and there was no institution in which
they could either enjoy the advantages of Main, literature,
or science, although it was well known that there was re-
siding in that district, a larger number of literary and
scientific min than in any other district of the metropolis.
It was reposed to establish this institution by shares and
subscription.
Mr. M. A. GI:RNIT moved the adoption of tho report,
which was seconded by H. STOCK, Esq., wanly magistrate,
sad tarried.
The Rev. I). LAINO moved a resolution to the effect that
the morsed institution being intended for the promotion
of literature, science and the arts, no peculiarities of either
a theological or political melee shall be suffered to influence
Its proceeolugs.
The Rev. J. C. HARRISON seconded the resolution, which
weals° carried; and Mr. Brigood, Mr. W. H. Wills, Mr.
Leagued, and othir gentlemen having addressed the meet-
ing, a committee of management was appointed. After
weeh, upon the motion of Professor Hopkins, • vote of
thanks was awarded to the Rev. Vicar, and the proceedings
terminated.

RIFLE CLUBS.
TO THE NETTOI OP THE 111,1111111.
Sig,—ln reply to your Manchester correspondent
of the day before yesterday, who desires to know what the
Metropodtan Klee Club has been (and is now) about,
allow me, as a member of that association, to inform him
that the club is still in active existence ; but that, unfortu.
stately, its growth and activity in co-operation with other
clubs wu greatly—indeed almost totally—ebeeked by the
refusal of th• Darby government to sanction its formation
into a ride corps. It is true tbat under the .me govern-
ment we obtained permission to practise, as a club, or. the
Wordwich Artillery Practiciewounde, but this indirect en-
Vsue mot enough to counteract the chilling ef-
polgrilissrs asliml.
somas at miaaaws refined by the Derby govern.
Far
is the bettinift a tast year may le sibeated by the
dist in • H•OERlEftight sixteen beestry clubs
ily put- Seerslves in with us.
gent auesbese mem sea 0 thousand,
aillia was to bale Wee ase el Neeeseelitaa Club.
Nam all, se mug dallaidaar clubs hale Ebel out since
=mei our own efeelifeell active melees has sadly
away. Imw Weever, of the spirit which
emeetaailistedie tie of 1851 to lid sertsin that
a mod sit wella esll into
SIIIIOIIIIS, MOS SIVOMIIIIZNIZ"P"1"1IIIInesssnea from
g pro of the seeriPsy reedy ite aalleast
I ass, dr,
A YERBER ORIF
FLE CL
THE METROFOLITAX
ÜB.

Tait AMOS, AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER ON
Tall HULL RAILWAY:MI& Di&makthe
themwife of as
iaa-
keeper at Beverley, who was eathemhue a
railway train near Cowed LlgteAlls doss Sisd tithe Wa-
gsa sbe received. the mow eager, wee
bainght up before the lag Waft megiotratee en Saturday
kit. The 'video.* Medessi the Allowing Gets :—On the
day et the occurrence Yrs. DIAS was in lu
11, end there
mat with Holliday. Ea with =ethics an, were an
Wage ia several sad bad three or four
gloust of bawdy sorTlll4.llMat get loth a seread-clad
eingego at the Hull Make for Bewley, at half-past viz in
the maim • sae Mrs. Da" waft there was as ewe but
WNW ase aealey la the angantneent, add to her uncle,
she wet them with her at the stalles, that she did met like
thalami el rather is the andege with eases
The peisasee.hoseese, tea We est to ha sheik. She irked
kor mode Seeseesvisie Ire bat he vensed, and the train
Atai a 'Mew between NW and Beverley,
the hula wee Masa shoat bar stmts. When it gaited
soak a pestle who was stssrbing • little way a head of it
sin Ms. Din pat her bud eat of the ornate sad tall
*MK thief." • She ant momenta hand wee pat sat to
the Isabel the dare. Gait so the train wee gathering
sleek het Weaned out to then is the carnage to their
seats and heap the dose elst. No Mutton war sew
however; the due few apes, sad Mrs. Doan either
jumped, fell, Of voilbisimene. . Me roe isamdietely and
picked beta p, wed then jet mai* advise. Ilhe ia-
seeable, and eogloweC so lila her dswh is Nasky
swains about gide gm/4 Whoa the tralasse slashea-
iag speed on Weeredly a sea woe seestajtrap
eat of the sat ennui wassetkaowS4,4=
who it was, bet eahentoently 8
The rimer lea rnessolied *Mil bum* nest. the *-
qua ea the bay i edgenised to Friday, to give tine he a
pest workis The general opit&a theitMelp
May mu wake/ft the
Us es=ta.that &Orel* oat ef
the ginifP OM mil ble
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lblberlatesben;Oithe kris/stars sad others are inclu-
ded Vet of sassiest, at Um Prase Conteresw,
whisk epos la Measheatas Ms month& sad who had sr
deed Isamisq:.-711/. Cabin. Y.P. • Mr. Bright, M.P. ;
Right H... T. M. Gibees,ll.P. Brothertos, M.P. •
Mr. 'Cashew, M.P. ; Mr. Hadfield, M.P.; Mr.
Ma% M.P.; Mt. Freak Crowley, M.P. • Kr. Junes
Dell, M.P. ; Mr. Joseph Crook, M.P. ; Samuel
Cuter, M.P. •' Hr. Lemmas Heyworth, Mr. Joseph
Hwy, Mr. Ches. Comm, M.P.; Mt. Ohm Midis/.
MX. • Mr. J. B. Smith. M.P., .ad Mr. T. Dem; —r
Ws chow the tellewles Ms a Iht of wand hundred
aesee af aka goadamso late ere H be went:—Sir K.
Aseßiff• Kr. T. Bosley, lisadasoler• Mr. Aldenssa
liseakielford ; Mr. P. J. Muth dare et Culid•
Ms. W. A. Matthews* Mare a Shelleld;
Ulna Paeans% Mayas Weressiar; Yr. Henry
almficl4 Waffle of Hull • Mr. 0. P. &Mad, odium
Mils Huff Il chew; Hr. Ra Mentiesler ;
iflOggi. Smartt; Mr. W. 1;
Ms. Dimes( Ashworth sod Mr. Matt Ashwestb,U=;
lb. W. lIIMIcee, liaddaelleM Ur Wilfred Lyrae,
Doi AhlestabaPye Bobo ; Mt. Joseph
Uteilla fills:nor Nettirelest ; Alamos
; Risked Mak Llv=aterAidenmea
Dial% ; how ; inv.
nbbi. Maasbseisrade;belrr..T.
Kdiabesshile!sses
eld=
it IWO% 481.61111iMig.t. b• relela LOUISA
be., he.. resolved lasalial Radnor Tiosseat Osolsrieli,
sad lir. Leigh Hunt, Tortellini their' inability to be psi
rat, aid cordially
aim the objects ed the Ceafereass.
Vaitportact dosamatlise bow rsesiesd by the ikatte•
Vishthe Uwe's' limeade Rehm Aseesladolit
sill be nal It Ms roil shonwris
b•yeblished.
CALLING OUT 111111 laisrdaall that
it is the intuition of the rivseaseent hr oil .at Ike wage
of the ulnas of Yeglirg, be sae Wats assalbils WWI..
is April er May 11110. TM hese is le be eat Awe Se
maw, at the seine dm% Nil the MOM et shaft {be
doable, sad me wills imilindets, yid& k b sempestiml
kayo Win *lc TM spgdahanit if sa Winton=
al of eiihtis h peetpesed die twee is
Lord Paloerssna so windy saderstemis the weekleg it
tie +alit* that dem lY aossaries tr. Mes arl..s line
ha adjusted which ended the sessluts kwiL AR am'
Main weL—Nowel sad Military Gaol&

MEXICAN DEBT.

A general meeting of Mexican bondholders was
bald yesterday, purssaat to advertisement, at the London
Tavern, to receive the report of the committee as to the
present state of affairs, and, to consider the question of the
seenstitution of the committee.
The chair wee taken by Baron L. OOLDSMIDt; bat on
his stating that his health would not permit him to w-
ear= the duties, and expressing a within resign the chair-
manship of the committee in favour of Mr. James Caps!,
who had hitherto acted as deputy-chairman, a resolution
was put sod carried unanimously, appointing Mr. J.
Cage' chairman of the committee and of the meeting;
sad a sadist vote of t, auks having bees passed to the
Berea Ooklunidt, acknowledging the ability with which be
MA while presiding over the committee, pressed the claims
of the bondholders, that gentlemen retired, intimating
that ha was too unwed to remain while the business of the
des was transacted.
Mr. Carat. having taken the chair, said, that though he
was so much pressed by other occupations, and suffering so
much occasinually from ill-health that he had determined
ea retiring Irom the committee, he felt compelled to respond
to the unanimous vote of the meeting just passed in his
favour, and to say that, so far as hie services for another
year could be useful to the Mexican bondholders, the were
at their disposal. (Hear, bear.) The committee had given
much time and attention to the subject, and that they had
not succeeded in obtaining justice for the holders of the
bond* was doe not to their want of exertion, but to the
bad faith of the Mexican government.
The advertisement calling the meeting was by the direc-
tions of Mr. Capel now read, and the report of the commit-
tee, which has been published, wes, in accordance with
the wish of the meeting, taken as read.
Mr. IIICHmoND, a member of the committee, stated, in
reply to a question from a bondholder, that certain resolu-
OM hod been prepared which would involve all the points
that could lead to discussion, sad upon those resolutions
any observations it might be desired to advance would be
received.
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting would observe beta the
report, that with regard to the certificates Ames ma a cer-
tainty of their obtaining soother ss. per cent. use them,
and that there we a claim es Manning and Machine* for
240,000 dollars, and another upon the gourmets; of
Mexico for 650,000 dollars, which, if realised, wadi give
about 355. per cent. more; but in regard to balk these
claims it was doubtful whether they would be resseend.
The paragraph No. 4 in the report states :—" The ems of
130,000 dollars due for the cotton hexane, has been mined
to the amount stated, by an expenditure which the lOW
missiuner of your committee thought it incumbent on Id"
for the interest of the bondholders, to incur on his own
responsibility," was an important ones and required their
consideration. They were aware that in anticipation of the
payment of dividends they had been involved in great and
costly charges. There was an advance of 60,0001. for that
purpose, at a cost to the bondholders of 6,61.01., soul on
another of 160,0001. the oast was 27,0001. This, however,
was all fully explained in the report. He did not mean to
say that those who made the advances were to blame, but
there could be little doubt that parties on this or the
other side of the water had reaped some advantage at the
expense of the bondholders, which could not have been the
case had the Mexican government kept faith, and paid up
the deficiency, and the two dividends in arrear. But what
he would urge upon the meeting was that, as it was
pretty certain a great portion of these premiums for the
advances came out of their own pockets, the,. should be
very chary how they encouraged any anticipation of a
oivtdend before they bad more in hand to most it. They
would observe that the committee had protested to the
Mexican government, in reference to the non-payment of
the dividends, and it was in contemplation to follow up that
protest by another. With reference to the appointment of
local agents in Mexico to naive the revenue set apart fee
the payment of the bondholders by Mr. Falconnet —a point
which was alluded to in the report—be wished to express
'his opinion that but for that agents no part of that revenue
would ever have been obtained. (Hear, hear.) Those
agents were originally appointed for the purpose
'of the Moan. Borings' remittances the 800,000
dollars paid by them in anticipation of the dividend.
Their exertions had been most beneficial in obtaining and
keeping in their possession, for the payment of the interest
on the bonds, money which, but for them, would never
have been devoted to that purpose, and though it entailed
a charge of one-half per cent. commission, the advantage
was fully commensurate with the expense. He should add
that under the agreement with the Mexican governments
the appointment of these agents rested with the herb
holders themselves, not with the government. It was
however, that the Mexican government had not kept faith
with their creditors, but had tampered with that portion of
the oo which had been expressly set apart for the pay-
ment of the interest of the debt. It was true a pronuncia.
meow had taken place at Tampico, and certain of the cusp
toms duties had been reduced, and prohibitions had been
abolished, but that did not interfere with the rights of the
bondholders—the rebels were not rebels to them.
(Hear, hear.) Mr. Talconnet had, however, pro.
mieed to furnish the coalmine with accurate accounts of
the us, so that in future the bondholders would be in a
position to ascertain exactly what amount belonged to then
The neat point he would allude to was the progress of the
conversion, and upon this be desired to urge upon even
one who was interested in the question, that the last day fur
making that conversion was the let of April, and if it was
delayed beyond that time the certificates would have to be
sent out to Mexico before they could be converted, which
would of course occasion considerable trouble and much
delay and expense. With regard to the custody of the
funds, the committee were, as they had always hem, of
opinion that they should be entrusted to a joint *gamy
that was, that they should be remitted to the joint holding
of Col. Fazio, the Mexican financial agent, and two persona
acuminated by the committee of bondholder. At present
the .funds were remitted to the Messrs. Baring% but that
might have arisen in this way. On closing the advance of
the 800,000 dollaes made through the Messrs. Borings, they
applied to the committee to know what was to be done
with the balance remaining in their hands ; the committee
answered that the transaction was one between Messrs.
and the Mexican government, and they (the com-
mittee could give no erden on the subject. Thh was
communicated to the Mexican minister, and since that time,
from nun inisundentandiog, the funds had been remitted
to that firm. They would see by the report that It was sa-
lt/essay doubtful whether they would ever receive the
promised grant of public lands. The Mexican government
met the demand for it by saying whether the right to the
lands tested with the central government or with the fede-
ral government of the stets la which they were situated.
And with regard to the 980,000 which had beat best to the
Mean Borings as the guarantee fend, that had all boss
appropriated by the Mexican govesament. That mosey
was sent expressly as a tee ea the understanding
that if it were mot req for the of the advance,
the Meziess goverment should have idgbt sidisposieli
of it, sad they bed demo we-though the emersieso 'se
Pedant that it meld to have bee hooded over to
be fur the bleat if the Medheiden. The re
-.tires whisk, is behalf of the cessimittee. he shield
hen to move were deeded ea their repot moo
" That the tepee of the enunittes, dosed he 2116
'Wilt hes now beet pesseated. the emeleeL—lbillait
meting walk* eggnog ofawe he appeisemeat ef
even pen wed Metier of the samba de=
whew esteem-hems is heated. anial tbsk ermigureat
eturiag the present troubled and shied melee homentry,
m the .enpmes et the beediesidess, he theism milestion,
custody, and tailiNdlielalli the remises assimeed. le the
&Beige delite—i flhat his mesas ha kennel wit the
ifisieneellareased dieggelelmost that his eassilisey the
gessett. Waists: of Timm * Maximo has expeased an
to Negress that Wheadholden have normad
diall isal lag my sues wbMe he armee of
eismens:medarthe egsseerme 11111. —Tbat they
Neese ia sad Wept ibetelatieleet whisk, fa sapiwailySi
eeWmn,lfwM
Palsineet has Ito ha nestabeis
tt Oteleem end ludineee ecif
Assoby emir* ahem he reashOldi
hose= uNis .lessidarl.
its he,nibiZt Load
«rust mesh fidissupigh—Wl the donee girth. Idezkom
pensmest, iessal the lith October, 1850, for the coo-
nodes of the debt suing to the foreign bondholders, is as
Mom :•—• That the said two minims fire hundred thou-
sad wish the me.s .embed up to he date if
ihe west leter, and also with wont may be week ed up to
W ftscietted the settlemed whided=el to these to- ,
emi moiliten shall emailina paid fur all
of dhidends up to &say dash egress.* to
re this
t'—That=—That the =Mil arises sierninuflabie
tisk is that the to he
bleihelhes ender the Coammisf rearthat hod mend
D's.
zeithesseptemed the deem fee themes Commies
as he =M We, sere te be applied
ZW:gf. fa
ibe the moveofdue up *the be
Issiarg. 1111. trim tibia Gate She Mastics les par Mill
realm= wee le emaimeseee—Thet it was with he dem
aim& malmsteedieg hat se ether maitmeties meld
be pass the teem et the dorm that the boadheidese gem
huh seselise to the seeversies. inreirkg, as it did. seek
ea mamma seed*, ef thskjust skims; sad this
themehre. menihes that sitempt ea the pint sl%
Medea geesim met is put nay oraeries-
steesties is the soil Seam snags te diminish the mese*
of &the tart heal be es (maths towards the swam of
diviikads would be a direct breech of good
• Moieties of the terms of the earownedi
rrwhigh hey meet estessaly ead esergetiselly-prelsetr
the gnemlea lambed la he fourth paragraph ha
' read hem the Tepee; eel which referred to the messy paid
by Mr. likeness to Wm* the Nazism elemales to Am
tieexport el the two-aninplelf million if
wag to be exported heed duty,
led whisk bedistra
, as eget geselke by OS memittey be should here a vow
halise le germ ~verb. Hie eel SIM mhis eolisegass
hem hue mere to he kismet el She
if that We bed net leas Issught deemed
Elesemisa at the smiths t 'Man. however. wens el •
Mee* aphelia ; sad it bed barn the best. seder the
to take the mese of the meeting epos
Cilligh=ere these—en applimeke was mode to the
Salm government to :Wont
et
as
bee:posted bee etas seemeary".l.l4l,
tr= 1::, 'I per eat. They named It to the Chem
berierhe, bye largo melorigarkkutefesed is. Mr. Fineman
inemoliately applied to the el Menke requesting
het be would mad beck the r
weel:Wks ef tbs Chamber with
artimaglii—an abeelatilir tar 6.llll.oblaberftliklitt;nhloblakd
dissalbalerrekiAlaa*"l:ll7osadririteglislathihgiberea r:•.4.ShollsarbfThlweo-PrudAisi:tattheonliiiCseellasilezPeted:
to do so, saying that all he desired was to carry his point;
and negotiations were then entered into through a third
party to induce • andlcient minority to vote against the re-
solution. It was found that nothing lees thaa a peonaiery