The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-03 00:00:00

SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL

I.aot night a public meeting. w,in held at the Insti-
tutimi. rarlieleedrect. l'ortatan-market, tar the purpose. as
expressed by the public placard., " to take into crinsidern-
thin the bill introduced into parliament, by W. Williams,
E.g.. NIA'. for Lambeth."
Mr. L. KYEZOIL en being elected to the chair, stated
that on all occasion he was ready to stand forward in ad-
vocacy of the intervene of the porttraslesmau. The meaeure
which they were met to &era,. had been introduced into the
Ilowie of Commons by Mr. Williams. hut if he persisted
in this bill he would be sent to taitutry by the people of
Lambeth, a, he formerly lent hie seat thr voting against
interest, of the people. lithe Mosaic law wan to be the
law of the land, let them carry it out so as to embrace all
elaseee, and not the poorest and those least able to help
thentselv“. if they were to have a Sunday, let the whole
inuntry, and all clawies, have it. The cimages of the rich
were not to be touched, nor the railways, nor the retie, nor
munibuets, why then apply it to the poor petty tradesman
who was rtnttrgling to get a living ?
Mr. 'WILLIAMS moved a resolution affirming "That
the bill fur the suppression it Sunday tradinei, now in com-
mittee, is partial, unjust. and cruel." The bill. he said,
only applied to the metropolis, so that while it was
Sunday here it might be some other day iu another
part of the country. The bill wan mo,t tyrannical.
Evert man had nut a Saturday night on which to
pnrefiuse his provisions, and many of them lived live or six
114 A single room, where the pros isiell4 could nut hi long
kept. The great brewers supported this bill because it
shut up shop:, while it left their public-hones untouched.
Mr. lit/WEN seconded the reeolution—He said that no
M4ll hail any right to legislate between him and the war
in which he occupied the Sunday. A working man could
only devote himself periodically to his children, and on
Sunday if he gave his children a halfpenny they wished to
spend it. and if they were to be interfered with, all
item under ten years of age must meet and petition parlia-
ment against the 1111,49111 V.
Dr. M.DOL- ALL spoke to the resolution: if the poor
were to he pointed at by the acts of parliament, it would go
on till at last they would arise to put a stop to it.
Mr. JEWELL proposed a resolution declaring " That
this meeting reprobates legislation be the House of COM-
motu for the iiheervance of the Sabbath. such being a step-
ping-stone to abridge religious liberty, and au assumption
of power over the consciences of those who dissent from the
doctrine of the church of England."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. Darettt : and, after
being supported at some length, the resolution was carried,
and a pAitiou to parliament agreed upon against the bill.

REPEAL or THE TAXES ON R-NOWLEDGE.—A pub-
lic nit cOug was held on Tuesday at the Institution, Sohn-
stn,t, tottentuun-court.road, to advocate the repeal of the

tax. son knowledge. Dr. Epps took the chair, and said
that their object was to inturm government that they
were desirous of having the mit:s on knowledge removed
as well as the taxes on bread. lie stated that the Penny
Colopwlite had cost a sum of 42,0001., and that the pro-
prietor had derived no benefit from it, though he had to
pay tar it to government a duty of 16,000/. .• Chambers's
Miscellany," which had contributed so greatly to
the diffusion of knowledge, had to pay govern-
ment a sum of 6,0001. out of 18,0001., which the
work cost. Before disemtinuing the work, they
had r ceived a communication from America stating
that the y were to cease from sending their publications to
the United State. because the duty on paper enabled the
Americans to produce them cheaper; and so they lust the
sale of their work, not only in the fruited States but in the
British colonies. In ,very stage of the manufacture of
paper the manufacturer was hampered by the excise regu-
lations. which were must tyrannical. They must have tree
trade in knowledge, by the removal of all taxes which pre-
vent:a the circulation of knowledge. If these duties CS
knowledge were taken of it would add greatly to the
amount of labour and industry. The experiments
made in making paper from straw were put a stop
to from those Laws which shackled the making
of paper. Mr. Richard Moore moved a resolution
denouncing all taxes which impede the spread of know-
ledge as highly obstructive to popular education and to the
intellectual and moral improvement of the people. The
whigs, he said, when in opposition called fur the freedom of
the press. hut when in power did nothing to remove the
shackle- which humid it. Mr. Alexander Campbell seconded
the resolution. Mr. C.,llet moved a censure on the conduct
of the Board of Inland Revenue in permitting a number of
registered newspapers to stamp only a part of their edition,
while denying that privilege to others. Mr. Holveake
seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.

BAILWAYS.

THIS DIY.

Two o'CLosx.
The appearance of the share market to-day is very
unlike that of yesterday. The speculative sales, from
which the market has been suffering, have ceased. and
the expected reaction has been much strengthened by
a renewal of purchases iu severaldescriptions. The
consequence is, that prices have sprung up again
with extraordinary rapidity. The improvement ex-
tends to evc ry description, but many of the heavier
stocks have experienced the chief benefit from it.
Gnat Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshires, London
and North Westerns, South Westerns. Midlands,
South F..uderns. and York and North Midlands, all
mark considerably higher.

MAIM AND *roma UNGUARANTEED.