The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-11 00:00:00

MEETING IN WALBROOK.

A meeting of the parishioners of St. Stephen's,
Walt:reek, sad So. Beret's Stterekog, was held yesterday,
is the vestry-room of St. Stephen's Cherub, to take into
oonsideration, and to express an opinion on, the proposed
plan for establishing Sunday labour in the General Post
saes.
At 12 o'clock the chair was taken by the Rey. GEORGE
CROLY, who read the Reties sterthing the meeting, end
proceeded to observe that they had been told that the pro.
po.ed &wee in the Post• Aloe would not increase the
labour of the permit" employed ; bat the best answer to
that was the declaration of the *aka themselves that their
labour would be most seriously *crossed. (Hoer, hear.)
It op ed that they had not mere* gives expression to a
eaenal opinion to that sheet; but had sent a deputation
from the inland &path** to the Bishop of London, pray-
ing for his powrrfsl influence to av at the change. The neat
eonsidention was, whether the ohmage was demanded by the
mercantile interest. He bed been present at the great
=retie, fa the Coy, when the leading merchants lineal-
woreely declared, that sot only did they not want the change,
bat were deti tally adverse to it. (Hear, hear.) The next
point to be coosuidered, was the necessity of the innovation.
At the great meeting at Freemason'-ball, the necessity was
entirely repudiated persons of every class and profession.
(Hear, hest.) It bad been urged that there was already
Sunday labour is the sountry post-offices. If so, be was
sorry see it, and he hoped that the result of the present
movement would be to extinguish Sunday labour to the
post-ohless all over the country. (Hear, hear.) If
ever there had been ma excess for Sunday labour
in the transmission of letters, it surely did not exist
*the present age whisk was assisted by_ the these boat.
the *those the electric telegraph. The great towns
were low 'brought into immediate communication, and
surely, with such aids as he had mentioned, might Garry o •
their transactions without Sabbath desecration. (Hear,
hear.) It appeared to him, and* all the theunothnees,
that Bret, the reposed thongs was net necessary; next,
that it was an ungrateful retain to the Almighty for the
removal of that *entente which bad decimated oar popula-
tion ; and, thirdly, that it should be opposed, as being the
probable commencement of series of measures which would
• end in the total dierentlea of the Sabbath. (Hear, hear.)
lir. R. CUNLIFFE moved the first resoletion to the
offset that the general observe** of the Sabbath in this
cannery had been a great cause of the bbimings we had
enjoyed
Mr. ACOR lINWIN seconded the resolution, which's*
put and carried, with two dissentients.
Hr. G. W. ItARRISON moved the next regetutiou, ex-
pressive of the slum _al the saseting at the proposed deft-
creaks of the Lord's day. They feared that the proposed
alteration in the Pomba** would lead to general non °b-
angle*.
Mr. TIPPETTS *seeded the vesoletiou, which, as before,
pared with two dissentients.
Mr. BOCK moved a resolntket denying the necessity of
the proposed change In the Post-office as regarded the mer-
maids interest, or that it was desired by the productive
Blames, who were net at all desirous of increasing their hours
of labour.
Hr. WHISTLER *candid the resolution, whisk wee
put sad carried as been.
Mr. MIIRREL moved the presentation of a memorial to
the Lords of the Treasury, em odying the foregoing resolu-
tions, and their insertion in the deity papers.
Mr. KENDRICK seconded the resolution.
Mr. LE BLOND Moved en amendment, thanking the
geveraniese far a serfage( 14 tests I. the delivery of letter,
sad also he an sreanspeathe by which, with the aid of only
"WOW smtwa, Muth Sunday labor* would be avoided
In the pisbehigge thee the othstry. Ibis amendment
pee vise es semediessmin, daring which the w”lous argu-
ments were repeated. It was ultimately derided in the se-
ethe% may the bands *lag held up in its favour.
The edgiest resolation was then snarled, thanks were
*lei go the shainsan, god the swath, separated.

MEETING IN CUM/LEW/ILL
A seeds, of the iahabiteats of the parish of St.
Juni, Clesteawell, was hold yesterday eviang at the
&hoot Ran, Annal-street, tor the purpose et Was; fate
natideratka the order fro. the Tressery to apes the
Gamiest Poet eine kir the truism:idol of butane Sas-
days. The 'Mk was takes at sena ells& by testis Rey.
Yr. Paktum.
Tb. Rev. kr. Cant sad several ether gesdasen having
ran simian the staplonseat et the clerks to the Pest-
es te Intsbalk, jai pointed out the evil ernierquesees
*web would eases Inn it, a assedel to the proper
autherints depresadas the proposed mann was adopted.

MIMING AT BERM 111011•14-41 Resew et dal
iababitaata of the parish of St. Marta, is Hire,
wee had m Tuesday owalai, at the imam* of tie RIM.
3.C. killer, the meow. • memorial was
the P ort-aloe. adopted simian{
y =demi= of the Swaim labour at

BILOTAIf POMO& —la 111111011111S0D Of the
beerefona io meetly
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ell the poubellbee sutborltise here ere
a sew oravetttlea, dee eldest 0 whit& will be to
Weds, dimes es leeks, to rid frees that ens.
grit le eeslsiebtei that Ils Steers Mee Ise lame
sok mew** fewer/we et so swine 'SWIM a pre-
palliasse te be ails es lelem awe that w*lit.
—Weekly CAressieit.