The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-06 00:00:00

IIErItEaF.NTATION OF TIIE TOWER HAMLET:es—A
meeting of the West Haekney National Itefinmi Asses-adios
wa.. held on Monday ut the Lamb Tavern Aeumbly Room,
Kim/eland, for the purpose of making 41 return of name. to
the borough committee of pereome suitable to represent the
Hamlet+ at any future election. The notice.. coiling the
meeting, it appeared, had only lain delivenvl during the
day, wan Wounding a large number of gentlemen attended.
—Mr. Matson, the ehairman, eaid they were met on a moot
important ,rev-ion, and the lonsinems to +shirh their atten-
tion would h, directed wa. of on important character, via.,
the making a natant of nom,+ to the loromugh committee of
person. to represent them in the 1/0113V of Commetni in caw
of a vacancy or dboolution id parliament. One of their mem-
ber+, Mr. fa-forge Thommon, was abevnt in America, and
in env of a general election he might not be nominated, us
(tho• chairman) believed it we. necessary to helire in the
hands of the returning 0111 C, r 21/0/. a. a guarantee for ex-
Wan,. Their other member, Sir William Clay, had voted
for Mr. Hume'. motion; hut it wax for the meeting to
my whom thee coonsiolenel the most fit to reprcoent them.
Ile thought the I.t.t rooftree to he pursued would he for
gentlemen to meittion the names of two or three pelican
whom they comsat-nal it most desirable to have for their
repreaentative., and then take a ballot nn the name* men-
tioned. By adopting ouch 3 plan it would he universal suf-
frage amongst the mini?. es, and which any person might
become on the payment of one ehillione. Mr. IlUglie3 having
lacer tall. el meet by the chairna.on to name two or three
p.m., rose, but was by Mr. term, who proposed
rather lengthy To-solution approving the conduct of the
persount no miters., and pledging the alerting to commends
an enniaol .iolouription .fungi chilli.,; each a. a complement
OT 1,11) OOTIR of member. Mr. Vigne seconded the remit,-
lion. Mr. footer obto doll to Mr. (I. TI10111p,31), complained
of hi. a1..0 nee, and ...lid h' scarerly corer spoke in the house
Mr. Wickham defetioleol Mr. Thompson, and mid he Win
not fairly ripurted, he hail ben in the gallery and had
heard boo male one of the most brilliant spenhes ever de-
livered, and the neat morning not a "liable of it 411.Pears4
in Oil- paper.. Mr. Smith comealereof it Ile-indite to return
the 11311.11, of the tonsent member.. Mr. Wipe objected to
the n.olootioon, he considered that the borough was not
fairly ro pri eunto a by sir William Clay, and moved the
("tinning onto oho nt, which was comb of by three to one :
That Sir Won. Clay ol ors not fully Tenement the feelings
anal opistioni. of the aro ten of tho• Tower Hamlets ; and
that any dia.us.ion on Mr. Thompeon's nithdr.owal is pre-
matiter." The ('hairm on, hunter urged upon the meetin2
the neeeeeity of furnishing name e to the central o•ommittee,
noel stated v might not have agnin the opportunity
lot dung .4 Mr. Smith 1113111311 the fallowing resolution,
whieh nee That the report of the central com-
mittee having Ina u submitted to !hi. association, resolved,
that should anntla r rho tiom occur they are really to support
Mr. 11. 'I hornison, but, at the present time, reserve their
mini., or to the es•ntlemin who .hould he amociated with
kiss." Ss•veral gentlemen complained of the shortness of
motive railing the meeting, that th •y• had been taken by
surpri.•, and reeommenoled that a mom public one should
be embed, which wa. re.lral upon and fixed for Thum-
LIT week. After thank, to the Chairman the meeting
GREtT FIRE. IN ()IloßllseTltEEr.—Yestertlar after.
nom, at 3 few minute. before 9 Orb,: k, a tiro., invo.obing a
e. risme diatnartinei of %satiable property, lank.: out in the
pr. nu.. of .Mr. Smith, perfumer too her ilajesay, 1, l'rinetv-
elreet. Oxfoonl-street. The building, including the has.
an ut, was tivo door. high, and wag adjoined on one side by
the range of prom:dee+ belueging to Messrs. Thomas and
Itols•rt Marlyn. the silk mercer. awl haloorheohers, which
Camel the earner building of that portion of Regent-
circa.. The property of Mr. Osborne, a Jeweller and eilver-
smith. flanked the other side of Mr. Smith's establish-
ment, and owing to the large quantity of corn-
hustible matter in the last-named place of
it 14.11 teearne apparent to all proaent that a
fearful conflagration in all probability would be the r•-omit.
l'nfortunately, tle• fears of the inhabitants were soon
realised, for the fire mounted territirally, igniting not
men Iv every floor of the premiece in which it commented,
but also. the sidelining property of Me+ers. efartyn, no that
in Lea than a quarter of an hour aft'i the alarm was given,
the 01. strurtion of en. ry building nrar eetmed inevitable.
It i. mils. 41 door a hook, containitir otene perfumery
spirit., bad le en roiaced on the mantelpiece• in the counting-
hou.e. There being a fire burning in the grate, it is *up-
pa.+l that the heat moist have alter, d the temperature of
the spirit., and cannel their espansion, from +noldenly the
bottle hunt. the contents ran into the hers le-how, and then
arooleflßC immense sheet of dune, igniting the moraine-hooter.,
and every other room in the building iu rapid *neves...inn.
In a very brief pairel the engines of the London brigade
West of England. and St. Marylebone parieh were nn tbs;
spot. An iminediate supply of water ..1,1 obtained from
the main 111' the Clranol J motion and %Viet aliddleaex Com-
panic., and capon. greaten of W.lt r were %ratterd rarer
the tinning premises, lout in spite of the exertions of the
n. the work of devastation continued, and it was
nearly 4 'clock before the flame. COLIIII I.e sulebeal, and
not until the whole of Mr. Smith's +minable .teak in trade
was toorounied, his furniture, wearing apparel, *WI other
effects entirely destrnyed. The o•ito wave property or
Moises. Mnrtyn is also severely &magi-A—the costly
goods in the show-room arm either deetroyed or
materially injured by fire and water, independent
of which the whole of the hack window* are burned
out, the various rooms seriouely charred by the
action of the fire, and many of the barge plate glans win-
dows are demolished. The total loes must be very eon.ith•r-
able, and unfortunately Mr. Smith was not insured to one
half the extent of his actual loss. Mr. Oeborne, the silver-
smith and jeweller, who has oleo sustained great damage by
water, was unineured, but fortunately Messrs. Marlyn were
Mauna] in the National Mercantile fire office.
Flttl'D ON A Sr..twatt.—A sailor. lately paid off
from H.M.S. Prince Regent, at l'orteninuth, received a re-
mittance ticket, =outstare to 341., payable in London, and
preeented it yesterday at the Pay-otftee. Whitehall, and re-
ceived 'Cyril live pound notes. On leaving the office he was
accented by a gentlemanly-looking man, nhoookeil the .ailor
if he would show hint the way to the London Hocks, when
Jack protfered his assistance to show him the road, and on
reaching that locality the gentleman invite 41 the sailor to
take some refroohnient ins publie-house. Whilethere they
were joined loy another person who entered into conversa-
tion, and described himself as being a gentleman of fortune
who. had come up to London to nmeive suone props•rty.
They then asked to be shown the tunnel, and afterwards
entered another public-house on the Rotherhithe side, and
there the, kind friends managed to obtain poesenion of
the sailor's Bank of England notes, and substituting in
their stead the paimr of the " Bank of Elegance." The
sailor, in one houry teat the whole of his hard earnings fur
three years.
AN AMOCIATION FOR IstraoviNt; TILE CONDITION
or Nlll.l.l‘ll* awn DaitIiSMAILEIVI has been formed in
Mauch ogee. Two main objects are—to limit the hours of
labour, and to promote a half-holiday on Saturdays.