The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1846.

addition of a portion of pea► to the broth. and two pinto of mirk
iosavad of int to each gallon of the oatmeal porridge, it woo.'
be rendered as nutritive ani palatable as c possibly be de-
sired, but that means be taken to enforce the proper preparation
and cooking of the whole of the food of the inmate.; the committee
are therefore of opinion that no blame attaches to the authorities of
the parish, in consegnence of the death of Mary Anne limes, provided
she did in fact commit suicide for the reason previously stated by bee
to the girl Dueling; and the committee recommend that the several
improvements in the etas theation, discipline, and dietary of the work-
house above specified be immediately carried into effect ; also that
open areas be formed round the basement, and an eaves gutter round
the roof of the main laniktir.g, and the better meons of ventilation be
adopted for the female refractory wards, and that means be taken to
remove the dampness now ell-tlng in the rooms cie..upied by the
paupers in the basement awry."
It was then moved and seconded that a copy of the re-
port just read be transmitted to the vestry at their next meet-
ing on Saturday.
Mr. CLARIE then moved that a copy of the report,
with the evidence, be sent to the Poor Law Commis-
sioners, which was seconded; and after some further busi-
ness the Board separated.

INTERNATIONAL COPTRIGITT.—The Commissioners
of the Customs have received it communication from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, calling their attention to the sth article of
tne Prussian treaty, with respect to the stamping of books
intended for exportation to the United Kingdom. It
is desired that in carving into effect the orders in
council transmitted to tie Customs on the 3rd instant,
they will instruct their officer, to admit, on the scale of
duties specified in the schedule of the act of last session,
cap. SS, all such books as may be stamped in the manner
agreed upon in the above article, and to trammit to
them, for their information, patterns of the stamps which
have been forwarded by the Prussian government for that
purpose. Copies of this order of the Lords of the Treasury,
issued in compliance with and by direction of the last
paragraph in the orders in council affecting the matter,
with patterns of the stamps alluded to, have hen furnished
to the revenue officers in London, and the collectors and
comptrollers of the customs at the several outport, of the
kingdom, for their information and government, in carrying
the convention into effect.

THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.--An elec-
tion took place yesterday for the admission of pupils to this
excellent educational institution. There were fifteen vacan-
cies for boy s. The number of male candidates was seventeen,
but one name was afterwards withdrawn. There were ten
vacanei.s for girls and sixteen candidates. The election took
place in the school-house of the Society, in Kennington-lane,
Lambeth. The polling closed at two o'clock, and shordy
after a scrutiny was made, when it was ascertained that all
the orphara of both tees on the lists of candidates were the
successful competitors.
WANT OF SEWERS.—Yesterday, at a petty sessions
held at Westminst,r, to hear appeals against poor rates, Mr.
Rogue, clerk to the magistrates, as vestry cl -rk of the united
parishes of St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster, pro-
duced a memorial agreed to the precious day, at a meeting
of the vestry, and addressed to the Secretary of State. The
memorialists alleged there was a large extentof disease, par-
ticularly in the poorer neighbourhoo& ; that they were called
upon to contribute to the sewer rate, while they did not
enjoy the advantages of sewers. The memorialists say that
‘. it is expedient to alter the mode of appointing commis-
sioners, so as to give au opportunity to parishes of electing
them from their vestries, in order that each parish may be
properly represented that court." Mr. Rogers stated that
it was signed by the rector, the churchwardens, the over-
seen of the poor, and the whole body of vestrymen, amount-
ing to 150, and Mr. Williams, the collector of St. Martin's-
in-the-Fi.lels, said it was a fact that along the whole length
of Long Acre, adjoining the estate of the Mercer's Company,
there was no sewer.

PAVEMENT OF CIIEAPSIDE.—At a meeting of the
Commi•si^nerve of Sewer, yesterday at Guildhall, it was
reported that there was no longer anybody responsible for
the wood pavement of Cheapside, the London M ood Paving
Company having been relieved of its responsibility. It was
therefore resolved that the whole of the wood pavement
from how church to the west end of Clicapside should be
forthwith removed, and the carriage way be rclaid with the
same description of stone as Fleet-street. At the same
meeting the sewers' rate was reduced from 4d. to 2d. in the
!loam', and the consolidated rate, for lighting, paving, &c.,
was reduced from 4d. to 3d.

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday a meeting of
the inhabitants of Tower Ward took place at Bakers' Hall,
in Harp-lane, in consequence of a requisition presented to
Alderman Lucas, to consider plans for the improvement of
the thoroughfare through the ward, on account of the
numerous accidents which have occurred there. Alderman
Lucas presided. The tirt rewlutiou aarecd to was:
"That the inhabitant• of Tower Went, dc:•ply impressed with the
necessity fur an immediate alteration in the leading thoroughfares of
Great Timer.street and Mark-Line, in consequence of the greatly
inercuiag traffic through the confined street, of the mighbourhoot4
by which inust arbour accidents, and ntoppages in the highway
causing su•prnrion to business, are constantly occunino, earnestly
request that that part of the City might be presented 11/4 requiring
greater facilities for the transmission of heavy pasta to and from the
docks, tie., arid that the alderman and common council of the wan! le.•
solicited to bring the same before the notice of the corporation with-
out loss of time."

Mr. Wylie next moved a molution to the effect :
" That the inhabitants viewing with alarm the alterations contem-
plated in the formation of 4 new street from Little Tower-street to
Trinity-square, which In intersecting Mincing-lane and Mark-lane,
would seriously disturb the Colonial and Corn market,. besides de-
stroying a large portion of the 'mot valuable rentals in their vicinity,
and be which also the trade of rim it Tower-street would h• entirely
diverted, unit the property in that and the adjoining streets greatly
depreciated, tall upon the ,tlikrman and Common Council to state
such feelings to the corporation and the Commissioners of Metropo-
litan Improvements in order that some other plan of alteration might
be aduptvd, whereby their intertsta aught out be Nu ,eriouely injured."

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This motion having been seconded, Mr. Tite, the architect,
remarked that it appeared to him that the resolie ion just pro-
posed was somewhat inconsistent with the former proceeding,
of the ward, and proposed that a sub-committee should be ap
pointed, who might consider all the question, rather than by
a resolution of that day negative all the proceedings from
1837 downwards. Mr. Sisson proposed the last resolution,
which was as follows :
" The inhabitants of the Tower Ward having obtained information
that the government intend opening, for a carriage way, that part
of Tower-hill known as Buster a-row, curl having assert:aims' from
d`art survey, that acsess thereto from the east end of Great Tower-
atrat can be gained without difficulty, earnestly direct the attention
of the corporation and the metropolitan commicwiciners, to the plan
for widening (treat Tower-street, bring No. 14 plan of the city
improvements (1037), by which it was proposed to remove one aide
of Toweractreet, n small portion of Barking Churchyard, and two or
three houws at the corner of Trinity-terrace, by which alteration
vehicles to and from the clocks and the eastern ports of London,
would be curried across Trinity-square, a better approach would he
gained to the western entrance to the Tower, the traffic would be
confined to the leading thoroughfares of the ward, and the ventilation
of this pert of the City eon.siderably Improved. leaving also the Colo-
nial and Corn Markets unnadested, and affecting in a much less
degree than any other plan proposed the existing interests of the in-
habitants of the ward generally.'
Mr. Chillingworth seconded the proposition, which was
agreed to by a vast majority. Mr. Selson, as one of the re-
presentatives of the ward, assured the meeting that he would
give expression to their sentiments in the Court of Common
Council, with high gratification. After thanks were voted
to Alderman Lucas, the venerable alderman of the ward,
the meeting separated.
TESTIMONIAL. TO JOHN BRIGIIT.—A paragraph has
appeared in the papers stating that the testimonial to Mr.
Bright already exceeds 10,0001. This statement is incorrect ;
the cum already subscribed does not exceed 4,0001. The
It.schdale committee, with whom the testimonial originated,
expressly state in their circulars that they do not ask or wish
for large subscriptions, their object being only to obtain an
expression of acknowledgment of the services which their
townsman has rendered to the cause of free trade. The
4,0001. already subscribed has been received in answers to
circulars sent out, no returns having as yet been received
except from Wray, an agricultural village ; they have sent
nearly It subscribed in shillings and sixpences.
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PORTABLE PRESERVES. —A bird-catcher in the
vicinity of the Seven Dials announces that he will provide
birds, including powder, shot, and the use of a dog and gun,
at the rate of 2s. per dozen birds, which he will convey to
any " required distance."
rftE Stit'Tit EASTERN RAILWAY CONI PAN Y AND
THE THILSEITANTS or CANTERRURT.—The following an-
swer (dated 18th lust) has been returned by the chairman of
the South Eastern Railway Company to the letter of the
Mayor of Canterbury, including the resolution passed at the
public meeting held in the Guildhall of that city on the ith,
and reported in our paper of the Bth instant
"My dear Mr. Mayor,—l had the honour to receive your letter of
the 7th instant, incl.ins a copy of resolutions pissed at a meeting of
the inhabitants of Canterbury, in which it is stated that the increased
charge for carrying passengers on this railway is impolitic, uncalled
fur, and unjust, and is at variance with the farts and principles raid
down in an otlicial statement published by us in December last. I re-
gret vtry much that the inhabitants of Canterbury should entertain
opinions that arc in any way unfavourable to us. We hare appreciated
their good will and desire its continuance. But we could not purchase
it at the pric- of persevering with the first scale of fares, and it is our
belief that after due consideration we shall be justified in the coarse
we have adopted by the inhabitants of the county of Kent. amongst
whom we have already vpent Five Miutoss SrEauxu, with the etc.
brain prospect of a large further outlay,—a circumstance that would
make us hope. to be considered as having done some service to the
counts-, especially as we have hitherto reaped scarcely any advantage
ourselves. At vour convivial meeting at the Corn Exchange it is in
print that I said that our charge wan for the diagonal distance, but I
see no record of any pledge that the experiment we made was to be
continuous if it were found not to answer. Nov do I see anything in
our statement published in December last that militates against our
present arrangement.-1 have the honour, he. .I.3l'Carooa."
STEAM NAVIDATION.—On Saturday, the Vesuvius,
' a new iron steamer of 590 tone, built for the Neapolitan
Steam Navigation Company by Messrs. Ditchburn and
Mare, at Blackwell, with engines of 220 horse power on the
double cylinder principle by Meseta. Mandalay and Field,
went down the river from Blackwell to the Nore and hack.
It was high water at half-past one, and there was a fresh
breeze from the eastward. The vessel left Blackwell twenty-
five minutes before two, and tirrited at a measured mile in
Long Reach in three minutes and twenty-one seconds, being
at the rate of nearly eighteen miles per hour, so that allow-
ing one fiir the tide being in her favour, she was passing
through the water at the rate of about fifteen miles per hour.
The passage t 3 Gravesend was performed in one hour and
seven minutes, to the Nore in two hours and twenty minutes,
and the return voyage to Blackwell was performed in three
hours and three minutes, thus accomplishing upwards of
eighty miles in five hours and twenty-three minutes. This
magnificent vessel is intended to run between Marseilles and
Malta, touching at intermediate ports, and will, together
with another vessel of the same class and construction, which
is expected to be ready in a fortnight, be forthwith put upon
the station.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Yesterday, informa-
tion was circulated throughout the City and. Metropolitan
Police aistricts, of Frederick Juby, a servant in the employ
of Mr. Richard Parker, of No. 6, Dyer's-court, Alderman-
bury, having absconded, stealing and taking with him two
cheques, one for the sum of 821. 175., and the other for
671. 65., the property of his master. The delinquent is de-
scribed as being between 25 and 30 years of age, 5 feet 7
inches high, stout made, florid complexion, dark hair, thick