The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-22 00:00:00

THE MILLOWEERS' AssociAnoN, nays the Lirer-
jowl Mandard, ha. decided on not resorting to a temporary
caseation of work by closing the mills entirely. The step
was sonsid,red by the meeting not only improoticeble, but
ia the highest degree undesirable, and likely only to lead
te very severs privations among the (wary population.
REHUCrION op WAGE.9.—Mefers. T. Ainsworth
sea Co., spinners, at Preston, have given notice of a reduc-
tion on their spinners' wages of flys per cent., and the
Preston Chronicle says, that other firms ere likely to adopt
the same coarse.

Rescat~a Mons.—The mills of Meson. Serninson
Barley and Co. and Mr. Riley, at Preston, whiob suspended
work a week or two ago, hare both commenced working
four days a week. Messrs. Gardner and Atkinson' mill has
commenced workisg eleven instead of ten hours a dui.

YORKSHIRE.
SCIAKSTEIRE'S BIRTH-PLACE.—A subscription has
bean commenced at Leeds, uod•r the ausp:ces of the mayor
and the vicar, in aid of the fund for the pr i serration of the
birth-place of Shakspeam.
SUSSEX.
ACCIDENT 3 ON THE BRIGHTON AND SOCTII-COAST
Rat LWAY.—On Sunday night an old man, who has the care
of the gate which crosses the road at Taring. near Worthing,
having firgotten all about the luggage-train from Ports-
mouth to Brighton, closed thy gate after all the passengers
had passed, and went to bed. About midnight the goods
train close along, and dashed through the gate, shivering it
into piece', but fortunately without throwing the engine off
the line, and no one was hurt. Yesterday morning a similar
accident occurred on the same line at Bedhampton. The
gate was closed, and a train, containing a quantity of silver
bullion, which left Portsmouth tit four o'clock, went through
it with eonsiderahic violence, carrying the gate and the poets
with it. Some of the wood-work became entangled in the
wheels, but di .1 not throw the train off the line.

HERTFORDSHIRE.
A SYSTEM OF OUTRAGE AND INTIMIDATION ban for
mime time put been pprac•iaed towards the person and family
of Mr. Sparrow, of Westmill, near Buntingfield. Not long
ago his house was set on fire in three places, and but for
timely assistance would have been entirely consumed.
Since that time a number of anonymous letters have been
left at the h :use, directed chiefly to Mrs. Sparrow. In one
of them the writer requested that lady to meet him in •
field near her residence, adding that she might be accompa-
nied by her husband, and that if she would give the writer
an opportunity for explanation he would forget all his claim
to revenge. Airs. Sparrow did not, of course, attend at the
appointed piece. The conspirators continuing to alarm the
family, Mr. Sparrow has offered a reward of 1001. to any
person giving information which may lead to the conviction
of the incendiaries, and two additional rewards of 50/. each
for the apprehension of the partied delivering or instigating
the delivery of the letters.

GLOUCESTER NIUSICAL FESTIVAL—OLOCCESTER,
TVE.6I3/..Y. The festival commenced to-day. The pro-
KM Male consisted of selections. Overture, " Esther,"
Handel. Anther, " Blessed is He," Boyce. Grand bet-
tingen Te Deism, Handel. Anthem, " Here shall soh
charity repair," and grand coronation anthem, " I was
glad," Attwood. A sermon was also preached by the Rev.
Dr. Ellerton, one of the clerical stewards of the festival. The
weather, we regret to say, wax very unpropitious ; neverthe-
less, we are informed, the attendance was quite as numer-
ous as upon any previous occasion, and, if we may judge
from present appearances, the anticipations of the promoters
of
the festival will be fully realised. The performance of
" Elijah" to-morrow, will attract a full and fashionable
company, for we hear that all the seats reserved for the occa-
sion arc already secured, and applications for a further supply
are still pouring in from all parts of the country. Every
one appears anxious to hear this celebrated production, and
the Gloucester Festival will have the credit of producing,
thus early, one of the greatest efforts of genius of this or of
any othi r age. A concert and ball will take place this
evening at tile Shire-hall.