The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1847.

terries which man could render to
as dtes way, his grafted' for being. placed
lal .Der, u,` (Hear.) He would conclude his ob.
fittri= with one prectial remark, for he liked not to con-
k
re generalities. Th-re were always
co
in our gaols and houses of
gieekilitfe.7,o% between 4,000. end 5,000 every year in the
Lod ti o tTensport Ship were at all times conveying
obese I This criminal population aright amount to
I.*ll 30 000
*woe 20,000 and , thro2hout as., kingdom ; the
mould wee Immaterial ; knew it was tea great.
„uding those who escaped punishment, the
gibe bed mentioned might be doubled. How was
obrest ad to be ma Improvementas in our penal cede,
ecrt.inty of ateetion, w one important means;
het well considered the subject, agreed that
blii„&a, dila, .t system of punishment, or the best penal
weld !led' towards eradicating crime by punish.
sot It ...jilt deter peroons from getting into immoral
bie a had little effect on those once depraved,
sewn
bed hies had become a second nature, and who pre-
pped ea tbs probability of escaping punishment. (Hear.)
sat to do. effect of punishment in prepaying persona
6, *el en.,...e5, was the reformation of offenders,—
la
I to the honour of this country, at sane.
b, NvAwickshire. Bat a much more important
ZTO-er,,..seing crime was found in the education of the
b*, ...kb criminals mainly sprung. This class
pid the reh, the respectable (with few exceptions), nor
he meabes...., the strength and sinews of their country,
*pm labour bed been the real source of our national gnat-
s, (Cheer) Unfortunately, Criminals were mainly
bead among.. the destitute claw, who had not the means of
shades ft, their children ; and if schools, especially inf.nt
oggek, were established for this close, the maid effective
beibb too wnuld be taken for reducing crime. Assuming
fist the 100 1010 indigent pennons in London had 7,000 or
LOCO thikln a, from three to five yeah d, infant or train-
* KU& n.ight first to be established for this number, and
gas would the axe be laid to the root of that baleful tree
which was core' than the poison tree of the Indies. (Hear.)
Tido this effectually, be believed that state aid would be
*wary; but till that wad be obtained, let the utmost
bonetary ellerts be abb. This was his ease, as the lawyers
old ay, e r the ragged schools. Since their establishment
beam 200 3011 -Andrea had been rescued from the
teed a•plor tile igninance. Be trusted the efforts of the
thantabla .cold seer increase the number; and that bene-
volent per*, • would not content themselves with meaning
pod oily, but woad astraily do good. (Cheers.)
yr. Wan., the umetery, read a report, which stated
Mettle *Mob W lea speamiehortly after the last annual
peaties, whoa the aseit bed MOM than realised the expels.
imam ef the pesmalla • regularly trained muter and
Slitateniksi been esgeguL The number of children attitud-
inal*, sad Swag WM& ems near 300 ; those attend.
fixt ibe 1111...., school were taken in the morning to St.
&baydarr.h, under the are of the ousatheadents and
imam The boys led made eamideenha improvement in
ihe mann, rudiments el insewiteiga, mid had become much
am clean'? eaderly in their @evasion& With the
sib the mo.t decided impreeementbei alien place : or-
b*, cleanly, and attentive, they hal enerised every one
nfle lied visited the schools. In mar rowed schools, an
egempt bad beset samesellaily mole in provide the children
heel eater avails madams • end Mr. H. B. Ker,
fla recorder of Andover, had Aired Away guineas toward;
Iledi en Meese when the commitese were prepared to
Nay it into effect; at preeent, their crippled funds
Sabato any attempt in that diesestios. The committee
looked to the future with mesh apprehension, utheir means
am Welly inadequate to any Mthe schools in their pre-
late/fa The balms in the leamenee's hands would not
asp liat deposal& Open three seentha.
The Bishop of Remain floe sddreesed himself to the
allehen of the school, what ocarina and demeanour he
mid refuted every argument he had heard against ragged
schools. lie . elated to them, In simple language, an anec-
dote respetti• g some men end boys who were killed in a coal
ante illuorative of the influent* of religion on the miuds
eta young. His lordship then referred to a meeting, on
the pram. evening, in the Hanover-square Rooms, in sup.
pa of logged schools, and expressed a hope that the move-
ment you. '.on become general, not only in the metropo-
lis, but throughout the country.. Thirty years ago their
_ aak
ehainone bad taken part in the promotion of infant
camas, in •hick course he (the Bishop) had followed the
alibis lord, e.,d endeavoured to tread in nit steps. (Hear.) In
fhb object, much prejudice had had to be encountered ;
lint the pr nciple being once established, it must he AUCCeeI-
/IL Ten yeas ago, no one would have listened to the pre-
vail of a mega echoed; its promoters would have been
effierwhelm..l with obloquy and ridicule. Now, the objectors
*me silent ; and in ten years more, instead of hooting, they
wield be hooted. (Cheers.) It was said education was
may; but was not a criminal education costly ? Ardent
*eft were consumed to the extent of fifteen millions sten
lag a year; and if half that sum was devoted to the pur-
ples§ of ethic stion, a great moral reform. would be ahead.
Mar.) Who knew but that, from amongst the childrem
et Ohs ragged school, might spring men of the highest die.
saYbs ; tor it was • well-inown fat that the most eleveded
shalideas in this Gauntry were accessible to the humbles!.
Mating this in mind, let the friends of humanity redouble
heir exertions in support of these schools. If any ens
Vaal know how much could be effected by one energetic
ad determined mind, let them read, in the last numbers!
Sr Edinburgh Review, what had been done by Sarah Mar.
Ys.ln 6n xi Yarmouth, towards improving the condition of
isslates of gaols. Much wee done is these school', by
pilliseine cleanliness : he had never known a very wicked
ma with a very clean face. (Laughter.) By inculcating
Who of personal cleanliness and selkespect, half the battle
teed& be g .i..cd. (Hear.)
Mew a few words from the Rev. Hugh Hughes (presidest
alai sees 1) and Mr. D. W. Win,
Bad Beouonae., en Isaias the**, dated that be had
feet Ilegard 37 yaw in alias a rem* ainsegien. Ids
bed came to the easeasien that troth abirehmem and dir
sinters were very excellent friends of eidanseles, bat there
Was one thing for which they were each IMPS flocious —a
Victory over the other. (Applause, and semis expressions of
ditr.tilar maims then next &debased the meeting ; and
another hyena wee snag by the children. At the close
a ealeettoce was made in aid of the funds of the institution.

ENTERTAINMENT TO SIR HARRY G. SMITH.—The
washers of the Senior United Service Club gave a splendid
inartitionteut at their club-house in Pall-mall, on Tuesday
evadmg to Major. Can. Sir H. Smith, to celebrate the return
dim gallant °Meer to his native country after his arduous
@Whoa In the But Indies. Lieut.-Oen. Sir A. F. Barnard,
0.q.5., and G.C.H., presided, and the Earl Waldegrave
sampled thr vioschair. Sir H. Smith eat on the right of
ehalmMn. After the usual toasts, the health of
SUeate theltolte of Wellington was drunk amidst great
11 e. The pßant chairman then rose, and, having
ROO SMIONIIIIIIW address to the gallant general in whose
=they limonbled, proposed the health of Major-
Sir fly Smith. The health of the gallant general
MWlTi,med warm plaudits, and the teas* was drunk
r by
honours by his brave oomph one is arms. Sir
Istry Smith, in replying, expnred the gratification he
azpirienced at the cordial reception he had met with sines
lie arrival in England. The health' of the chairman and
the vice-chairman ware respectively proposed, shortly after
whhh the company broks up.
CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.—The annual general
out of the Incorporated Church Building Society was held
pettedly in the society's rooms, at 4, St. Martin's-place;
Orace the Archbishop of Canterbury, president, in the
Mob. The report stated that the number of applications in
&mune of the year has been 145, and the number of grants
1121, being more than those made in the preceding year.
Of punts, 50 have been made towards building addl.
tied churches and chapels ; 21 towards rebuilding eat
ehorshes and chapels ; and 62 towards enlarging existing
Hardee and chapels. Then gnats amount is all to
Ana The additional chunk seas to On obtained by the
undertakings towards which lbw grants have bees made is
the amnuat of 40,8443 sitting., at which UPS are to be
bee and unappropriated. The osoisey has now, dome ib in-
t/1001b in the year 1818, agile A la the oodles of TM new
disMaisse and chapels, of Vida amhar 330 ow amme whirl
taw been brought under the asosidersola et the Mal*
dub, the last seven years. The annalsr of
emawtained in the years 1846 and 1866, sad thy" raisfaisell,
Mg 160. Of the mass aided dusky the year. 30
sew d districts far which it is the Arai"
liglisa Comma' Wows will, be der limy have ea
=MN of providias adiewmwet. Them MOM sow
113 a populsdan 106,107 mesh, withsigies7 pewhise
Ihmeavor elmselmetma. Of the soar &gig tho
•iZoce 3,7901. las bar *goaded thstie=g
n these places, by whisk maw
walla provided for 21,668 mwmans, ibel
au* The total number °Emblem which ham someivol aid
boa the misty rose lhowaher, 1843, is now 103, esestain-
UNiOf atsgslher 277,331 and and the amount at *saw he-
* the weed* wakes and slap& he them
limb is 12,002 E; mai the Wed pr .Use if oirmeirresma
eilbieed by ths oasis Ws
_mid, aw time most sholhalm ;ism
WE beWWWltaabt 46,210* be tam But2odtheeedi
Lila ors nee yea sifted We the list of eakiebisel dis-
til* TM Ibt et *me diebkin palibleed by the ssesass,
thelOommiwisson ampimes SO photo t and lone h good
mum to below that IRMO of they ehmenios 001 fo be
mole& Twaei the belliai of OS" lbw as be ma
dm* the sosistra aid will he aengho—la brybsa may al
Ihmoinstior have beenaboady namlivedibit milkollern will
bawds to the sock* To bast Her applrirmy 'OM °a a
mimed bale of pm*, will rogoire a mama of *Oho dna
WNW. It was reported at the hi owsl gravel 0/11,
Ha the amount *ea 'heady rambseel an ass am of dram
Who' louden Emil Islam wme 13,8861. Daring Ow yam*
Pet ibr nee lledle miltedeme have COMP la, sod the
Mid amesunt readvad is SOO/a Ids. Bd. The
lame ban the bads of the treamorsr be the Slat=
tact, vas only 1,818/. 3d. ; the amount of great@
being. 60 6671., while the mama is pa=be gal
3d. lietwitiostandint the Madam whia the mask
hostsessgelkel slept its Joao of grub, thin ME
Mashy is newesing the aodheary bow oxlmodel
Imilre the dame eaa the aselety lOW leek kr easalewt eopil
lake. tram lbws elmonemboasem it hoe boom
Ow** canapes Illepaose way epallogly He =1
bit to them, or is mom et memipt bealtolienry esalalka-
hum TMmsbiriamamllolyesomcnglaenesmL The
smipts from densdisos, subleriEsamd amemitlemma ham
dlmessan and &last mesietios, w Inewtit asomealoi to
nasty 8,6001., have this year 7 Thor toe
tasty
esebadve of those base boa re.
Timweeed la sawn
ap to the to the " appear
prensot lately pot forth.
ppall Me, time,
OAK Ice
Is. ad. ; and the aromilles are glad be r forth..
• Moe imam* in the @amount of the anneal sub.
mipbons, The Eight Rev. the Mew ot Worcester moved
adoptioa of He meet, bid& was worded sad
M. In ratura*g by mskaowledipasst he a vote of
pried to hiss, 11M, Chow the Arekbhhop of Csatabary
alba* ia ten* of high poi* * the MIL snore them

7ettr, given by Mhe cettets kr the building of Marches.
veer et Swab were Nepsetively moved sad
seeedMil by di ef Wesemeer, Chester, end Glea-
m**, end Sir Meket M, vat Met re-ekeriag Masses
=Eel": 4 the liYtwZipel"el=, Bbattetpte,
Isa. _
MARTLIIIOIII AJMOCIATION.-- Yeehmity,
lismessabegosaMM pleas el the Marylebene Baited Rehm
e aS lite Wedateelena Biremk
_OtidiPPONNO• Km-
thdatlmpumh det Me ppm et ewaslasaleg tie Moine ef
Adliadel lir Main Napier, M.P., ea his &eglantine* by
pit rntd te the _neared ef the fleet in daTegne. The
remiedea vies !V
Beee puma : a&lie Mismgreleime aliededm buten OM the Mame Meal by Mr amble
f g me tds
MIA hie libek mugs Ma
ky him
andneatimalla F 1= ew
14
Ihrly simt Yen ; Mt Moe emeibeedes the Impssinse *the
dutles, leagen times and vela the
ears asseallse rsaregertnes=4e=r"g
weigh it
0. henjme seasime. ea • beim me-
1a lietrammelble WWI elleimerweiremee of sash dram
Anoeher w•,impeasive ef esedidence in the other
member foe the bereeed, Sir B. Hall, having been pawed,
and several gesehes eanae, the meeting separated.
THE Dom flocurrE.—The members of this society,
established in 1750 for the purpose of supplying the
poor with religious and moral books, held their 97th anni-
versary meeting yesterday evening at Exeter Hall. T.
Challis, F.eq., alderman, took the chair. The report stated
that donna the last. year the eunmittee had added 57 publi-
cations to the society's catalogue, with • due consideration
to the different ages, qualifications, and circumstances of the
numerous teatime, and that since the last annual meeting
between 9,000 and 10,000 of their publications had been
issued from the depository, and within the last four years
39,000 volumes were distributed, conveying the principles of
evangelical truth. The report concluded by strongly
urging on the public the claims of the society, and
particular attention to the fact that the terms of co-operation
were, that for every sabeesiption of one guinea per annum
the subscriber to the institution was entitled to a grant of
hooks, selected et pleasure, of the value of 11., at reduced
prices, and that the half-guines subscriber was entitled to
books valued at 71. ad., at the same rate. The balance-
' sheet showed that the receipts and expenditure from the
let of January to the 31st December, 1846, amounted to
8151. 104. Od., and that the stock now standing in the names
of the trustee* of the *misty amounted to 3,2741. 12a. I Id.
reeds. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. H. Shep-
herd, Bev. E. A. Dams, Hey. Dr. Barber. Mr. Pepper,
and the Rev. G. Pritchard, in support of one resolution, pro-
posing the adoption of the report, and another tothe effect that
the meeting and all the frlendaof such objects as were contem-
plated by the institution were deeply impressed with the
urgent necessity of frequent and fervent supplications to the
Almighty to render their exertions at once efficacious and
permanent. Both were adopted unanimously. The report
vigbeen adopted, end the officers fur the ensuing year
appointed, the usual vote of thanks to the chairman was
carried, and the meeting separated.
NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Last
night the annual meeting of the subscribers to the above in-
caution, founded for the relief of decayed and necessitous
newsvenders of the metropolis, took place in the News Ex-
change, Fleet street, for the purpose of receiving the report
for the put year. Mr. L. Wild having been called upon to
preside, said that in conaeqnence of use thin attendance of
the members present (in consequence of its being the Derby
day), it bad been suggested that it would be better to adjoum
to a future day. The meeting would not have bran called at
all for that day, knowing it was one devoted to pleasure, but
that they were bound to do so by their rules. Mr. Hatton then
mimed, and Mr. Hall seconded, a resolution to the effect that
the meeting should be adjourned fora month, which on being
BA, Vim envied. A vote of thanks having been given to
Os elmirmen, the meeting adjourned.
PUMICE DOUGLASS IN THE CAMBRIA.—The
marietions which, it will be remembered, were placed on
this gnatlemen, on Keditiedi of his being " allowed," after
ming his peseme-meney, as sail in the Cumbria, were, it
seems, net Mimi & the voyage. He reached home on
the 4th nit, and,ia• letter width he published in the Boston
Liberator, on We arrival. he states that he was not only de
prima of the *Akio ef eating in the saloon, but was also
sitat oat fume. sellaisee emmhip. There were two Sundays
daring the verge, sad is eudoemity with the relipioas ideas
of the eremsey, se weß es of the British public, regular
swim were performed es board, from which he was en-
filaded es amens* of the °Moor of his akin. On the other
Mad, " aside Bea this prescription," he concludes, " I was
as well provided for as any other passenger. Indeed, my
apartmeata were much to be preferred to any which I saw
on board. I was treated with the utmost politeness by every
officer on board, and received every attention from the
servants during the whole voyage."
lama ELEctione.—Sir,—Might I hope to enlist
your services in behalf of a measure much wanted ? In
England the time for county elections is limited Is two days,
for boroughs to one. In Ireland the army sheds= Issi
five dap, and I em not sure whether the boroughs are
Willed to a lees number. Every one knows whet excite-
ment is created even in this peaceful land by a matested
meaty election, bat in Iremsa, pertly from the driastwr of
the people, partly It meek multitude* being esegregaird
at one ironing ph.., It elm to a far_ greater pitelt data It
ever doss kers, and with hailer& th ea ene We
sad mimeses the other, yam* imagine she sasts ark**
endeendmisa theseaulptsem mem* fee dm kap days,
and the Wile Of fliiNawa the whets Meaty is reduced
to he menthe sherwards. • gsteseel eisetien is sew ap-
Mmehing ; famine and from me deanating that miaow
biami: will it then be wise te Wag together emit imp
name of an matted sad diosesei pepalsnen, and the
peeler thirds the fetes* sad mem unhealthy mouths et
doe year ? Weida It net be aim makat by a abort act to
Wad to us the bum& ef the Miglidt kw of eleeden,
restrict us to two days, ma Mew as se divide the ermaxim
Into electors] diet:lets with diothest ? Lopt
year there was an act intredesedl, P eflrabessut it Nay
the returning aisles le Moreau the number el
booths when the number et proem whose momsff.
with the mom letter, sal who 'sees otherwise be
at the same booth, email MO. I safer I lea
.70th=t dried to Me apprestidag *Mita, and
am only that Mb, wide mem to me ilkaly babe •
really act, has sot brag since bee. intsseriesed by too
Irish nurraber.—R. C.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN EOUNDSDITCH.—An alarming
fire broke out this morning, shortly before one o'clock,
tlitml the premises
nspector of M
ean aLlia..Dangvie,mat 100,
uster .f licoolintliat
steady repaired to the spot, and owing to their exertions
some Mrseewhich were under the main budding Were named;
but in a mace of time almost incredibly brief the whole.of
the manufactory Decease one immense sheet of Seam
which completely illuminated the whole of the city.
Intellfgenoe was promptly forwarded to the firc-ritatiesa,
and when the engines arrived, the Pair had at-
tended to 1103, Houndeditch. Water was most abamist,
and the firemen succeeded in getting the mew, by me
o'clock, but not before Mr. Davis's premises were seedy
gutted, the upper part of Mr. Wd% monsaseury best
out, and the lower part extensively deelegua hyulde 'sad
water. The children in the plass wan Meld to anima
eet Is
notate of nudity. Mr. Davis wee not Irani Mr •
lit= —ME SUICIDE NEAR THE BANK.
07 ENGLAND. Before Mr. Payne, in St. Thomas's
Hospital, on Tuesday evening, on the body of Valentine
Zia, a Gerson emlfirent, who cut his throat on Thursday
mpralegiZi k Ptimemelmost, Bank. The principal wit-
=l ihrwerd by Serpent Harding, of the City
were • Mr. Gibbons and a Mr. Dutton, both of whom
were mein the spot at the moment, and who distinctly
law be man cut kb throat. Mr. Dutton deposed that a
mend party was walking with the unfortunate man at the
time, but who immediately ran away from the spot, sal
mosepea melee. Dr. Sewell, the medical gentleman, peeved
dr 'Me et it the par fellow was in &trim the two days
he remained alive Es the hospital. The moon having
semesed Up, the jury returned a verdict that, " Weak@ •
Isis was in an unsound state of mind whom he 'smoke*
the lei sec" Berjeant Harding him used his Mout ow
demenes le buss out the man who ran away, but without
skeeliliel the slightest clue to him. It is hoped that this
ukases I'M some forward, or the friends of the poor man
may never be discovered.

INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINIDIBS.
The mooed seeds/ of the members of this instits-
Sea for the twat was wee laid at Birmingham, on
Meaday sea& J. B. M'Omsell, leq., of the Leas and
North-Wastent hallway, peesidlee. Several were
read ; stowed dam was ose by Mr. Buda, and
Matte' today, rtiog la a hairewelim "snag at et
la series of tiest lass ow the ericluatia Lem
opiaisa that by wag • erwobar of dm, Welt of adlidest .
dimity twat be Ireed hr the papaw al etaddes hes
hee the we. The repent it Li piper seemed la be that
its aeon* migleterve se a oils ha the wedreedla of
has se fiatihe veriest towslft et dr may be assembsiod
with He had expsedlleas of pews,. It hathsr set
forth the - gra ftveseett the eat was heed to be
upeadreKeyerematudarhataisawa assaulted ma
samosas of air,tillewist tbesedditobest bh week with
mere ream Vows experiumede had bees sae at the
Seas the object of whisk was to show whet density of air
aid be obtained wham the vases moved at a Ind shay,
with the outlet pis aimed. sad with it sok at various
ass The yaw oleo esaised latereesigp aft eerwisg
the selesity lithe ps of the tear par seem, and the
Koze teas= drive theitsra.ginuoThe triedems amb
e.esd that le
read near an Atoka whim the tbeeretield
sad the dye tithe war me self seta The
fader dwarel thee the telet erielag hr the he saws be
Mal al adisleat she Hat the air may has a fres sad
ee-
harropeed astioa is its seas to the blades of the far, Our
Vibe Nava e.wmMesalsid that it is des at
tha mesa el yews. A is the ease 'Warn was
readies Ye. lassr at the_ lddMwatsr Fasairr,
snow, sod di diswelfribs immeimble alidaZ
the needs rides eat of his expednersh 'dirtied dint
sea* whit thew_ waisted by these 'Ai& hail bees la.
siltated by Yr. Dow. Kr. Jam. eat hulk that by the
pro Ned aseatrastios tithe los he bed tea ambled
tw 10 to 00 was al hem per day, at as rata
of hew 110,:iigag Er. led id& aatparlitoms
of set et the le mesh to el hes
aredesei. sad with as dabbheerr pewee mine; 1111.111 d
jimighe dm, tan ,le deehe al
gae dew. A MIMI
des meld adadre to the I=aietto of thy heat
the ayeided; met this yeiat it
saservoi fir tabaretZdwatirra. Inisrarnowok et ef the
=wise h sea shed by M. AlimawaOsedt, Maw
has, da the system propesad le be theft' by Ilb. Dad&
bad base, tar the last two ow these issalie,L wawa wow
use L Leabratire, and that our malt ins the pwietdea
of a law quality of Mos The sear was thea albs' at
shod owe for diseturioa ar • taw day.—lsaaar peper

read. ocestalaing a suggestion worthy of notice, was from Mr.
Crawford, Moil engineer. It was a plan for an improved
bee& he railway carriages, and • model of the invention
wee onhatted. After letting forth the defects contained
inj=ent system, Mr. Crawford said : " I propose a
arrangement for accumulating power equal to
•Mambet of men, in proportiou to the (*Magee on which
breaks are to be applied, and with& means of connecting the
betas of the several carriages together ; and of distributing
the retarding force or friction La each in proportion to its
weight ; and by which mesas the breaks may be as suddenly
oft gradually applied es CirCIIMPIWICIS may require their in-
tegration. To effect this, I submit two plans
Awe • cylinder with a piston actuated upon by
' ~owed air, or the ordinary atmospheric preware
ogommis venom ; or a series of springs placed in a frame in
sermanism with the machinery for communicating motion
Me he breaks, giving a decided peefercoce to the latter al,
mogeommst as the cheapest, and least liable to get out of
order. The connexion may also be formed in two ways, either
by a rewelving rod running under the carriages, and fitted
with • universal joint and socket at one end, for the
mid of the rod in the sdjoioing carriage to fit into. or by
atesse of flied pulleys and chains placed under the floor of
the whip ; but with either plan it is necessary that a
, gobs oboold be attached to the lever of each break, to re-
gulate the amount of pressure to be applied, and to remedy
any diff eerier that may exist in the length of the connecting
rods and trial= blocks,lor other pale Ode irreguleriiies." In
a subsequent part of the paper, it was set forth that in the
adoption of any p'an for suddenly applying a great amount
of friction to atop the momentum of • train, it was desirable
that it ah7uld be constantly used to ensure its acting when
required. It war, therefore, proposed to join the brooks of
several carriages together, by either of the arrangements
meutioned, and by placing the whole under the coating of
one guard, lie would be able to use the breaks f r tie or-
dinary stopoinz of the trains, by allowing the Bellaire to moil
about one half the length of the frame in which they are
placed ; or should it be necessary, it would be in his power
to throw in the whole effective force of the breaks by a simple
motion of toe hand. By this, an alteration is made in the
general plan of forcing the friction blocks against the wheels,
by means of levers and rods attached to an horizontal bar
pleowl underneath, and at right angles to the length of the
carriage, so that any ocasiderable expense in carrying out the
plan would be unnecessary. If the springs, by an accident,
became disarranged, the breaks might be applied by the
hand; and, lastly, with regard to the construction of the
springs, those of a spiral form were declared to be the best,
if placed in a frame in which they could be regulated, by
means of a nut and screw, to any desirable strength. There
was a discussion of an hour's duration relgiveto the merits
of this inventioa : Mr. Crawford set forth its utility for stop-
ping suddenly in cases of need, trains elapsing at a high
velocity as easily upon an incline as on a level ; the desirabi-
lity of such a power was admitted, but it seemed to be
doubted whether, by the plan proposed, that which
was in view could be attained. A question was
raised relative to the expense that would be in-
curred in carrying out the plan, which it was thought
would be considerable ; but that point was made
subordinate to other objections seemingly of a graver cha-
racter, and which were raised by the chairman and other
gentlemen. These were first, that the plan could not be put
in operation unless the carriages on all the lints 9f railway,
were exactly of the same dimensions with each other; se-
condly, whether there was not a probability (under any cir-
cumstances) of more serious accident by the sudden stoppage
of a train than by • gradual " pulling up ;" thirdly, whether
it would be at all expedient to intrust so much power as was
proposed to one man ; and fourthly, the chairman said he
was averse to the employment of any complicated machinery,
because in the event of its becoming partially demigod, the
octien of the whole might be suspended in a moment of
danger; and that consequently he preferred the system they
were now working, because although they might not possess
all the power that might be gained, that which they did pos-
ses was sure to be within grasp. All admitted the desira-
bility of having the control over as great • number of the
wheels of a train as possible, and ultimately the further con-
sideration of this invention was adjourned until the next
meeting.

SECOND REPORT FROM THE SELECT COM.
MITTEE ON SITES FOR CHURCHES (SCOTLAND.)

This second report contains the evidence of the Rev.
Messrs. Borrowman, Shepherd, Macpherson and Mackay,
ministers of the Free Church; of the Rev. Mr. St-wan,
minister of the arabltsbed Church of Scotland; Sir A.
Campbell who has the charge of part of the estates of Lord
Breadalbane (a free church elder); Mr. Mattheson M.P., a
landed proprietor, who hat both refused and granted sites ;
Mr. J. Grant, Mr. James Allen, and Mr. J. Macgregor,
farmers and members of Free Church congregations; and
Mr. O. Dickson, agent for the Caledonian Bank in Strath-
spey, and member of a free church congregation.
The innekindicious, dispauionate, and conclusive evidence
en the subject that has been given before the C.nnmitt,c, is
that of Mr. Matheson, M.P. It is not long, and therefore
we print it entire :
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shbodase *aipgeatterrypriar, them weld be sanded wiele
enewitsalts ilsh *dr earshort Most esswodlyt that
▪ er eria ihre
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*di oadaseellos thwed/ line whlstealbs sta.
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yew lb Ms her ewe, set*** Idelgado IN robs / Tea—
ls igueldee et be weed bellede ef be pod* tho halm*
hew hog la* deep pow leldwoh segsabelese orgh *ea as a ma
halo 11. belay /Need Is Mos t—Priew ths
eseleel day gehrols Illeeewarylis
The silisposidem el sad *War el the parties who have
refired dim es are se tits earemittee appears to be to set up
the deems thee lhowsre or have lees violent sad Wadi-
diadems arm emisested with thetreesiturelmeweimmt. If this
wore sa** * warrant the refusal of sitsans a respettehl•
commaim sad imitable aural t, it mead be equally
aggaleable Mr the Waggons, the ladepeedenr, mil many
mbar impmeisit sea, sli of diem at their Grid dermatima
liad'ettemleMd eltemuseemie of leestricity. Nay, with Om
resort eabildildes dem Dem-Damit Ill'Neile and his friends
in PasOlar Nei lathe memadoe dams, it might be extended
to the Terra of Aso he the Established Char* of
With this agirmittie• we giro Sir J. Orden,
clarirriss he hell • 1111•1 s Under against the Free
the dell hest of Or Mowing carious paws Is
Ile exoniallas of the TM. Dr. Ilmidatosh Mackay. rela-
tive to some Wimp 'Sidi have appeared in the Gera
Erdosse, dieldeb Met tesditmles is miler :
The WmaNimelms lead dal Os lighbmists me speedo
els Ilg* begebedleat I lases OM Is Its ileillyre Noah
what la semi WWI They dd. =idol* bay ass sews
art ibeeleas et Epoomet Tilt thwelsee lea seek mime slaw
them.—l Mid la mr Mad Mid S
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It I Pah-
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pelibeilhe yea led la gimbal! Ihettrerm was set imposed by
we; to wee Nowt* r we es IN hem 'Moody dream. Two
deems were supsetraeZeymo a WRY:Wet Ni to shame, es
Imam line bah er
rors. I Mir Idea duo to low tons so.
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Woe dream to 7eal Asa I bandle date to Mb rthadttee wto tt
the It woo Wirth et dr fresbudo ; frit is mower et
I vat dos yea re ear d; Fakir sr of the tree shwa smith to
Pr Wu Pm thews bed We owta*-1,7 gem ;
llrealft Ito; der rare repatted isksidie Yrs diem* ath
roterr* lam thin they von dermit—dy "beet thre key
dolma by tIM *iatwwnttfrWreatetWaaeps.
gaol- the; motet Ilk wethropitteu ••• AMMO ta the wrath
of SallisMA arl the after tees berth la the
serlithat Rattan r
:fella d"drearst
it
netast rad* rth y or ma-
misted er ultra yen ady, yem. Ito ethos gi theris Witgeas,
pablimboilibisebraust I 7Y.--I rear tram Ira Allege IN.
Is Ohms swersitheambilth drawn Ihstl Oar Wks Okla.
tuna the heed** the Id* morthistedthemeadmerest of Or
=sa drank NOM thesmrtin. &Pm w000041"1.*
Wammtbsel Pot thin was • ram Is the molatemarbesd
who did moterassat et ale ethillithelabsne whim the sort et ther
arard him sweet; tat he had same es sew. Tam bras =MI
nimahrldlowfas atailithed 'harsh la thisykso, =Atha Math,
cittekes dreshthatio with distrawhethesoweemast; crake
madder soilteldth Ihrsthwhetteroverthrlyamatthilehathe
themstatibieldersth add to Mow dishwaters h I sieltherktell
yea that, ad then; had, I smith mo meal rthothehimt tbo
, matter ; eirdnuoisessnikkg Is ow Be ems arm asl the
seism I dram* Is die rather I saw mirth laded* ten et
thrth in dr parish, who ere yet Ysselttathe soleiddrd thank ; I
maw Illmwmdwo awl d.lk• st keriddbled Amish
is ilk Pith Mr. I, ill • . Tb• radairnir t iheeeklitsird
chard. win et or sad, mod us were preerthr err a Wld, with •
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ore thin ells loth thy we smith Ws um nt lei three
the esmatheaties elite bee shwa woo soommtbk diaselissetilley
mad gamut app tlemag. them, sad waft anual, =I the as
arks inn* sad owe sod 'bosomed et the pekes
rides as It rare Is dr ears iaai err their Wads. de
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Path
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thee wom tram I' to s ; we hth us deadreghse for oar
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! tatted"; Ist It were dal* down eft ma the UM stied out to
=Mrg. tn, but es sett nose th tads tier wok dews with
L preethce se both ea oray aids et as, k was ad In
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I maw are kat the ladres was tots err, V I it net
get one Is sr nth omoth to wroth its re kat I wad dirt
or MS I tour the am der dry, green& I rode may hag
attempt; I amath Or oldie pes4e.
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the the la vita ma sloth was ihst ; met kw*. whose we
g=clot. Ireetd=rerl othlire_warel=set
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day, I thee motathesd. wad It the Muth Ors orta pewit. I shell
mew aim the dew ef the Melaka Aside b thataaserale
trasthdoet pm* sees* ; I lath re yertieshe Irk to Sad
with OD WftliONl•ii WM drum Os hat I new saes Waren
thesasomd, EMI wish to at yea abed* It Is sosenkty treetheed.
behest pap 137: "There was a weak a sortie rade la the north ;
be may be there we de at Mar; tat he drammal a vary amid.
tent* dream, d harass le hthetth es we heard, MI doe Astra,
it la seta seed. This nth rersimal et her heit spar in the era-
bathed thr ethrthe She. WI lb••
.essiOes. We kith destt

many whimand adeseladeas weets alvea to. by to. abater 4 the
easaishat dumb la thismailt, Ma has hillmatlal Mesa la Ma-
rla s=lh iltulh .....,=rad7.7. ha
wham as ha ins at the taper sal of dm shmalow, sal slam at a
tais, appeals to hlso, tut the Tame at Ms Wall. haat( a pmer
is ass WA mad a pea la the ear ham. /a as Fear flaw war
writhe the seam at Qtr pima to the pal* la mgr. The
swam was realm as alma ael amMift Mita at am he.
Isismi to lama AM whoa he taw am who helm* Is timasif
ammel ea the wpm ha drew the pm withal' throe& the UMW sad
the NAM toe fetlea Ids amlomessa, Meahs the pm
the mom em 110 we wU tot millet aR
cathre= holds aorta Mink O. selatilisd Midi fa that paha
Then wan sem ot Ma amass shoat Mak So meal me la AMC.
He mewed sadamidasl whim my ma awes mt Ws, Mt kr
as met peat he draw as pm lavesh lara. At Ism Let he MOO
111 OS MY et the ma, elm wee at the time mem tha drum ; the
away make a wldle fa MO, hut at ha heist the pen, and was
rig to awle damM Or aim at Mis ama vwhea Se am my
this la Idevielkals best started, aid his lesmll4 sal he,
!Mg mat Ids mar magmhate may (Ma) the ma
Mal me II Ids Illop I' These, ha mak was eamsialag,
Illos *Matt astral Oat It mama' araryasslath=
set daylong Mat It was tray the awlaketaalli; Small
✓ams the Mt as ,leek as am we. Vim The ma Mt
thealls Mem
maw r
ma MAU to lesteht; haft am al
the
radii. • Mat he ems la la Aka. The arm sped Om* the
mia hint the seiallaell amh, sal amid sat lA-
=as Ilme Mama DM Ma after el OM H. ma hes shwa
that Me view relessal amla to the ealaied Mai 'the Ism Is
to hhaelllt The aisalme aro ender tome Mita themes Mama
eamdm lYrlalYal aimed It Is in the ram Mae lard M take
Mama way at Imam ma. • • • hardy yea me • maelta;
warier/al weds, haa Oar —That hat yam* to not here
et aft. There b • paragraph to that east at ihe madrica
the Ant Mem " Is la UM et the Lard tasks his ova am
ag ma" That is a b Tae, tide •
maiden: Wel, you was • Emelt walidd maim Ma
0•11" No, It it oat tima—Ta• It Is at the and et as mem&
Tom alrealka at Om ad staefret lam It Is la Os
at the 1004 bWNs am way se wandamen" I Y yam
stamsdaa at the earl at the soma drama Is, " Boob ma was a
wmartal ward's has Oast "1 Yee; that Is met Ihs
rheig maltase Is lee.
Masastat—Wleet is the weimpeat maw. leadhas by H.
slam or alreamelmemt—lhs rallestka ast Meal a
" We would set ids, hike; to Jaye ce to pealemm to brod •
=l:twhat Wag mwe a, sal Moil mamma AM"
a mar hem He set Ma Ime mil Ma
Mate. Mae amalhaft greasmattally wrong la the mama
Ur.Hara—Theastry ca ail la your Mal la tarpatin-
ae. as printed originate U
Mr I. Gesimie—Whei Is the Me at that pathetical It is Oct °.
raw, MO.
All this notwithehraing, Dr. Mackay is an excellent well
man, and as useful clergyman. The late Rev.
itelVrhoinson, of Daddingstone, was not of a free-church or
evangelical 'yarning; all who knew him will admit that as a
man of genius (iatural respects), and an accomplished
ashalar, ha steeds' as in the department of pictorial art ;
sod we have eteadea know that he estimated no clergyman
ei• Scotch thank (ef which he was himself a member)
se high for honeydews and ewaal usefulness in his paro-
chial sphere se Dr. Maekay. -We are quite ready to scone at
the preceding mmemigshisla. Ma at that gentleman's expense,
but if Sir Jaime will tan war the Wesleyan Magazine he
will find plenty of parallel pmeages. And yet no sect bare
been more useful in bleakly a moral soul into the masses
than the Methodism. Tha toleration which cannot tolerate
lelsitesace is unworthy of ths new.

STATISTICS OF ENGLISH CONTINENTAL
TRAVELLING.

To the politenesefliTiiiditi of the mayor of
Boulogne, we are indebted for authenticated official returns
of the intercourse between England and the continent by the
ports of Antwerp, Ostend, Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe, aai
Havre, during each of the years 1842 to 1846 inclusive. The
results an expressed in the following table:
1.03=11.0. roerawaaa.

Sewer Dmlogs. Om- a. MIRO. CaAWL i Diaggc• knew?. Tau.
tail 41,154 113 780 11,471 30,728 8,199 109,432
1843 58,888 16,667 31,830 19,079 5,631, 9,677 128,491
1144 75,790 21,473 19,477 18,913 9.1123 7,806 155,034
ypq 70,909 I 18,744 I 18,842 15,843 11,781 8,889 157,179
16M71,297 I 33,748 / 15,2141 17,820 13,151' 5,635 1138,865

ittmrrilM the Pint quarter of the present year the number
itt pamingers between these ports and England, so far as
enerteined, was as follows: Boulogne, 10,193 pa engeis;
Autwerp, 333 ditto ; Ostend, 3,966 ditto ; Calais, 3,067 ditto ;
Havre, 1,770 ditto.
From March 29 to May 9 inclusive we have weekly re-
turns of the movement of passengers from Boulogne and
Calais, bat none from the other porta. During the week
men April 4 last, the number of peeing'', by way of
Benham was 1,371 (against 1,193 in the corresponding
week of 1846_ and by way of Calais 999 (against 246). Of
the 1371 . n, 638 ease ton, e from Folks
and 76 di bum ; 566 embarked for Folk.
stage and 101 were bead throrshuo ondon. During
the week mdblifirll 11 lest the
in HUN the Cada, 348M1f6).
NI were frea F , and
1111 HMO hem In= mad for Felkatone, and 116
were booked thee* to Undo& Dazing the week ending
18th April last, the Bookies(' penengsre were 1,3)4 *Most
1,329 in 1846), and the Odds 137 frgalnst 279). Of the
Boulogne 406 were ,rem Folketene, and 40
direct from • 779 embarked for nibbles, and 91
wan booked disna*.to London. During the week ending
96th April list, tboralepe promegen were 1,292 (against
1,846 in 1846), sad the Oak* 217 (Nset 939). The me-
aslier. arriving at B•OkiiNl Oh week were 469 from Folk-
ston., If ken Dover, 81 from Laden ; the passengers
eking their departure, 382 for Folkston', 186 for Dover,
awl IN kr Lsedria. Daring the week ending 2nd May,
the were 1,070 (against 1,066 in 1846),
the I=Peingaravais4 948). Of the 1,070 Boulogne
nrearessa, 416 OM from Folkston., 43 from Dover,
ing gi 611111 Latina. Of the departures, 388 were
hag reMoilinik Milk Dover, and 70 for London. During On
week outs: Ilgiort. asses were 1,448 Boulogne pas-
Ouite( MS, 101 g), ad 209 Caleis (against 239).
resl, Deakin. plamipst 463 came from Folkston,
62 from Dever, sod 86 direst frees London ; 683 who em-
barked WO Mob= as their destinatian, 181 Dover, and
111 LOAM We are rhea to bare k pat in our power to
these repel* pidedkelly. Stay are curious, and
ilksblinee of** Mimeo, draw pint de-
greM Bass dewed, really ingpartnat Offhe
paintlaree• enseirmakAacee lea gained mere—erieHtely
to menlinse fo neses—by the Yard Inilmose of
seaway and elemokest travelling, than arralegrea. Its
=Mee=teeeetzt; terniXimeberesairariaLsvirrer g or
.
voyemes mengnaies, mer ender em
sligkii as a
pima el enbarketke eel &balmlike. Al that sin be date
to We ed ly we know, dmehythe Lei antheriliss; bat we
heir selephiels enhe immirt et the susin•bsure allows
tows* Ms slesmdbeets of Ikea Hadern Company, and
in rope* ef mmessmen witottpet=scwhirk ought to be
and, Hula