The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-16 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

OP THE Jews.—Yesterday a
reeeivell

Mart was hold is amesquence of a requisition re....fed by
Me Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of taking
beto consideration the following notice of motioa by Mr. An-
dodos, viz. "That this court do petition both homes of
parliament to remove the civil and potical disabilities affect
her Majesty's Jewish subjects." Mr. Anderton said
that, as a very humble member of the protestant church. it
afflorded him very great pleasure to call upon the corporation
of London to unite with him in petitioning the legislature to
wipe away from the statute-book for ever the last remnant
of intolerance which still affected the extensive, influential,
and moot loyal body of her Majesty's subjects—the Jewish
eammunity : he could not for a moment suppose it possible
that any member of the Court of Common Council enter-
tained a thought of sanctioning the continuance of their die-
graceful exclusion from those privileges to which all the
rest of the world were considered entitled. It would
Operate as a reproach to the 7,000 voters for the
Mum of Mr. Rothschild for the City of London, if
there could be found in the Court of Common Council
*Mc like opposition to the feeling by which that
man s supporters were influenced. If the electors ahem as
my, "Wt shall have Montefiore, or Rothschild, or Saimmina"
would the Court of Common Council presumo to
that judgment? The community to which be
owed much to Mr. Salomons. The country owed to
him for the powerful aid he contributed in breaking In pieces
the odious prejudices which had been so long fomented by
the genius of intolerance. Mr. Anderton concluded a long'
speech by moving ithe resolution of which he had given
notice.—Mr. Wire seconded the motion.—Deputy Corney
did not view the question as a corporation question, and he
considered that as such was the case, the court ought not to
entertain it. The people of England were represented by
persons adapted to the business of representing a community
of Christians. The country was Christian, and the members
clthe legislature were Christian, and a system which had
existed for so many years beneficially to all ought
sat to be infringed upon without the production of
acme cogent argument in favour of the change.
Hone Jew were to get into parliament he could not see why
60 should not follow. Only think of 60 Jews in the House of
Commons' Why, Lord John Ruesell was prettily bothered
to manage 50 of the Irish members . what a condition would
his lordship be in if 60 Jews were to be added to the 60
Hiatt ? Deputy Carney concluded by moving as an amend-
ment the'previons question.—Mr. John Dixon seconded the
anteedment.—The motion of Mr. Anderton was then carried
by a large majority.—Yetitions to both homes of parliament
were then agreed to, and ordered to be presented on Thum--
atty.—The court, which was specially called for the conside-
ration of this comities, was thee adjourned.

MOaTALITY IN LONDON.—The rer issued 701-
*day by the mistrar•pneral displays mho
Awes that made the ofileud statement for thed4roMmtsaian=
as rernarkable. Daring the seven days en Dec. 11,
'2,416 penows died in m metropolis • an Taw mortality
Mr the penal ban 1,046. Me mist nail &masa haw
bra thus abaft dr awn at saapapaffar
fluamalea of the 'lslip* issaroyall fa taw MIS dap,

299, the average for the week being 39 ; Inflammation of the i
suhrtanoe of the longs killed, 291, the average being 109 ;
asthma was fatal to 78, the average being 21. Under the
heading of " old age," the average number of deaths for the
week is 65; in the present retnru we Lind 134. The relative
mortality of different districts will be seen by the following
portion of the registrar's report
Population Average Deaths
in 1641. Deaths. last wk.
Levelagets ; teeter' et. Osage,
;
ftwe Werataater
sibLildlie.W.Jurste 300,711
it Ihnlibeine; IL Peas;
Is-
3yaMen; mil; pert et Mato-
nempstsse 375,971
St. WIS suel IL Owes ; Wised;
432
HAIM 1 aorlismwell ; IL Lake ;
Enterable; West Geer ;
Loabia. 373,633
Shotwillity loglinaLgran; White-
ning's' ; IL Osorge-ln.the-East ;
fbeoser
St. Saviour:lr Ohre; Brrmond.
▪ St. Gomm Bouthwerk;
Newington; Landreth; Wanda-
worth and Clapham; Camberwell;
Botharhithe; Greenwich; Lewis-
ham 301,190

thuds 1,948,421 I,OIG 2,416
ELECTION PETITIONS.—The following have been
selected as the twelve chairmen of election committees for
the present session ;—Lord Ashley, Hon. E. P. Bouverie,
Mr. Deader, Mr. Divett, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. G. A.
Hamilton, Mr. Hay-ter, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Sir J.
Pakiogton, Mr. H. Ker Seymer, Right 119 E. J. S. Wort-
ley, and Mr. Wrightson.
GOVERNORS AND DIRECTORS OF ST. ANDREW,
HULTORN, AND Sr. GROROE TRs Minima.—The usual
weekly meeting of the board of governors and directors of
this parish was held last evening, at the workhouse, in Little
Gray's-inn-lane. The meeting was made special, in order
to adopt or reject certain resolutions, of which notice had
been given. This was the first occasion on which the pro-
ceedings of the board were thrown open to the representatives
of the press. Mr. Geo. Taylor took the chair. Mr.
M'Christie moved—
That It is the opinion of this board that the board ought to be
abolished, that therefore no clerk be appointed permanently to all the
prevent vacant odic* of clerk, but that a committee be appointed to
take steps for the purpose of having the act constituting the board
repealed as soon as possible, retaining to the parishioners tbe power of
ascertaining and calculating the amount of rates, se reserved to them
by tke 12th and 13th senior of the local act.
Mr. M'Cbristie proceeded to show the advantages of his pro-
posal, which he maintained would effect a great saving to the
parish. Nearly the whole of the business which for-
merly fell to the share of the governors and di-
rectors to transact, was now performed by the other
authorities, tad that of ascertaining and collecting the rates
was the only employment which remained to the board.
The cost of the government of the strain of the parish
amounted to about 9081.; and of this 4071. were the ex-
penses of the board of governors and directors. He consi-
dered that the business of the board could easily be trans-
acted by the board of guardians, the salary of whom clerk
he proposed should be augmented by the sum of 1671.
There had been for a long time great ill-feeling existing
between the board of guardians and the present board,
which was continually leading to litigation, the cost of wi ich
amounted, on an average, to 8001 a year. By the proposed
arrangement these expenses would be avoided. The
board could not be abolished without an application
to parliament, which would cost about 6001., an ex-
pense which be considered would soon be covered
by the diminution in the present current expenses.
Mr. Doun, a churchwarden, seconded the resolution, which
was opposed successively by Mr. Cant, Mr. Butt, Mr. Talbot,
and other gentlemen, who maintained that the proposed
measure would be a very inconsiderable raving to the parish,
inasmuch as the board of guardians would have to engage
additional assistance in order to transact the extra business ;
and that the expense of going to parliament to abolish the
board would involve a far greater outlay than had been
stated, and would involve also a liability to which they con-
sidered it inadvisable for the board to expose itself. There
was also some doubt expressed as to the correctness of Mr.
M'Christie's statements of the present expenses. After some
discussion the resolution was negatived by a majority of
twenty. A resolution was then brought forward by Mr.
Talbot, " To rescind the resolution of the board fixing the
clerk's salary as it at present stands." The resolution was
carried, and it was determined that the salary of the clerk,
which is at present 2301., besides additional fees, should be
reduced to 2001. on the vacant office being filled. The
board then pi ...ceded to the discuesion of the measures to be
taken for receiving the names of candidates, &c., and sepa-
rated after having disposed of the remainder of the business
before them.
St'SPENSION OF A PARISH SURGEON.—Yesterday
the usual meeting of the board of guardians of the parish
of St. Luke, Chelsea, was held, Mr. Ryder in the chair.
After the usual routine of business, Mr. G. Chancellor said
he intended to draw the attention of the board to the con
duct of Mr. Warder in continuing to allow Mr. Gundry, who
was not a legally qualified medical practitioner, to attend the
inmates of the workhouse. He then proceeded to draw the
attention of the board to an order of the Poordur Commis-
sioners, which directed that "all medical officers should
name to the board some legally qualified gentleman as a sub-
stitute." Now by an entry he found in the minute-book of
the proceeding' of that board, that on the 14th of July last
an order was made that Mr. Gundry, not being a legally
qualified practitioner, be no longer permitted to attend the
inmates of the workhouse. He wished to know ifs copy of
that minute had been lent to Mr. Warder ?—Mr. Warder
would at once admit that he had received a copy of that
minute; he, however, wished to know if the matter was to
be gone into in the nature of a charge against him, or how I
If in the nature of a charge, then he would my he should
require time to answer it —Mr. Chancellor was prepared to
contend that, according to law, it was not necessary that
notice should be given. He moved "that Mr. Warder's
disobedience to the resolution of the board of guardians, of
the 14th of July last, in allowing his assistant (Mr. Gundry)
to visit and attend to the sick inmates of this workhouse, m
defiance to their express order, and contrary to the instruc-
tions of the Poor-law Commissioners (Mr. Gundry not
being a legally qualified medical practitioner), it is
resolved, that Mr. Warder be suspended from his
office of medical officer to the workhouse.—Mr.
Cooper seconded the motion.—Mr. France considered
that before a public oflleer was censured by the motion be-
fore the board, the members ought to be well acquainted
wi'h all the fact. of the case. He thought that Mr. Warder
had an undoubted right to have his assistant at the work-
house to assist him in dressing wounds the same as the ear.
geons at the different public hospitals had. He for one could
not allow the character of a medical man to be frittered
away without Riving him every opportunity of defending
himself. Mr. Warder had come down that day prepared to
meet the charge respecting his report to the sanitary corn-
s:l'44ol,er,, but not the one now before the beard.—Mr. Jelf
moved as an amendment that the discussion be po.tponed.—
Mr. Murray said the question Mr. Warder had to answer
was so simple that he could require no preparation. The
charge was a non-compliance with the order of the board
and the instructions of the poor-law commissioners ; and the
point for the consideration of the board was, is be to be
punished or not ?—Mr. Warder was called upon to say any-
thing he might wish in explanation of his conduct. Me
stated that it used to be the practice for Mr. Gundry to at-
tend at the workhouse in the morning, and he (Mr. Warder)
in the evening; but it was on all occasions the custom (or
Mr. Gundry to treat only'the trivial eases. On the receipt
of the order of the board alluded to, Mr. Gundry'sattendance
was stopped, and he (Mr. W.) had ever drum attended himself
daily. 'There was however, sometimes some trivial matters
to be done, or message to be sent, for which purpose alone
Mr. Gundry had been sent. He therefore considered he had
obeyed the order of the board, both as to the spirit and the
letter.—Mr. Warder was then directed to withdraw, and the
Chairman put the amendment, which was lest by a majority
of two. The original motion was then put and carried by
the earns majority.—Mr. Symons asked, as they had sus-
pended Mr. Warder, how did the board intend to proceed
for medical attendance?—Mr. Murray moved that Mr. Muller
be requested to take temporary charge of the workhouse, and
that Mr. Keene be requested to do the same with the
northern district.—Mr. Fielder suggested that Mr. Warder
bad better be requested to continue his duties in his district
until the decision of the poor-law commissioners on his sus-
pension could be ascertained.—Mr. Warder was called is and
informed of his suspension. He declined continuing his
duties.—Mr. Murray's motion respecting the appoint-
ment of Mr. Muller and Mr. Keene pro tees. was
then carried.—Mr. Ryder then vacated the chair (which
was taken by Mr. Chancellor) and proceeded ti
open the motion of which be had given notice,
and for which the board had been specially summoned.—
Mr. Warder had shown that he was under the impression
that he was net responsible to that board. The other medical
officers were, however, not of that opinion ; for one (Mr.
Muller) had sent in a copy of the report he had sent to the
sanitary commissioners, and a very important document it
was ; and another (Mr. Keene) had, on being again applied
to, sent the substance of his report. Mr. Warder had, how-
ever, set the board at defiance ; for, out of four letters which
were sent him by the board, he answered three, stating he
had no copy, and the fourth he treated with contempt. He
moved . " That, in consideration of Mr. Warder's continued
disobedience to the orders of the board respecting his report
to the sanitary commissioner*, which had been ordered to be
forwarded to Mr. Brand, and which he had neglected doing,
he be forthwith suspended from his office of medical officer
to this board, and that information of his suspension be for-
warded to the poor-law commissioners, with a request that
they will sanction the same." Mr. Chambers seconded the
motion, which was carried by the same majority of 2.—The
bond then proceeded with the other business of the day,
and, at its conclusion, adjourned.
CLEANSING AND PLIRIFTING THE DWELLINGS OP
Tits Pooa.—Yesterday, a general meeting of the subscriber'
and committee of the baths and washhouses for the labour-
ing-climes in the north-west district of London, was held at
the in.titution in George-street, Eustemageere, the Rey.
W. Dodsworth in the Chair, to take hate etheitheetith the
propriety of providing the poor, mare mie these radd-
tug in the north-west districts of ile
agents—chloride of lime, lime weabastaleubes,lll:6,llllln
other necessary means, to enable them te cleanse sad parifj
their dwellings. A resolution to the AM effect was
and ordered to be carried into impulses execution. t was
also resolved that in cases of illness, oe Ober circumstances
of inability in the parties to do the work, the committee
will, by their agents, do it for them. The above objects
will be carried out by fund, to be raised for the
purpose. It wee that the Duke of
and the B et Darken had seek Oct dumdum of
towards the fiends. The report retheetthe the baths and
washhooses statadtheelranathe °plain of be mesblithatent,
on the 3rd of Await, NW to November lath 131,568 males
and 14,377 female' lied need dm faiths; the went avenge
of women and their theelthie provided by tie bilitatisa 'lit
clean linen, by 111•111 of their writhe sal geollai: et Ole
same, is 4,000 weekly, and the number of Rudy
40,000.

THE NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION held
its twelfth annual meeting yiaterday, at the London
Tavern, Mr, Lucas, one of the directors, in the chair. The
report commenced by congratulating the shareholders on
the steadily increasing prosperity of the institution, as shown
I in the reports of every sucee.sive year ; the last year having,
notwithstanding all the discouragements, shown a result of
1,234 policies, representing an amount of 21,7221. for annual
premiums, the number of new proposals for life insurances
within the year being 133. The receipts and disbursements
of the society had been audited up to November 20 ; the
former were 103,2011., being a surplus over the disbursements
of 712171. The value of the capital stock of the society was
367,1721., showing an increase since the last report of
67,4971. The claims, by reason of deaths, paid during
the year amounted to 18,9141. There was still due
on this score the sum of 3,4931., which had not
yet been claimed by the holders of the policies. The period
had now arrived at which the surplus funds must, according
to the laws of the institution, be apportioned amongst the
shareholders, and the actuary was engaged in making a cal-
culation of the amount payable pro rata to each shareholder,
which might be claimed in money or credited to hint in
diminution of his annual premium. The report concluded
by stating incidentally, that in consequence of the decease of
Dr. Bevan, the medical adviser of the institution, Dr.
Hodgkin, one of the directors, had been appointed to the
vacancy, and in consequence there were three vacancies in
the direction to be filled up.—The Chairman moved the
adoption of the report, which was tweed to, end
ordered to be circulated amongst the shareholders.
A question as to conferring some gratuity on the officers of the
Instittrion was mooted ; but on its being stated that the pro.
posed gratuity on the scale suggested would amount to 1,6001.
the subject was dropped, not, however, before a distinct re-
commendation by two of the auditors present in favour of the
proposition had been made, and a promise on the part of the
board of directors to take the subject into consideration. The
auditors were reappointed, and the gratuities or pay of these
officers, and of** board of directors, were also voted. The
meeting then elected three new directors.
COMPARATIVE RATE OF SPEED ON RAILWAYS.—
The principal railway companies have fixed the sneak-
rated speed at which the trains will run during the winter
quarter, the following comparative rates:—Express trains
on the Great Western travel at the rate of 48 miles an
hour; North Western, 39; South Eastern, 35; Brighton
Coast, 35 ; Eastern Counties, 29 ; and South Western, 39.
First and second-class trains, Great Western, 32 ; North and
South Western, 28; South Eastern and Brighton Coast, 23;
and Eastern Counties, 24. Third class, or parliamentary
trains : Great and North Western, 16 ; Brighton Coast and
South Eastern,lB ; South Western, 24; and Eastern Coun-
ties, 14. Mail trains travel at the same rate as first and
second-class trains.

THE ELECTIONS.
STOCKPORT.

Yesterday the nomination of a candidate to serve
in parliament for this borough, in place of Mr. Cobden,
who was elected to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
took piece in the presence of • large assemblage of
electors and other inhabitants of the borough, probably
8,000 to 10,000 in number. The two candidates and their
friends took their place on the hustings a little before ten
o'clock, and Mr. Edward Marsland, the mayor, having
opened the proceedings, and called upon any elector to come
forward and propose a candidate, Mr. Alderman Baker
then proposed, as a tit and proper person, Mr. James Ker-
shaw, whose name was received with great cheering.—Mr.
Alderman Reyner seconded the motion.—Dr. Turner pro-
posed Thos. Moreland, Esq., of Henbury-hall.—Mr. Gra-
ham, surgeon, seconded the nomination.
Mr. KEILIIHAW, after alluding to the circumstances under
which be came forward, said lam here at the request of
between 600 and 700 of the electors of Stockport. I had the
honour to receive a deputation from this borough, • highly-
respectable deputation, bringing with them a document—
I might say, in legal phraseology, "signed, sealed, and de-
livered," containing an earliest request that I would stand
forth on the next occasion that occurred for the representa-
tion of this borough. This requisition I say was duly pre-
sented, and it was publicly acknowledged through the press.
In that acknowledgment I declared that I was ready to come
forward whenever • vacancy occurred. I have come for-
ward. (Cheers.) Here lam —not to rely upon that peti-
tion, upon that requisition alone—though on that I will rely
until the very last moment—but I come before you on the
broad ground of liberal politics. You are the trends of
freedom I profess to be the same. You are freetraders : I
am the same. You are they who would adopt reform in
church and state: I am of your mind. I would appeal to
you, therefore, on these broad and patriotic principles, and I
ask you to be tote to your pledges. Let no man disgrace
himself by failing of that who signed that requisition. How
I can he? I will read the form of that requisition:
In the event of our present highly distiaguisbed member, Mr.
Cobden, electing to sit for the West 'tiding of Yorkshire, se, the
undersigned electors of the borough of Stockport hereby request Al.
derman Jame. Kershaw of Manchester to allow himself to be put In
nomination for Stockport, and we pledge ourselves to give him our
votes end our Wive sewed.
Now, if I 11131 to rely upon the solemnly pledged assurance
of the electors of this borough, my return is doubly safe, and
I am not the man to doubt the hosour of the electors of
Stockport. I enter upon the next topic with very great pain.
I have ,o refer for • moment to the tactics and morality of
my opponents. What were their tactics at the last election ?
(Uproar from the friends of Major Marsland, and en attempt
to interrupt the speaker.) Did you not—(cries of '. No, no,
we did not f")—nay, how did you know the question I was
about to put? (Laughter and cheers.) Did not you win
the election by swilling and treating the electors ? (Cheers,
and cries of " No.") Now one question as to the present
election. Are you not now, and is not your only chance of
winning founded on the hope of inducing some of the elec-
tors to violate and forego their solemn pledges? (Cheers,
and cries of " No" and " Yes.") Why it is recorded is
the tory newspaper organ of the party that " unless the
voters can be removed, there is no hope of gaining the elec-
tion." (Loud cheers.) Now, so far as I understand it, that
is the plain common sense, the plain English of the matter.
Well, I should like to know from what school of ethics this
morality proceeds. Mr. Kershaw proceeded to contrast the
professions of his opponents at the last election with those
they were putting forth now. He said on that occasion
they contended for the qualifications of an accomplished
orator and free trader: now they had brought forward a
man who had been in parliament, but whose speeches he
had looked for in vain, and for this reason he was told—that
he never made any. The two charges brought against him,
Mr. Kershaw, were—first, that he was not a friend of educa-
tion—which he appealed to his whole past life to contradict,
as directly opposed to the truth ; and secondly, that he was
a free-trader, ani wore • French bat, but it happened to be
one made in Oldham. (Laughter.) Mr. Kershaw recapitu-
lated his politiml creed in favour of free trade, extension of
the suffrage, vote by ballot, education, abolition of church
rates, modification of taxation, and repeal of the game laws,
and was loudly cheered.
Major MAIIALAND, who was ales received with loud
applause, said that he appeared before the electors of Stock-
port for the fifth time to solicit their suffrages. Having
lived amongst them for a long period, and served them in
parliament for three sessions, they could have nothing to
learn as to his character, and he was, therefore, relieved
from the necessity of makin e long speech in his own
praise, as Mr. Kershaw ha done. He had no expec-
tation whatever of being called upon ; but, having
promised, at his first election, to come forward
whenever they were in want of a candidate, he had
come forward in fulfilment of that pledge. He had
been most enthusiastically and spontaneously received
by the electors and his old friends. He would say, however,
that he hoped the electors would choose that gentleman
whoa they considered best fitted to re resent their interests.
This he must say—that he would yield to no man In his wish
for the amelioration of the condition of the working classes.
When Mr. Kershaw declared that be was a free trader, and
taunted him with not being one, he must tell that gentle.
men that he had been a free trader long before he (Mr.
Kershaw) was known in this country. He (Major Mars-
land) was a free trader under Mr. Haakision's government,
He (Major Moreland) was charged with having changed his
principles, and with being a monopolist. (A voice—" Are
you a free trader?") He was; but he did not know why the
question should be put; he was afraid that it was asked in
order to misrepresent him. For the last 40 or 60 years he had
maintained a character in Stockport of being a firm supporter
of all the rights and privileges of the people ; and for this he
hoped he might be put down as their real and sin-
cere friend. He had been called a protectionist;
but he was no protectionist. He had refused to serve on the
committee of the Cheshire Protection Society. He had en-
deavoured to the utnost of kis power to promote agriculture,
being convinced that if the same energy and science as were
brought to bear on manufautures were brought to bear on
sericulture, this country would be able to supply its whole
population with a sufficiency of food, and thus relieve us
from the necessity of importing foreign produce. (Cheers.)
He had already been returned three tomes for the borough of
Stockport, without having entered into a single pledge; and
if he were now returned, it must be on the same honourable
conditions. (Cheers.) Free trade he looked upon as a great
experiment; and Mr. Cobden himself bad allowed that it
was only an experiment, and that it had notbeen sufficiently
tested, or, in other words, that it had not answered expects.
done. (A cry of "We have not had free trade yet.") Oh,
yes, there had been a year of it. lie had been taunted with
having used the words, "a fair trial;" but what did any
sensible or reasonable macs expect but a fair trial. He
would give it a fair trial ; and he hoped to God that in the
end it would answer all expectations. (Cheers.)
The Mayor called for a show of hands, when there ap-
peared a considerable majority for Mr. Kershaw; but some
tories called out that the majority was in their favour, and
the mayor then requested the electors to repeat the show.
This was done, and he then declared the majority for Mr.
Kershaw amidit loud cheers.—Mr. Cruttenden, son-in-law
of Major Moreland, demanded • poll on behalf of that gen-
tleman.—The Mayor, who is the son of Major Mandand,
then adjourned the proceedings till next morning (this
day), when the poll commences.

WEYMOUTH.
Yesterday the election of a member for Weymouth,
in the room of Mr. W. D. Christie, who has ac-
cepted the Chiltern Hundreds, took place at the Guildhall
in that borough. " It was rumoured in the town," says our
correspondent, "that Mr. Christie is to be appointed an
assistant secretary to the now poor law board. The certainty
that no opposition would be offered to the return of the
candidate agreed upon, mad* the proceedings very brief and
uninteresting. The Hon. Frederick William Childs Villiers
was proposed by Sir George Thomas, and seconded by Mr.
John French! Hodges, and, no one else being nominated,
Mr. Villiers wee declared_ the mayor to be duly returned
to serve as a member for Weymouth.
NEWCASTLB-UNDER-LYNE.
Yesterday Mr. Roes (whig) and Mr. Christy
(conservative) were proposed se At persons to represent this

borough. Mr. Ross had the show of hands. A poll was
demanded, and was ordered to take place next (this) day.

LISKEARD.

The election for Liakeard took place on Tuesday,
when Mr. Charles Buller, the now poor-law commissioner,
was re-elected without opposition.