The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-05 00:00:00

THE RECENT ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF

LONDON.

Yteterday the body of eleztors of the City of Lon-
don who voted for Baron Rothschild at the late election
received a letter of acknowledgment, of which the subjoined
ha copy :
"New Coert, 20th July, 1849.
" 84,-1 mem that unavcddable delay in obtaining a
espy of the polling•books of the recent election will prevent
me from Weis. this address before my departure for an
Meeace of some duration, which the state of my health nu-
kes seciewary. I sumo% however, gait Ragland without
Levis, art 'amnion of m hearty sad grateful thinks to
Mae ratlines who have me with their support.
A wooed time I have appealed to the public spirit, the po-
litical emerissenay sad the pogrom liberality of the elitism
el London ; amend time deg have empltatioa2:pronatined
Mak lisesvidneeiss to upheld the same pried of purism
liberty sad, as I proudly &Meow' , they have
estlsss y declared their maddens* is Myself.
To be volsred as the repnecatatfw of the esligittmed
misisas, sad the met and varied iatersses of the City of
IAIIIIIIII is, I fool, the highest Meese to which a ceemnita.
demi ambition maid aspire; sad deep would be my grad
Ads, miler say cimurastanses, to those who have twadded
Is me so important a Most. Bet at this moment,
led is the peculiar polities Is which I am placid, I feel
your Isamu kisdress with imeresosd faros ; and I would
wisher beg you to believe that I approeia that kinds's. se I
emit, than attempt, leadgaat.ly, to impress my seam of
the etellstioas I owe you. I appear& the distimrp the
responsible duties imposed epee me. sot wiWat mistreat of
my own rime, bet with a detarmiaed resslatina to exert
eery energy I possess to justify your choice and moildesa.
Per the City of Loads* is reserved the pond distinstioa of
king tbe mesas Otos*. from our statute book the last
remosst of these kare whisk ham gradually
lidded to the Isms of opinion ; sad I sow look br-
ined is the of yawing that you have net en-
wand to as mworthy the assertioa of those rights,
aid the parillassbip of those intoreses, whisk you have
*gala isimeitted .
" Ito
Maw the homer to be die.
• Te Kr. —" " LIONEL 110T/ISCHLLD.

Puns Amuse Lumina °JUDI —Prises
Albeit ill eiminami beleseliene in —ins the
Sec lit. Artienea, et Otalbikitillh *w •
hod,* eta imps. eannestai with w
ain.
liNaalwas lithe
•••••17. awl wbbit Rum tbe &deal al a silo in whs. his
'•rd Weimar takes mesh Mowed, and wing wham • es.
parties @this Ishtar* at Ws item et the year is
"'"1 in be spat. lb. Ambient' is himself a
ilud Oulu , a Lemke/hr.—Perth Courier.
Iss Pl= nt BsAnsua.—On Wednesday,
Lad asha aessaveafisi by Horatio Ross, Eq ,
wait miser sena* IN Mss resist and. elm • 'l'm"'
11411, 4 •kitit ite sheered muesli lowest as is the hotted
re_liassentar7 debate, his lamb* abet a Lae stag dead at
-v yards, sod ',aoudad aaseasr. whisk hewer, got away.
• W ha belief of the wart that this is the only inetanee on
I"tol—at least in 'modern tisses—d a Prima litigate' in
tlisi stalking sad killing a stag.—Efliabwry4 Courant.

PARLIAMENTARY
AND FINANCIAL REFORM.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of the King's
Crum dank* took place, Ism evraiscr, at ths Priam Albert
Tanis, Waarkoad, for Na purpose of forming a district
society to support of the objects sad principles of the National
Parllemerstary sad PietaslBl Belson Awesletios. Mr
T. 81.7110AT1 presided, sal MS supported by several of the
leadiag lahabitaato of the district.
This CHAIRMAN beefs, lividly Introduced the Nuke's,
Mr. J. W. HALL, a amber of the wawa of the Asso-
ciation, slated Its leading objects. Hs °attended that
the Edema Bill was a failure, for the eassabers of Ma Howe
of Commas were not representatives of the people, but se.
mimes of the upper house, 310 of Oasis bring direetly or L.
directly counsetad with the aristocracy. (Haar, bear.) The
great object sow was to remedy this state of Mier, act by
exciting a war el dames, bat by uniting the middle and
worivag claws in as effort to carry out the saistiag law, as
settled by the Reform BilL Sir B. Pad bad got to power
by attendiag to tits registration • let ethers do the
maw set slaty la Leedom, but throughout the kingdom.
For this purpose a powerful league of the middle .red lower
Manse was seeessary. They would thus reclaim their own
house, cad move, control over the naticsal purse. (Cheers.)
The met of the army and arty /night be reaused with ad-
rootage; aad the SWIM the shun* was severed free the
state, sad as equable distribution of its revenues cads
amongst is *Misters, the bettor. (Cheers.) Aaother sub-
ject worthy the ernsideratlon of a reformed parksamat was
the kalif:goal debt. It was preposterous to say it could not
be paid .1; for meetly 400 millions had been raised for
railwsys. (Bear, bear.) Is this populous neighbourhood
he hoped to use a branch association of 1,600 mambo,'
farmed, far already that. were 300 suck smoclations in
and mar Leaden.

Mr. H. T. ATRINSON, ene of the lost racy secretaries of
the wineMeMem, observed tact this was not • class question,
hmadomhenielltiog the great body of the pt *pie, aiding
not only the resent but future geseratioaa—sot only go.
mcwinimit in this comatry, but all ova Bumps. (deer,
hung.) Issuers similar to that of Drury-leas old
be hold all over the oeeetry ; there would
thee be • method confirms is the metropolis;
and it would be sees whether the people would be gelled
by the coquetting of Lord John Russell. (Cheers.) Tee
ari,tocraey owed • long debt to the people of this country,
' whisk they would moos be made to pay, by beiag compelled
to support their own funiiir. (Cheers.)
' Ilr. REEVES moved:
"That this 'meeting, highly approving of the principles
sad °bleeds of the National Parliamentary sad Financial
Redeem Asermiation, do form itself into • distriet society, to
be celled the King's Cease Branch Reform Association."
Mr. BRNBOW, in seconding the resolution, uid he had
bora an advocate for rein,. more than 60 years, and had
sited is oosjunetion with Major Cutwright and all the great
inn of the day, who had advocated the reforms supported by
Ude omelettes. (Cheers.) Lit the people take pattern
from the people of Jamaica, who bad stopped the supplies
and brought the governor to submission. (Cheers.)
The resoletion wee then uaaahnon•ly agreed to.
Kr. PATRICK moved, and Mr. LANOSTON seconded,
the appointment of a committee to Garry out the foregoing
rroalutlon to.
I The proseedings terminated with • vote of thanks to the
chairman. • number of rations.' afterwards enrolled
themselves me memben tithe breads association.

KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION.
ILIDDEBYTNYiII, TUESDAY.
- _ _

The nomination, as will be seen from the report
below, took place to-day. It was rather an oaf. mutate cir-
cumstance that Kidderminster fair happened to be also fit. d
for this day ; and the consequence was same interruption to
the anal course of buttons.

It will be seen from what took pleas that, sines Saturday,
circumstances have occurred somewhat materially calculated
to influence the result in favour of the Independent candi-
date. I mentioned to you in nay last communication that
the 'unrest of Lord Ward was not likely to be earned here
at all favourably to the cause of Mr. Best. On Monday a
letter was circulated is Kidderminster from Mr. Mathews,
Lord Ward's agent, in which that gentleman declared him-
eel( abiolately opposed to Mr. Beat's pretensions. Mr.
Mathews says: "To serve the conservative party
is the borough, of which, from the part assumed
by Mr. Best, I was led to suppose he was the chief organ.
lincurred considerably trouble sad expense, and involved
myself with several persons of great political oonsideratkn,
Mr. Best, sen., having distinctly and emphatically assured
me that if • Wiliam would return his son John, he would not
I put his hand in his pocket to take it out." Mr. Mathews
treats the rejection of his own friends and Mr. Best's nomi-
nation of his son as a breach of faith after this statement, and
be says, "I feel I have no way of vindicating myself with
them, gentlemen for having so grimly misled them, bat in the
eosins lam taking." "Ullman have paused if I had not
received repeated declarations from several of Mr. John
Best's most influential supporters, of the little estimation in
which they held their candidate's qualifications for the die-
tingidshed position to which his aspires."
It need be scarcely be added that the publication of this
letter has filled the tory camp with consternation, and given
the Überal party increased courage and assurance of swam.
Many votes will be neutralised and some changed by the
'cures which things have taken.
It is very satisfectery to be abli to report favourably of the
state of Kidderminster. The town is fr e of the noisy mob
which on former occasions did so much mischief. The public
houses are opt n, sad the only allec.ation on either side of
electioneering abuse has been that some attemots have been
made to induce doubtful voters to absent themselves. Last
night the roads out of Kidderminster were era•chod by the
liberals, in order to prevent any person being stolen away.
It is due to an individual hen that I should mention a

eiremoutasse bearing on what I said the other day regarding
the eosdast of the now defunct Ten TOWS? Messenger.
Bad se that paper less during the greater part of its career, it
fall some time before it was abandoned into the hands of a
publisher in Kidderminster, who did all that lay in his
power to convert its abuses ; and, during his management,
the paper was free from personal abuse Sr scurillous lan-
guage. This gentletnaa's character and reputation was
never in the slightest degree affected by his connexion with
the print, which, however, despite his efforts, never reco-
vered the bad repute it had origiaally acquired.

THE NOMINATION.
The nomination of a member to serve in parliament for the
borough of Kidderminster was fixed to take place yesterday
(Tuesday) at one o'clock. The mese of aomination was in
a large field about oat of the town, upon the
Wore/ate? sad Btourport road. Here a hustings had been
erected, whereon sprees were appropriated to the friends of
each candidate. The field itself was capable of containing
many thousand people.
During the morning the bands of both the candidates had
waded Kidderminster to muster their respective adherents.
Mr. Best's party lint passed out of the town on their way to
the field. They did not make a very imposing display.
Mr. °Morse sad his friends came about twenty minutes
after. TM procession extended nearly half a mile. They
bad an immune number of pink and white banum of all
sorts and sly.* amongst which there was a particularly large
one, inscribed with the words Parity of elecioa "
The Blues occupied the right of the Mayor, sad the pink
party the leg it space was left from the en!ranee to the
fold to the hustings, which was kept clear by special con-
stables daring the first part of the meeting, but ultimately it
was filled by a number of fanners and yeomen who had come
into Kidderminster to attend the fair. This proved by no

mean the lowa brig part of the amteathly.
Both the parties were seusbled some time Likes one
o'clock, Is, which hoar the preasidZe were spectated. A
delay thus courred which was rs haonredly otwapied
by the crowd calling for shows hurts for sad Agatha the
candidates. It wu obviou that Mr. Gleba-see Meade were,
at a very moderate coothatatioe three to ow, mad there
could art have becalms altogethai the. 7,000 or 8,000 per.
moss assembled.

—The sisal forms having beam gene through,
The MAYOR briefly stated why they were assembled,
nod ropiewed order and attention to the speakers as both
sass. Above all, he begged the sea of Eiddermineter not
to diegrose this election b any breaches of the poem
' It bees arranged between the friends of the wadi.
the that Mr. Beet should be Arm put in nom nation,
Mr. WILLIAM BOYCOTT (a retired draper) come for-
ward to propose him. He said he had known Mr. Beet
from his childhood, mad ha wee sere he was honed, and
would do his duty is a member. That very day he (Mr.
Boycott) had bees 53 years is wok in Kidderminster. He
had taken part is variose elestices for Mr. Godson, sad it
was curies. that the candidate he proposed to replace that
member was also his (Mr. Boycott's) godson. (Shouts of
laughter and some cheers.) As his " Clods in" hod been
sueoesefal before, he hoped he would be again, sad he now
be to plague Ma for their sisibeges.
pegged
HONZT CIIILLINGWOrii, a geatimaaa farmer, se-
seeded the nominatioa.
Mr. HOLMES. a carpet sasaufacturer, this came forward
to propaa Mr. GMborne. He said he had laid down ter
Ytaeelf set win principles on which he thought they eaght
to est in choosing a representative in parliament. Tie man
Amy *sleeted ought to be a progressive reformer. (Lved
shiers) It was through those principles that they obtained
in Kidderminster the great privilege they WITS now called
upon to exercise. It war sash men as Mr. Best who
would have prevented their esereilim that privi-
lege if they could. Think* Mr. (abors* a far more merry
man to send to parliament, he begged to pat him is wow
natio& (Loud chairing.)
Mr. HENRY BRENTON, carpet manahisturor, sessmded
the nomination. Hi mid he eapported Mr. Webers, wen
principle. In appoying Kr. Best,- le was opposing ens of his
&kit 4,11and he seed *morsel, ay- id Whig bat
atria( IP•skt Waft any nasa to et that (Chases.)
The • Waving inquiniterhslhar there was lay me
eye to he pet la asainattlirasaida rabedy replybeg,
Mr. BBITT Nee forward, sad was received with cheers
from his Minds end the Pinks. He said, Mr.
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Mayor, this Is ono the Fondest days of Eh. (Lout
=ter.) I End hardly say that I feel as mandiag
yes in I ids
now, to address • wheels interests
aro lisinallied with my own. I had an this males
to farms all my opponents as penned Blonds, but from
ere of them I have revived what I mat my is • downright
pereesel Walt. (Cheers from the lifrairotWin oil "Eza,
ex pie*" from the Pink party sad milt asslasien, as
whisk Kr Best, who Tears& to be very wiry, ansteed
to retiosints. When •• was again msdible be said)
Oentilomes, I stated my print plea to you in my address.
I will suppose the church, the state, and the coastitu-
Um. (" Oh, and lad cheers.) I am not so
blind m some of my opponents my I am.
I know very well that progress h awns-