The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-04 00:00:00

THE EXPREBB, TIMMY EVBIRNG, OCTOBER 4, 1849.

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sus reaagoge
this Imam bolus the court ; sad be was rto
Weal this Nesse beams to thought the semA ens
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thil atiald te be Sadly balsa Owl
nob 40 the um posed in lib and W e
saw s, sad, es the gantis& was without yam% TM
*spoil she feed would it wee well worthy
melee.
Ms. BUMS (foe the libeesh) seateaded epee the fed
gebet—that Mr. Blaylook's man was la the masa' edam%
ahem& be was ealy au soupier—that the panisions alba
Belem sad Zeghtratiee Asa did iset mein that a pee.
shell be Med saber as owner at empapies, rr *tat Mne
M kelp salad ; bat that he shall be rated he all =OW
is rupee' ef Um maims he which he dams bis right al
Teta 1$ was dinident evident that she 'bleed= was
frieafeess;a7l Nimbi saver to bare been made' sad se
be bag sold Mr. Brows. But, is the seems& pleas,
it was milli Mr. Mayne& did set bona Ye pay the
nese, beesasehe phi *UR in his was. ln answer se this
green& of 41114051155. Ilmith) died
lthe ems of
"We e. Es Tesera-Ge& of Seeskport," referred to by
Mr. Brown, and reported la Bane. sad Arnold's Iteperts,
p. 68. Ia this see Chief-Jestkie Tiadelezpremeden 'Odes
that it avow meld have been Iseeeded by the legislature dist
due Me, ia wise es be mildew& gm the peeper& of thane.
meet bees la 004 Mem thst nen be hoe hem
mg whisk' migin be allowed to prevail egoism it
la us appalls the wine mosions." We tisk& *at, if the
sate isle snit Imes that the name et Es oceispler appin
the peesdees he whits be is rated, the cake thereof, sad
the unseat ef die We, it is a sulleient fats within the
istesdea Odes set." la the ease of " Parietals v. Lathan,"
rip 705 ol the same reports, Mr. Justice Muds riffllma •
sham opinion ; and the NM sestioa el the acit was shoo in
lama of his (Mr. Besides) view of Ea ease. On the whole.
M seasidered that this oldestisa was Meehan sad vexatious,
end could net possibly be seetaised.
Ma. Bums ..is urged epee the alert the leapertenee
of the questioa. sad emended Met the seise alai Maur.
Smith wen gain dissiest front the present la Fait
Mr. Blaylock was feet liable for the raw, sad be was quite
we that so magistrate is the City of Linde& would het it
We duty to grant a samaras *genus Wu la the event of
heir aea-paymeat.
Mr. M`llesuorta was of silage EM the ause of Mr
Blaylock was properly entered ia the Welt. lie was liable
for he rates, end had a lull dais to be rated, unseen to
the act of arliarani4 Thus ems thenilbee er peer__ for
ths
Ms.ob .
Baow,Nessiti4thetbse.asamemilicatestaishoegina reasissedism
amp
me
M 'Ladd withdraw the obieuisas is the *Au cuss he hail
mesa and.
A voter named William Ford came forward and stated
that he was one of the perdm objected to ender the eirOsa•
steams in question, mad he begged that he might be allowed
his expenses.
Mr. M'Caaiwris said that every voter had a right is
appear in support of his claim, and he should award au
applicant 16e.
Mr. Brown wee skeet to proceed with the revision, bet
the court would net permit him to coatisue until he had
pail the costs &welded sgsuist him.
The court adjourned at 4 o'clock until this morning at 10.

SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE.
THE CITT MEETING.

(Briley stated fa yesterday's Repress.)
• land WMPIIMMiaIIb, bankers, and traders
dire M Pearibera wee Dade yeessalap is the Mall d Hew
Owns naledneeiretemet, " inamodallse
tit irtegad the inesualed semossmostand ea 1
hMe i.emtel Posiefilm" The chair was telaim I
hink by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, ambit
lea* Mesas, hie lordship being supported ea the platform bp
MO. Mmtenam, M.P. Sir R. NAStuthse. M.P., aldsomma
liatet_y, NIP., Mr. Balsams, Mr. Labeashen, Mr. J. WAND,
Mr. D. W. Wire, the Rev. Dr. Only, to. The meths,
though act crowded, owing probably to the bad state of the
weather( wint stile adialeatty mammas to °celibate as for
MIMI op, of *problem to the esatemplated Image
MOIL
The CHAIRMAN rid that, moms die bother to be the
Mid mite of the shy of Leaden, be always emalared
it his hat eapsoil to assist with his mroperatima In
any measure width might affect the lemma of the Aims.
(Genre.) He had refumd to take the ,hair es MG=
abase whoa be had hem larked to do so, helms he
the questions to be diseased involved peaked esneidtar
time, limn% always been ef **aka that the holder
of his office should steer eller of au:h matters,
and decline to mks !timid( a party to them. (Rear,
hear.) Het this was a qualm eo purely, ea en-
thnly, of a domestic 'tweeter, that, net en 4 was ha happy
to preside over that importaat mooing, bat be weal* ao.
a with them to the utmost of bis power ia giving
std to to the reject. (Load applause.) it was Recemary
that ha should ram, that when be tint heard of the 'mew
dee to opsa the Post-dim ea the &today, he wrote MEM-
ally to Lard Jobs Russell upon the subjest. He believed
the &ebbe lewd was am at that time ia any way lalionned
opal the question, but he (the chairman) bad since received
a letter Iron the noble lord, dated Monday, and written
from Woburn Abbey, whisk he fait It his duty to read to
shamming. It was as follows:
Webers Abbey, Oct. 1,11149.
My Lad,—ln reply to year lordship's Imre of the 29th,
seapsetieg " the rumoured intuition to pen as Past-etasl can state that there fa no such intention.
The change actually propned by the Pat-office authorities
has bee; anamineed in the newspapers, and your lordship
will be enabled by that announcement to judge .1 its pro-
bable bearing sad affect.
I have the beam to be poor lordship's most obedient
seems% J. ROMIZLI.
Tte1.3.13187.r. ( resdiog of the oreteladlet part of this letter elicited
hisses and load cries of " Saute. I N,w having long had
the honour of knowing Lord John Hassell, he felt
tura that, whatever parties in that city might differ
Rum hie loaship on public qui:times, his lordship
and his salable lady were patterns of exemplary piety, and
afforded as excellent example of the Christian observance
of the Sabbath. (" Hear, hear," and chars.) He felt,
therefore, quite unified that Lord John Russell would
never lend himself to any measure by which It WS' attempted
lodgement, the Sabbath. Before coming to the meeting that
monolog, he had felt it bisduty toga to the Pethofthe authori-
ties for the purpose of ascertaining what really was the measure
which they had in cootemplation. He had the hearer of
seeing the secretary and Mr. Rowland Hill, and obtained from
them an official copy of the notice, which, perhaps, it was
sot necessary to read. A.though the notice was untended
to have the appearance of affording relief to the eoautry
districts, yet wu there lurking in his own mind a suspicion
that if this measure wu carried out it would ultimately.
bad to the Par-office heiug opened altogether on Sunday.
e. Rear, hear," and cheats.) Mr. Borland Hill had, in-
deed, insured him that all which was meant was to catty
trough London the letters which might arrive from a die
teem. in order that they might not be delayed in
the Post-office for twenty-four Doran, and he had
dated that the accomplishment of that object would only
give employment to 26 additional men—(marks of diaappre-
b&n)—it was bet right that he (the chairman) should
Mate everything that had been urged—(hear, her)—whlle
et
the same time it would relieve is the country districts
uwasels of 2,000 persons who were now employed. Mr.
Hill assured bun, also, that these 25 additkinal hands would
only be required lentil 10 o'olock in the moraine, and la
the evening after 6, and that the arrangement would not
interfere with the performance of their religiose dada
Now that woe the explanation which he had received from
' the Post-aloe authorities. He would now state what ha
thought the alteration, if made, would lad to. The words
of the Ilona were, "That to facilitate the above arrange.
moats, and at the same time to promote the public wane
these, letters peeled at proviacial pow:offices on the blank
✓ebday for towns beyond London shall, if stamped and
peplos full latter rates, be forwarded as on other days, so as
te be delivered, except in remote places, on the Monday
morning." Now, in this great commercial country it was
impessible that any towns could obtain the advan-
tage of having their letters sent through the Lou-
isa Post-office without the commercial community
of London suffering some injury in unseejuence.
The great commercial community of Linden would, in feet,
be embjected to serious injustice if the intention of ithe
eatheetties were persevered in; and though he Wined
that, sea body, they would be willing to sulfa injury rather
than apply to the government for the openieg of the Pint-
ogee, yet there might be some parties who, bating in view
their awn immediate interest, would go to the government
ea* say, " Now that you have given other towns the bomb
ef semlimet their letters through the London Pouellime
why do you not have letters delivered in Leneles "
(Hear, hear.) He did trust that as this measure did ma
appear to have been called for by any representatiens,
either in London or elsewhere, as there was no elute for
this attempt to get in what, he feared, would prove the
wedge, and as he remembered that a simil 2 measure was
most successfully opposed about tea years previously, he
did hope and trust that the same spirit which had bets
saceesaully roused before would be brought to bear emus-
fully now. (Much cheering.) It wag not neseassa for him to
detain the meeting by any further observations. He regretted
that he should not be able to remain there up to the close of
tie proceedings. A common ccuneil was to be held at one
o'clock, sad he could not p 058.14 avoid 'Wading on account
calla pressing nature of the business. But before leaving
the hall he would say that he should be on et happy to tab
charge at any representations to any party, either to the
Prime Minister or to the Posteraster•Genend, or to do any-
thing which the meeting consider. d ought to be dose, la
crier to give c ffect to the resolutions adopted on that secs-
non. (Load cheering.)
Mr. MASTER?dAN rose to move the first resolu-
tion. Having been invited to take part in the pro-
ceedings of the meeting, he felt the greatest plea-
I sure and satiefac•ion in complying—assembled as they
were to prevent any interference with the regu-
lations of the Post.office which would have the eff.e: of
giving ieetteeed employmer.t oa the Sairlay. (Chown.)
Several respectable individuals having ant ealed to Dim on
this important subject some days previously, he had felt it in-
cumbent= him,on account of the situation which he had the
honour to hold in the City of London, to commueicate with
the Pesuoffics author-ides, and perhaps the answers to his
buns would not be unacceptable to the meeting. The first
was from Lord Ciansiearde, the Postmaster General, and
was as follows :
Pannone, Ireland, Oct 1,1049.
Dear Sir—There is not the sligotest truth is any man-
ner of our intention to establish a delivery of letters on Sun
day in Loudon. The anemones of the measure lately
adopted will, I trine be to very mach diminish Sunday labour
ice the poet-offices throughout the United Kingdom, and
likewise to pees stop to much letter-writing on Sanjay in
private establishments.--Sincenly yours,
CIANNICARIMI.
(Hinge.) The next letter was from Mr. Tilley
General Post-office, Sept. 28, 1849.
reply to your communication of this day, ad-
dressed to Colonel Maberly, who is now absent from Lee-
dom, 1 bee leave to seguamt you that the measure to which
you alluded will not cause any change whatever as regards
the arrival or dispatch of Lentos letters on Sundays • there
will be no delivery of letters in London on that day, ;ad the
Post-office will not be open for the receipt of letters. I beg
leave to add that the main object of the measure in qualm
is to afford relief on the Sunday at the provincial dim
' I have the honour to be, sir, your moat obedient Mimi&
servant, J. Tutor, Assistant Secretary.
Now the authorities disclaimed any intention of bringing
about a delivery of Deters in London on Sunday ; but he
was quite of opinion, with his worthy friend the Lord
Mayor, teat once lad this change be effected, and It wail
come to that in the and. (Hear' bear.) He deeldadly
objected to the affording any relief to the provincial MUM
by :Into' which would throw more Sunday work on the
office in Landes. If, indeed, relief was the only of set,
11. thoneht he could put the government in pessaries el a
weed eider plea of 'fading substantial relief—ewe err
which it might be given without any moral impropriety lasi
w !bout any great inconvenianes to the main mtabildk
meet in London. H. would abolish the Sunday delivery
as Inters all over the kingdom. (" Hear, hear,
and load cheers.) He would not take up any more
of their valuable time. He perfectly accorded aith
what had been so well stated by his right hon. friend in the
chair, and would be most happy to week with him in sli-
ming the object of the meeting ; and he had now the plea-
sure of proposing the following resolution:
That this meeting has observed, with regret and alarm,
the proposed new regulations in the General Post-office, by
which a large amount of Sunday le.oar will be rrquired in
that establithment ; and it is unable to perceive any reason
why the slight relief offered to the country offices should be
bound eto with the commencement of so great en evil in
London." (Cheers.)
Mr ROBARTS, in seconding the resolution, simply ex-
pressed his cordial oeneurrenci in tha sentiments previously
urrede resoluq .n was then pat and carried unanimously.
Mr..l. LABOLICHERE moved the following:
" That tnis meetiag feels persuaded that soy plan which
Wags the mails into Loud ,n on the Sunday morning, and
esquires the attendance of the clerks and lettensmoers te re-
ceive, warn, and transmit them, must ultimately lead to a
delivery of h tters on that day in L oidoa also."
In considering this Tale ion, it wu important to ascertain
sad observe what were the existing arrangements in the
General Post-office with regard to Sunday lase err, and to
anon* them welt those which would exist if the proposed
altoratioor were effected. The following statement comprised
Milt :
MORNING DUTY.
Now—A portion of the bags containing math from the
airports, in neer 30, come into the London Post-office on
Suoday m ruing early; these are all opened at present for
the pups e of taking out the letters for government
Wise, a pact co frit established in time of war, employing
26 persons of ail grades, there being but five clerks amongst
' them.