The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

ELECTORAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

The area of this cows* sway* shoat 713 square miles,
or 519,530 acres. It is an inland essaty, bounded on the
north by Staffordshire cad 8 ; en the ant, y War-
wickshire ; on the meth, by iffleresostenhke ; and on the
wear., by Herefordshire. Of this es there see antral de-
etched or outlying ;minions the winaportant of which
ennui) the tows * is i Dudley, and n Staffordshire.
Amebic of thstaiies ia ausath.sact bee
s,
the mais
by * the army/, owl essiebe the oritet emu of Ship-
anar. la ads broth lee, entomb a terthae
paetwooshlm et Wcwarelowaise. hat plorshed. keebadag *wawa
et Dresiway ea& leeekleff. The pprestost bomber
tersike, se redwood bra the noeffeeset to the esobwest,
is 2, mins ; its speoeset breadth, fora els* west te sest, to '
22 ago. The make of &UMW* le the square idle
is IN ; sad la this raspiest Waseostoshire exceeds
two est of the flier esatigooes smeatio la the year 1831
Olowesterehirs bad 307 to the wale
347 ; Sh 146 ; mad US. The *aunty
is divided Cate b e ropshire,
hawked', lea r. The
hundreds see these of Basissahent, Lo 11.1681.,
Osteelaiew,asiroehess. Thee. coati sae asesoly,
Wooster, tea moist teems,
atm (a pow parlianotary buseamasig, Tealmy,
Upton, Pinion. sad the ease
=Bsso, Dar, wed Dewar /. By the
the Daiwa Dierbs, continuo to retain its
ewe swot sad bete* of the tea rivi-
ng* den bed Trosessembire LissitsegOred two •
op do moreasteties of be whob oyes*, 1111111161
14 assbole-- he lb esto bridges, Ors fer the "Sy,
sad sight brio boweghs. The prods*" if the owsn'llle
*abut 'pia (Weft wheat aad /TO; as Wia=mi.
'eel, some les cattle, swam hege,..Zoba, pony
eider. Dad wart its salt, of the
very whiten and ilne: se= ikon the brine springs of
Droitwielt. Dudley has asst hageoleat bee works mad
foundries, sal amiss el astaeoles auloubseasso is gloom
end harbors. Ms omormast of hem ond foray coder
the property tax wee, la 1806, 1,808,1111 ; sad to 1816,
only 790,1181. It stands the soroatoodt on the hot Oboes
English opeadas, the largest portico of wires popelation it
oste t, egdoe
feral
the swab °lstir=l.l tablas& brow
.2,009
watalobbelBBl lk
"ma. led 148 Tbeheelow,
Nu, 1$ lir. lake; 1821P,tt
we. 184,623; in 1811, it was 211,818; hi 1841, it had
reach* 233,336--inersoo in 40 y0r5,181,998, or 79 percent
ea 1801.
The past~ lriehaffel Wownlenhire le as et the
toot rmit ea Mat SI rooposb the wposastiletiseel
and impothrat Interferer* of a V* reeseled Meg**
the free .tuts of a amber for tNs esesty, w lies
within the diocese of Wormier. In the lit at lase, a

militias of William Walsh, Esq. was presented, orimplain-
ing of an endue return of Sir Jelin Paktnaton, by bribery
and other indirect practices, and she partiality of the sheriff.
No report en this petition is catered.—" November 2, 1701,
oomplaint was made to the house that the Lord Bishop of
Worcester, and Mr. Lloyd his eon, had been guilty of •
breach of privilege at the last election for this county.' This
complaist being ordered to be taken into consideration on
the lath of the same month, this order of the day was then
proceeded with accordingly. Sir John Pakington, in his
place, stated the particulars of his complaint: "that soon after
parliament rose' the Bishop of Woroester took epos him to
send to him to desist from standing to be elected knight for
that county; threatening that if be did not, he, the bishop,
should think himself obliged to speak against him to his
clergy."—That the bishop himself sent some letters,
and the bishop's secretary others, to several clergymen.
instructing them to nuke whatever interest thty could
ageing Sir John at the election. That the bishop aspersed
the complainant to his clergy, upbraiding him and his an-
cestors with several vices, and at confirmation and visitation
openly soliciting such cicrgy to vote against the complainant,
and threatening them with his displeasure in the event of
their supporting him: that the bishop pursued the same
coarse towards several of the laity who were his tenants, in-
timating that it they would not vote against complainant,
they should never renew any estate under the bishop, and he
would "mark them :" that the son and the secretary of the
bishop had also scandalised the complainant to many of the
freeholders. Witnesses having been called in end examined as
to each of these heeds of complaint, the house resolved rem.
eon. "that Sir John Pakington bath, by evidence, fully
wade eat the charge which he exhibited against the Lord
Bishop of Worcester that Sir John bath fully made out his
charge phut Mr. Lloyd, the said Lord Bishop's son ; that
it to this house that the proceedings of William,
Ipii Bishop of Worcester, his son and his agents, in
older to the hinderii.g the election of a member for the
esseintg er Weseemer, ' have been malicious, unchristian, and
nehlesam is high violation of the liberties and privileges of
the 411111111111101111 el Ragland,' "—Resolved, "That ad hum-
hla he pmented se her Majesty, that she will be
rZy pleased to mom William. Lord Bishop of
etier, from befog almoner to her Majesty." This ad-
dle* was ordered in the usual way to be presented by such
110111611111 of the boors as were also members of her Ma-
jesty*. Privy Council. The business was ordered to be fur-
thoznogyaed until that day illeitlait i and the Attorney.
wag dressed to prosecute Mr. Lloyd, the bishop's
gen, " for Idegaid ediesen afetz big privilege as a member of
the lower hews itavecisels• is est..' The lords, alarmed
at these progeediage of the anuseme, and anxious to screen
one of their owe members, voted an address to the Queen,
representing that it was the undoubted right of every lord of
parliament and of every subject of England " to has, an op-
portunity of being heard in his own defence before suffering
any punishment;" and humbly desiring her Majesty
that she would be pleased not to remove the
Lord Bishop of Worcester from the place of Lord Almoner,
nor to show any mark of her displessure towards him, till he
be founu guilty of some crime by the course of law. This
address, which certainly affirmed an undoubted and most
essential constitutional maxim, being presented to the queen,
her Majesty returned an answer, remarkable for the mode
in which it reconciled the recognition of that maxim with
the vindication of her prerogative, and reserved to her the
opportunity of dealing with the address from the Commons.
her Majesty agreed that every peer and lord of parliament,
and, indeed, every other person, ought to he heard before
being punished on any matters objected to him; but she
looked upon it as " her undoubted right to continue or to
displace any servant attending upon her own person when
she should think proper." Afterwards, the comptroller of
the Queen's household reported to the house that their ad-
dress having been presented to the Queen, her Majesty had
been pleased to return this most gracious answer:—
" Arose R. I am very. sorry that there is occasion for thin ad-
dress against the Bishop of Worcester. I shall order and direct
that he no longer continue to supply the place of almoner;
but I will put another in his room to perform that other."
Thereupon the thanks of the commons were unanimously
voted to the Queen. Mr. Speaker was instructed to super-
intend the printing of the evidence and examinations taken
in the case ; and on the 23rd April, 1703, the solicitor-gene-
ral reported to the house the proceedings which had been
taken against Mr. Lloyd, the bishop's son.
This is certainly one of the most flagrant cases of " undue
interference" to lie found in the books.
With regard to the interests generally paramount at elec-
tions for this county, it is pretty certain that from about the
24th of George 111. to the Ist of William IV., the influence
of the Earl of Beauchamp and Lord Foley had nominated
both members. The Earl of Beauchamp was usually sup-
ported by the Earl of Coventry ; Lord Foley by Lord Dudley
and Ward, Lord Lyttelton, and Earl Somers. The Earl of
Bradford has since thrown hie weight into the scale ; but
with the above noblemen the nomination, in fact, of at least
two of the four members still remains. Sir E. Blount, Sir
Rouse Boughton, Sir James Cotterell, Sir William Heath-
cote, Sir William Smith, Sir Of Wakeman, Sir Thomas
Winnington, and Sir Thomas Philiipert, have very
extensive properties. The eastern division of this
county returned, at the (untested election of 1835, the two
Whig candidates, Mr. Holland and Mr. T. H. Cease.
the one by 2,271 votes, the other by 2,201, rejecting MT.
Horace St. Paul, who, however, polled 2,061. The western
division returned one conservative and one whirr, at an elec-
tion also contested, Colonel Lygon and Mr. Winnington
lemniag in with 1,961 and 1,938 votes respectively, and de-
Yds( Mr. Pakington, aho polled 1,776 votes. At the
einstion of 1837, there was no contest for the western divi-
sion, Colonel Lygon and Mr. Wilmington being again re-
turned. The eastern division was hotly contested, Mr.
Horace St. l'aul and Mr. Bari.eby, two conservatives, being
returned by 2,595 and 2,281 votes respectively : Mr. Holland
with 1,949 votes, and Mr. Foley with 1,933 being thrown
out. At the election of 1841, the two divisions of the
county returned 4 conservatives without • cosiest. They
are the now sitting members. The registered electors fee the
eastern division in 1841 were 0,328; the western, 4,589. At
the last registry, 1848, the numbers were, respectively,
6,307 and 4,357. This shows an aggregate decrease on the
last registry of 263 freeholders. We look upon any contrac-
tion of the number of voters in a county constituency like
this as offering a disceuragicg augury for attempts at ern-
ing the representation.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MAT 10:

At ten o'clock last night the answer to inquiries
respecting the Lord-Lieutenant's health was, that
" there is no material alteration." The bulletin of
this morning announced that
His Excellency had a disturbed night, and is not so well
this morning,
An extraordinary series of resolutions has just been
published, and will be submitted to the Kilworth
Relief Committee, exhibiting the mingled feeling of
alarm and cowardice which pervades a considerable
number of the landlords. Alter setting forth the
fiscal obligations to be contracted by the ratepayers,
which lead directly to insolvency, the resolutions con-
clude by declaring it to be a duty the committee
" owe to the public, to the government, and to them-
selves," to resign " their arduous office on the 6th of
June." Such is the moral bravery of the Kilworth
committee, with Lord Monotcashel at their head.
And that was done, too, when, in the event of voting
their own dissolution, that the poor may starve, the
government can and will direct the formation of
another committee. There is very great distress in
Kilworth, and the rate must be heavy. True :
but while the necessity exists the remedy must
be applied. Kilworth cannot fare better than
other localities where the suffering is great, and the
rates are heavy.
Where Gimes have co-operated, and employment
been alkeded by the landlords to relieve the pressure
es the rates, the set dem not look so formidable, nor
me the rates so very crushing. In Wexford, for in-
stance, the highest electoral rate in the union does not
exceed le. ild.—the lowest is 6d. in the pound. The
landlords of that =dm weed met, drimetbre, apprehend
the immediate presume et eredientiom
A very amamese nesting of the leas was held to-
day to molder the heel mode of protecting the in-
terests of the preheat" or in leis abstmet language,
to guard egatait the miry bequest prudes et signing
counsel's name to gasoline without his privity, and
esweermily without the fee. Various plans have
bees proposed, but m the larceny is chiefly committed
in the eme of mommas declarations, if the fee were re-
duoed limn a guinea to half a gnmea, there would be
term attempts at this modiii fed A committee
will be appointed to mmelder the best means of safety.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
Two Ilonnass.—Than are MOCOURMI of outrage§ of a
ma Edon chamfer boa the math today. On Sunday
deems!, whit. the he* at Mr. Niel* Bleed, of Castle.
Ifirgos, war Damask Omer Clara was at prayen,
three snood as Ms brae, end mended Aka* to a
rasa where Mt. Mead welly its. His essaad 1101 wan In
the sofa, his haw abash was& this yeeag path-
s= oh= his dither was. Irbil& sabred to sass, sad
=sae of them Mime bailed and die-
blowbehea i bin. A dog setteral his
Ala a mead dheoteed hie bawd, and a thhd grand
MI hothead. The alai' that hlt by the bock
deso—• hamar elowessaraeo, es the eider M. Bleed was
appeeedieg et the awe the beat dear liT 11111 avenue. That
=woo samargmiei by Mr. 11•1111101% who was
early unalatat neently. sad bailing die lbw,
Bind said he seed it wee his savant, who was
Aria at entre. MalW sasadootte was hadiaudy pro-
malls, the swam, who tt Is herd way not be perma-
nentwas = tuella sewed me.fidirlarry,s Lays -
plan
on Totoslm.
The weeemle tee* hen the provisoes
TM corn miej tM
mnd
iepalMsae tvolari g::=6 ; sad the green ero are
eetivated, to ea' attest whisk lalleatertitat
the geaarahy me beaming My ingaised with Orb maw.
Tanaeseema however it weal weer we avast mart•
&NM ha the vicinity et lige tews, in width the seep are
deadlei Is be " the wan
ilarjr." The wheat
here is dada' SI 11/16114 " .'•
et:masa:that
green," isi any gualleasa ere y its
removal Off ether. NSW Mr. Wyatt of is
described es eabelara Mr. James Waid, a gealleena who
hr l 4 seas wheat dews, is deliberathe
not resort it, end sow Wiry. And Mr. Tam, mars

cultivator la ploughing it out and sowing the latter
mentiessed IMO. however, I have again to remark,
only opplko. Ilidonsoly, to the immediate vicinage of Sligo.
The ookkiwy anikka of Sligo is most 'terming, if credit
may be ph is Ike statements in the local perm Fever
ie wily M Tito ttacked ard has found its victims in
ever, rack. ols for fever patients, of which, in-
cluding the worlikomoo biopics], there are three, ere over-
crowded, and see a flay paws that 15 to 20 patients are not
brought to them, ohm they are obliged to refuse. In axe
small cabin, which Worded eivaial lodging' to the 'trolling
paupers who visited Sligo, there have died, within
three months not fewer than sixty persons. Two persona
who exercised ownership over the premises, had died
within that time, and, though now no landlord clause it,
yet these wretched beings rill burrow within its walls. The
terror which this state of things has created may be keened
from the fact that, in a certain house in Sligo, a victim to
the fever scourge lay °duped for seven days, and on one
could be found to bear the corpse to the grave and bury it.
SCOTLA YD.
EDINBURGH, MAT 10.
Public health, both in Edinburgh and Glasgow, is
the reverse of what it should be. In Edinburgh,
erysipelas and small-pox prevail among the poorer
classes; and in Glasgow fever still rages extensively.
The assistant-inspector of the Barony parish has been
eat off, and some of the officials in the city pariah-
workhouse have also been attacked. Poverty, with
its attendant evils, over-crowding, filth, starvation,
ece., are the prevailing causes ; but once broken out,
all classes are in more or less danger.
In the proceedings of the counts, meeting for Dam-
barton, it is reported that "some -discussion ensued as
to the aliment of three boys of tender age who had
been indicted for theft at the Glasgow spring assizes
of 1846, and committed by Lord Medwyn to the
Glasgow House of ltefuge without trial." This ali-
ment, which was granted, is the only instance of pre-
ventive reform that we have observed in the pro-
ceedings of the county boards—all their efforts being
apparently directed towards the curative amelioration
of the county prison and the rural constable. At the
Hoes meeting a small grant was asked for the Free
Church schools in the district, on the ground that •
pittance was awarded to the Established Church semi-
naries; the one was refused, and the other discon-
tinued for alleged want of funds, the paucity being
mainly caused by a retrospective claim of 1,7001.,
granted in the shape of damages
_ against the police
superintendent, for confining Free Church rioters in
a bank safe two or three years ago, and by a pro-
spective drain on account of the food riots of the
present year.
For the last two days there have been very heavy
showers, and yesterday the wind changed to the
west. To-day is dry. but cloudy, and the wind is
again easterly. Heat is greatly needed for the young
crops.
Lootc AND METAPHTSICS IN THE EDINBUROII UNITED.-
SITT.—In advertising the results of his elms for the past
session, Sir William Hamilton states that the first and second
classes. of honours are vacant," and that of those who stood
up in the " third class " for what, in fencing language, he
calla " a simple pass," the highest notched 2.50, the lowest
30. What e_prorpeet this is for dialectics in Scotland ! At
present Sir William is waging a fierce war with Archdeacon
Hare and Professor de Morgan, who will carry on these con-
tests when the learned baronet is no mote. Hie " simple "
pupils will then indeed he brought to a " pass."
Ocasoow MUSICAL GIN Sours.—ln renewing licences
for the current year, the magistrates unanimously disapprove
of the principle on which the business of these establishments
is carried on—attracting great numbers of persons in the
evening, by musical entertainments, for the purpose of dis-
posing of liquor. But they agree to renewal on the follow-
ing conditions:—That nn business is carried on at any time
on Sunday. That no person, apparently under 18 years of
age, is received or entertained. That no gambling, by what
is called " skittles," or otherwise, is carried on. That daa-
cing is not permitted, &e , &c.
PUNISHMENT FOR THE ZEALOUS PEIXTORMANCE OF
Dery.—From the Leith Herald, it seems that it is the
custom of the police commissioners of Leith to punish their
men when they do their duty, an example of which occurred
lately in the case of one of their ofiicers, who, being called
upon to quell a riot amongst some drunken sailors, was
struck severely oe the bead with a stone. Being rendered
unfit for duty, be was sent home and another watchman
' appointed to his station. As be had not completed his
natht's duty, one. half of his day's wages was deducted!