The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER SO, 1848.

tdaffseataitsed 6.610 Sid me sated 4114,2121.
wee Ibl.lllkeotthe amble ef bonen rated
at 1070 e-Tl 17;wardri, thiSIL It the legislature
to take thesesmog ben Me and to allow
the districts to rthima em toe nem , ken
of
then of which bass dagthealle Oa the anion
of Mr. Danford, by Mr. Rams. the piths was
adopted. aad It was semi to take Minn* step *pro.
ears signets-es
WOIRINO Mlles ESSAYS OS 'ME SaillSAVS,ra
mein, el maahms OM Sabbath Rehm Amilethm
to
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th ns mene
heeeNIEL to Mem Wonted ben
the
adjudged Ise essays ups lola el
Christian setbath.-8. M. Pete, • M.P.. Inong talus
the "hair, introdused with ems obsoroationo
-- Gavot germ% Ms premed the but rsethallea;
wignidag the masa nese el the sea et the
Iwisdom and bmilense of the . end as
more that sopling des le e Immo ligeS
ma's satins. goolme emthibisted et a evert with
had been cirefelthel.thalltho museemhl mays bed net ben
written by maks mm. the Mid 'peak hem pagenel
knowledge of theel:Nakewe ka
as they might be In they
and the genuine • 1 *slim ton wIM thoi
emanated.— Wthiasse, weak* poraor. memsied
resolution.—The mond elate..re width wee weepared by
Bntek, a shoemaker, mad esoinisil by Timm •
Isom painter, Inn to the thing Mt the selbeth was shoo-
lowly nommery ime the limbs% welLbshig of the human
Mune.— Brewing, • elseemolm, la moving the third
resolution whith deprecated the sonane of modern enter•
wise to trench on the day et mg Ea reSerays, namboata,
Ake., emplaned that elmerwon, may of ahem he row
upon the Morn, wen in the habit of Mhos to the west f
of ev OR tbeilehath day he their gym.
sseamitatin its TIMM bp ' their egerimmen imd
lie congratulated bbiosellen the that that while the workmen
of Pans had been reesslutisenies their country, 1,047
English workmen had bin iris* sit down to write essays
on the Sabbath. They bad thin beard of std estates
of the realm—the gam, 101/4 COmems. the Prem.
To than mot now hem added the wedges mem the fifth in
retains, but the most what& to the fret, isbes the beet
life guards and prowsten of the sovereign.— Fisher,
• 'shower from Wig:oath, aad who anatomised himself
sa • local preasher la the Wesisysis connexion, on
the resentioa. The game reset
were all carried
wmannonsly.—The Rev. W. Brach moved a resolution
pledging the meeting to • farther:me of the Wien ot the
association. la his opining all the mu who had ever done
soy pool is their peamaion were waking men. There was
ow a harder wearing ma in Ragland than Lord Ashley,
their late chairman. Preaklim been mentioned ;but
there wen also Cotentin, a weaver ' • Arkwright, a barber ;
Ben Josses, • bricklayer; Carey, a gobbler and, poing
Wailer ap, the Aponte Paul was • tootwaker ; Peter was
• fishermen: and the greatest of all, the Redeemer him-
self, was set dews by the evangelist Mask as a
carpenter. The object of the montion was spigot, and
he trusted would mem witnesses' ee-operaiion.—Mr. Os key
(one of the aljudimsors), In seceediajt the resolution, eulo-
gised the talent diajdayed in the 100 emays which bad been
submitted .o his sespection. Many of them 11.. d Greek
mottoes, and in others, although the compeation was faulty,
there were brilliant thoughts wincing the highest order of
intellect. A member of parliament bad tad him. that in
equal proportion be doubted if the Homes of Commas
moldhave timed oat soak a ealection. (A laugh.)—
Thanes were voted to the thaismaa, sad the proceeding'
terminated.
Mina ADOTRALIA COMPArli.—The half-yearly
meeting of this company took Moe yesterday at the otheo,
4, New Broed.sinet. Mr. Todd having taken the char,
proceeded to read the mon, from, whM it appeared that
the resit roll of the empty progresses is • mew Midge-
tore mane., the errantry lands Mt port property pro.
duciag about 12,0001. a year. The neonate Mu the
Ming districts an ales sheering. At the last OROSOR,
the mining captain (Remafrey) bad arrived, and bad el-
premed • high opinion of the capabilities of the dis-
trict. The popdation of Booth Australis bad doubled
widths the last three years, and ample provision was being
made for the Iwthemunes of 'emigration. Thirty sera of
land had nee ern to the bishop for a redden, and the
commy had also disposed of their live stook. with the es-
creptioset 200 benne fee food, and 40 draught oath. The
mute bed bees sold for no guineas a head. The flocks were
most premising, red • good clip was expected yepw
et
—The Rev. Mr. Simms moved the odspnn the repoet
,
which was wiannowly agreed te.—la &DOW! to a
holder, the chairman iatimand his espeotation that in two
or three years the rants of the leads alone would justify a
dividend of fie per cwt.—Mr. Carrie was the unanimously
elected • director; after whisk some counnesion mood
relative to the best mode Of INisitlag copper, sod the pro-.
aiding' terminated.
ClioloSith.—Yesterday the Beard of Health ref-
caved reports of the following freshness :—Whitechapel
Union, 1; Commercisl wad, 1 ; Onege's parish. 1 fatal;
Reading, 2 fatal; Chesterfield, I; Glasgow 133, 64 fatal;
Beetwood, 3;. Dumbarton, 4,1 fatal ; C %abridge (groat the
25th), 64, 16 fatal; Old Itilpankk, 4 heal; Rummager, 9,
I fatal ; Tanen, 1 fatal ; Idiaborgh, 4 fatal ; Blantyre
(18.1 to 24th), 9, 6 fatal ; Dumfries. 3; Maxwelitoos, 2
feta. Total new am, 242; 106 deaths.'
RE-01,=1643 OF MIDDLIMIX 110SPITAL.--Thie
building which, sotwitbstanding tjse mead alteessiess sad
eawagoas which had been sine to it during the provisos
three or four years. was, at the commeenteat of the present
year, gonad to be mill itionnansit, it ewatilesed, and in
point of anonnadation both for the patients sad the °Mons
quite inadequate to its requirements, or to the demand upon
it, has roe. atly winnow shoat entire renumber:don, aad
will be qesnee for the reception of petiseta es llenday next
To remedy the above defects, Mr. Wyatt, the architect, sub-
mitted a plan to the Bowel of Mengessest in February last,
and which hes been acted upon. The animated oast of ear-
ryiag out this plan was 12,0004—though other alterations
which have grown out of Sev
ernd which, ia the
meat of an old building can vbe (lessen, willrirroTarl;
inassar the total expenditure to agar 20.0001. The dents
contemplated in the pan have been effected by means of an
additional story—ia on or two instances by additions to the
ground plan, by a reconstruction of • °mineable portion of
the interior of the uriginal building, end by the excavation,
or rather removal, of melees brickwork, so OA to form an ex-
cessive open area round the front of the basement story.
Several of the old wards have been beightseed, and all the
new sees hays considerable elevation. Specious and well-
ventilated corridors a somennication have been formed
throughout the hospital. Stone and iron staircases have
been substituted for the old wooden one, and additional
iron staircases to be used as Menem irom the upper
story, provided. Rooms for (14) hot and Bald bathe ; mat-
levies, closets, and nurses' MOOD have both ',revisal in um-
nation with the several wards. Separate wards for noisy or
del rious patients ire provided. A new sad powerful Ream-
boih r has been erected in emission with the hot baths
(capable of supplying upwards of 100 baths a day)' the
stem cooking spparaus ; the laboratory woks; ventiag
shaft, and the weshlgne and Landry. In the hope of
adenine • considerable annual saving, the plan of " home
washing " (which has been Wood say advantageous in some
hospitals) has bran adopted, sod this department has been
' Sited up with the most most and approved appli.
ems. Considerable improvements have been made
is the " out-patient " department; the operating
f theatre; postmortem and examination roam. It is
salealated that the ventilating apparatus is capable of
extracting 10,000 lest of impure air per minute hem the
wards, Se., to which it to attached, and the half of this is
effected without any greens of fuel whatever • the ether
half at an ,:pew of 28 ths. ef Me per diem. The weed
AWNS are boa-ded o ith dooloolsd wood, and the meth mie
finished with Parise plester. • VOSS bliplessolla IVO Ohe
common plaster wolls,ellislag • within is mink Omani
and, Mpg non-absorbmg, Fenno the spend optfrriemie
dienses. The comp
of this solid, quest. wall
ie gyros and hermit acid ; and, with the exception of the
I base ent of the now Hone of Commons deb is the Mt
public building in which it has been involuted. The wean
appear to have been tarried oat in the most maid manse.
and the funds expended have certainly been altogether do
voted to the attainment of the ussful--oreament and an
bellishmest being entirely avoided.
RAT= OR P3lsoffeL PSOPERTY.-818,--Perealv-
ing the, the Mill in an article en Christssugday apes
Cubden's budget, goys that reel property pays pm'nille
and a variety of other taxes tin which paresan
tw
pert; is exempt, I beg leave to seed pea • lit of
our local Mathew he the pre plat t Mk U. pee
mod ; paving and elesserag, Is. 6d. ; lightiog ona Ike Fr
hoe, 3d. • sewerage, 34. ; water for fins, Be., Id. ; wank
rate, Side ; museum, ed. • general rate, lald. : 6s. 6d. pee
pound onLiverOaal, Dee 28.
NSW RZOULATIONS IN THE COURT OF CHARISM.
—On Moony nest an act of parliament (11 B 12 Via, ass.
94), will mute into operation, by which some Whim In
the Cass et Chancery will be effected is piped to the
Petty Bag- tam, the common-law side, eel the Mewl- f
mess visa. After the Ist proximo the other of the
eared,and third clerks of the Petty ler elks will be
elmil&e& A clerk of the Petty liag-othes is to smuts the
ill=aoeam, sad ether clerks may be anointed. All
a en Own ibe riag clause
sem ft bows dim a meow thises" nen be truss-
hers& aod prevent, in a saessarerthe emplane nowlatcl
mails of delas in the Masters' cams•
" Aad be it s
*slit shall be lawful for the Lord : Chancellor, with the
obits and maistanoe of the Master of the Rolls for the time
betas, from time to time to transfer thy of the business
threshes Me in the said °See of the Petty Beg to any
other din se the High Court of Chanony, and to treader
say portion of the banns of say other °Soo of the
High Court of Chancery to the office of the Petty Bag, sad
thee' upon the olden respectively charged with the duties of
gush Mies to which each Mims shall be transferred, ant
Is and perform the Lathe moseggent on each mien, Ia
the mower as 0 the ems had been heretofore performed in
mesh Ales Iss width the moss *hall be tramferrol, wince to
sub resublimes as the Lord Chancellor, with the advice sad
nelelene el the Mastir of the Rolls, shall order or direst."
Pram the leg Jansory• all eposifisations and disdains's+ ea-
PAM mist the 6 ilk 6 Wm. IV., • 83, are to be watoligd
the liorelman4oie, and a certificate gives, to he admitted
Is winnow Foos are to be fixed for the Petty B•
Al resiimitoes are added to practice as anther ineCat.ig: 1
Maim side of elowory. °Moire privileges we abolished
ISM Whir pensions of a gonna charmer. This tot was
nand so • report of the waissittas co fess in cowts of law
eml equity, of which the present figlioltor.Owsral woe
elionsen The Menke of the committee was called
te
dive he the Kasten' oaces, end the statute DOW about to
be wallarind my be regarded se an instalment of several re-
new the raven lean Court of Chewy.
BISMINORaIi FRRABOLD LAND SOCIETT.—Bir.—
Meth Ws/ninon:re is woe. We have jest purchased shoat
Mllll rob sine betiding Mg at la. 7d. per pin, which
dI be added rung One 270 ambers, giving ea* •

THE ACCII)ENT AT THE VICTORIA
THEATRE —INQUEST.
Yesterday Mr. W. Curter held an inquest at the
Hero of Widerie Ins, wayreed, Lambeth, en the
bodies of J. Costello, aged . Phitlipe eg. d 11, the
two parties who lost their lives at the Victoria 'renew. es
Teesehm evening List.
B. Verge said that os Tuesday *Teeing last, about is
minutes beim six o'clock he was pas.
the Victoria
Thistle, when he beards great noise in the direetia tildes
eatery stair-. He went to that place, and saw two boys
handed down. hos an unmoor' number of persona ea the
stairs, probably 400 or 500. The first boy appeared to PAM
from a distance id ten feet et thereabout.. He was =tried
to Mr. &emirs surgery. He appeared dead. Another
was handed down who sepeared alive. Rrectly after the
two lads came dews, three or four pinions fell from the
upper part of the stairs. Hushuld say that they came
from the upper Isaillism or r it. Terrible maim fol-
lowed, whoa witue-a ran to Tower-street &tattoo sad la-
tamed Hr. Inspector angers who sent a body of ;Wiseman
to reader assistance. He sew no one throw the deceased
own. The other perigee tell heavily. Hie weld not tell
when they came from. The deceased were both met of the
theatre befogs the others fell. Then was no red at the
lower pest of the stairs when the occurrence happesed.
Wm Franklin mid that on the afternoon in question he
went to the gallery stairs of the theatre and got as far as the
si
He
landing whoa he emoted himself on the tura rail.
He wee there at four o'clock, sad very coos afterwards the
entire gallery owe wide crowded. He amlited to pull nee.
cal ony a, who were fain ting, oat of the crowd. and they were
banded to those below The eat at Me time was molt tee.
pregame. There was no light cm the eta re, the lamplighter
being unable to get ep on acamat of the crowd. Witnees
pulled out six sr seven permese. sad awl wee bleeding at the
tare. Some of the persoes had sunk from estimation and
were aftereards trodden upon. He bad sP.at digiculty in
reieng thin up, and he was obliged to pail one out by
lle thd
e
hair of his head.—By 'he C•eoaer : The parties were ro
down, not throws. They were got out t
heet pracrailti-
cable. Sims time before the boys fainted t lower
broke. Them was a window Oa the Imola, where the boys
tainted, which had no glass in it, but the atmosphere was so
hot that it was almost impossible for any ess to stand on the
stairs.
Mr. H. Knight, militant to Mr. Sewell, surgeon, of the
Newmar, said that on the evening in gaud= six persons
were brought to the surgery. The list wes dead, and the
body such braised. Hie roper um was bleeding, and his
brad was kaagieg bile The looked like the result of a fall,
but it might have bees caused by a kick, or from being
trampled on. The second party brought in •appeared
to be sufferisg from concus.ion of the twain. lie
was alive and that was all. He was quite insensible, but
on bi.o administering stimulants he recovered. The test one
broucht is wee dead.
T. We:artily said that on theevening in goalies he was at
•he theatre sad obtained an entrance into the doorway
leading to the gallery After being there a few minutes a
bey w handed down to witness from &Sat pelt of the ban-
isters. as
He the n handed him to somber person, who took
him to Mr. Sewell's. He also rescued several others, and
dented that any one had been throe's over the banisters.
L. Titchner mid that on the day mentioned he went to
the Victoria Theatre at helloed 2 o'clock. The door was
opened at hall past 3 o'clock, when be went on to the top of
the stairs. About 4 o'clock a lam laid hold of him and
pitched him down the first ,light of emirs where he remained
when four men pushed by and squeezed him very mech.
They forced him against the wall usoer the window.
ness asked tbe men to Ist him pare. but they said they coal
sot.
sot. The place got so hot that witness called oat murder,
sad slipped down between some of the parties. A man at
length laid hold of the hair of his bead, and pulled him up,
and handed him to another man. Whilst he was down, a
man had his fee ton hie chest so that he meld not breethc.
lie therefore tried to bite his leg to make him get off. Ile
sever said that he had been throw& over the hungers and
had fallen on to another lat.
H Frazer proved being at the theatre and being squeezed
in with the last wince.. He was forced down when Titch-
Der fell epos him. When down he meld seemly breathe.
He had no idea how he was named.
Mr. J. Sewell, surge", ol 69, Lower Marsh, Lambeth,
said that, when he arrived!
o
os Tuesday night, he
found six boys there, two of wh.ma were quite dead. He
attended the other four, who were sulfating from concus-
sion and emission from the Wpm air they had breathed.
He bad since made a post moreses examination of the bodies,
and he bead that they had died from eaffocatlon. He did
not think that, on extraordinary occasion& like Tuesday last,
the trentilatioa (dike gallery stairs was
silent. The boy
Titchner when ia hi surgery, had made a tatement to the
egret the
he bad beat thrown Clown the gallery stairs, sad
had fallen on to another.—Tlae but was reealled, and 'till
Ersitted that so one had thrown his Ovel the leadisg, and
that any onto bat told him to make a different
statement.
The Coroner having semnied up, the jury returned a ver
diet that the deemeed were set:ideation, collocated, and they
wished SO impress as the mind of the isms the tiecessi!y of
an increased ventilatioe, to prevent a similar occurrence ;
and that, la future, the outer doors Mould not be opeued at
too esrly an hoer.
At the close of the proceeditists the foreman of the jury
celled up Franklin, sad, after selogising hr eroiduct, hand. d
him over 10s. trout the jury, in &Midas to be. expenses. A
like suns was also given to Mr.. Phillips, who is a widow, and
mother of one of the decease' boys.

NiW Podre IN PBS CAPS OF GOOD HOPI.—
Last sight's &was coders that Waterloo Bay end But
Loam shall be tometitutest free wareboasion porta for all
geode while out be ilegalluireeted into the other ports of
the °okay of the Caps et Memo.
FOREBB Bosuns or KNOLLS BOOKIL—The
Gamtge sasseasse *albs peolaibluou isonnat he
into any
et her MOWS trewslwisms bee bees saispeadod se far as
die Weed Beebedoes
"SaLAPCIMMUZIIT OF ILINSINOTOW AND SUN,
SOUSDUNII Dersiune.—Y. swag a 1.11.3i11f of the rate-
papere lemiesum, emboli le the Vvtry room, for Um re-
pose at remiefes a report ed tie promediep ef the eAnwttes
x 1 ea lie NI et Aspen. to e'rebier the beet made of
die iserriperailee et teneingua, Chelsea, Fulham
liaimmeredde, end Ohiserita. er af the etstroptirai
Mood. es *minima, mated wbat had
bbs= brtt:rarairmm, sad read &petition that oftbees
Imam' ea die vardtes. It set earth that the ems imes

vele be the swag Land very Werke to {{hie, sad more that they will net allow the epperainity new plaited bele.
alstrme, is WON et IA sad ad. per_pard. is Wilding leases ; them to essays. The great obstacle whisk has always been
' sea one Wt
M. Ms News. of usqueedoriable experienced In proseeatbg any publispoiat havisg ecenexioo
ember" has asked hie mprMtlsb that war lead will be let with stain agricultural has bees the almost itauperable
at Al., 4d., sad FL per wry worst part, you see, thfaseity of reeds, eke farmers nod et induelag them
Is worth ad. per yard. The le the way to "extend the ea* to pat themselves forward in order personally to ad-
, hips" mid " wia wiatise." We have gives " treelsolds" to awe any polities! or other claim. Amotaget sash other
re* MI wade, ram la 18 mos** Newdegate sad at market. tables, ho., they are often heard to ad-
' Illeenee will have to slake room fee George Dawson mate beat with swasetness, ability, and braes, the
ma lotegit Stage. Whoa will the time 0111111 when theory tenets they waves, bat it is, neve:this., the hardest wash
Wel elehat sad ratios take its piss. ? What are the la the world to inane them to carry oat boldly Ia public 11
bedew el the reform party deism, that they do set ioia this the views they entertain. It is hare that the inhabitants of 1
emeseeent to " win 'wades f" West Terkdabeb nontralised towns have a Mies goined the advaabge of tara While 1
apathy, and it Is more thee threatened to be re- farmers have bees contest to leave
rit to others to take • pub.
kearat the tory pasty. Was the battle so light, the KM lb pert is advocating may point eonnestod with their la.
se sheep, mad the vietery so fading, that no drat is to be tweets, the town classes have erageasally meted thw-
art* to issistala the Mid ? 17p, ye use of blames, selves, and, by combiaatioa, have worked upon I the WAN,
parer, mad statics, sad lead the vie. Milieus of working of the day to weds to *Mr imporaudtim tis nompers
wee mewiieleg el " Via* awl vie owelise," bet wain time for the femme to take a lest oat of the tow a a
sera able had to peW the way. We hen hays dancer book, and to combine in behalf of the welters of
stated the we and the impasse of " freeholds," sad we " order." Although we weal (as we have rearatly thew)
any
sathe lamb in everya
" aunty to loom no time, bet go very ter veldt the Duke el Hisharad, se regariethegdee
set to, and br freehold had moieties," and, dyke Inculcated is his Wei as No. 17, tine Bead drats
la my soul, I behove that sot a Wok wady division in this a (*ltalia ego, we see OA So and tact ass his grate is
empire bet raid, by the art grand elaeraos, return con- beeinnlag to perceive that the landewases aid breams have
Ilidates who would, to a ass, eappeet Ilame's motion, and a brae to ph, lima tbat which the Postestiee gaiety
Oebdea's plan of • Maeda of tbi et
expenses of the terfly The able duke, while saes of while
weary, and every other wears of ea anliglaesed sad bems " the loam of imposing duties cm the tar
NNW polley.--JAIM TaTLON, jun., litriaingbant, Die. 231. ports of other " nevertheless gives a very obis
ALL POMOTTICI MOUSY Oillgthe drawn from halt that he disown another "Iterative to which he weld
the Mk to the 31st October, sad peal& in the country, net seam Ilewallea ta matt. After inalfrildlial
mme be tomorrow (floaday), or a see order the theories of the free traders as " wild and Yammer,
will be wry.n The statement of the /bra, a the noble duke observed, " I think it eight not to be SW
her days ago, that wane greeted Wiring the saw* of Winn that if they *ow to tent to as of free trade, we
I Wear must be paid tomorrow, Is aromas& The should tell thew, is *tuts, that at the meant time
wahelea ls coalised to codas Weed ea and from the the landed Interest is bearing unequal Modena, sal
lei Olt to the last. The natation" respecting lapsed that we shall sear lose an opportunity of attempting in per.
meow wises has hem altered. The alder et a hoped liamest, by every constitutional ovum, the ressoval of those
mem awn adios the
*lnertel the Money OrdroMlia• Mee whist press upm the landed interest now." Well.
la Leath" WNW. ov . The Made! lostecesisse the owls, sew offers itself. The "opportunity of attempt-
= the. peln, eats that lag fa peellemisat, by every constitutional mesas, the rtoi
Pills*** Wee fa* ma wow loam tartlets ease Wheat awed sled vary which rem upon the landed Wooed"
flew that al lee* the de tee ewe PaTabla las wad's "To bead is peepsesd to every man in the kingdom. His Grass the
at ...111"br,ett,..1"*._,....°1 ItLehr2"l"" Imi Wel tithe._ 's- Doke et Rice•moad can lead powerful oto the movemeat,
quid" '"" - -`-" as. er" "der Il
ee will. In feet, the " tanners' friends" h • ell sa op-
le a awe
maw le h-si Wileg, of ear" the ruse ng their ms 10
"a that ja wilsia Ila aidr aa= a prardty of mai th • chime the jtvls they have
Cobden memo WM le M. wlll le eassufeet, with, pantie. OM • esseased to themselves. in Busses, the question of the
walla foleatfarl Ott fin deereffet 141514 by the edema siwitter mat end hop <lntim offers a ins field for the
. 6......, di* On akt_afitalaktaa,_olllloar renl be melons. liaises play of the 110011ttiOn enunciated by his grace. Tbe noble
''' as "mg la" 'II "'ma' Werrats le fheeleme WO° ''' duke need not be reader any slam as tolMag led into un-
-1 Assam store raw Ina OM V , ..r....4 ..", me
lel esicioollee woe ag the aye • oadi bi ,d.„..b. iiimry. esestitutlonal interference in the twitter. Should his ipso'
bet the swine rambese we. ea.. .11 le• b. 6,.. strictly confine his efforts to advocatieg reduction of taxman
eel* Wen 11l
wee el taa sew grim. Itii—me be wtmed sad szpanditare in his plsos is the House of Lords, be will
Met the krawlea whisk web Mee bees umbel by Mu Pam- still and his exempla there all-powerful elsewhere. Be has
'as" trewm albs di It'Alla wet am War regaled es the but to give "the word of commane—he has but to utter the
awe* sow era es-I.d " forward," and the sand will light upon the ear of s
After ""gisw gamerf 4"wa wal sot be issuedcg paid large clew. MlZielir, not ally to go I d but bright-
orwar ,II
on /masts at say Aloe la the klandom. ..., forward, to the prosecution of the object in view.
IMCZErilli OF COUNTY EXPINDTTOBIL—Bir,--une
Hendon and Strand webs, end the parishes of at. Mary-
*lbw*, Paw*, St. Andrew Holborn, solids. George, have
promptly voted eteraerisla to the Middies*: county magi'.
tames, raises We proposed samosas% expeadtwo of
about 80,0001. is the two gouty phone. At • time when
etch &Area pineal mope the rate-paying classes, it is
really erastawas that a palest which is totally unnecessary,
and only ambulated to give the pima% already too well
off, superior moomenedation sad comforts to the hosed pour,
should be at forward. Let us hops the other wain and
parishes will lase so bra Ia aspeeing sad maw la memo-
rials demanding rigid acoaray to the Clerk of the Peace,
before the next esenty day, is the 18th Jaaeary.—A
'4TIPATSL

FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETIES.
MEETING AT DUDLEY.
A annerous meeting of the friends of an associa-
tion of this character, which was established in Dudley
about twelve months since, risk plan in that tows on Wed-
nesday night; W. ficholltfield, Esq., M.P. fur Birmingham,
in **chair.
la opening the business, the Canamaot said that
the purpose far which they were met was to that
one of the mast important objects of the pee-
seat day—that of extending the iranchiso. That woo
the main object, though, by admitted. there was another
von important one, that of eseoaragiag principles of beget-
ter mad economy. There was another advantage connected
with this movement, or that was its estivate simplicity.
Some movements involved PO much detail, that may pper-
mmMOM not pay due attention to theta. But with
relleramme to this 'land mermen, no rich objection
told be held. The society offend to eveery man who
weadisposed to lay by the meditate so of @Air. wreak
far dos or fear yeses, not only a perfect seeturity for his
neopy, not only *einem* Of depositing it in the best of su-
rge banlo, that oft piece °thee-hold land, bat he would ob-
ria what ought to the right of soy Englialman—a mote
far a member of • reflation If they would make a small
reran la rein tbawbjeat contemplated bythe society, they
wordaner hareems= to logo it; but if they were not
dimmed to make that effort, don't let them blame the 'law
or these Jorranesat, but let them blame themselves lor not
the power that was alreedytin their hands. 'the
goweramsat bad loft them the swam otorainiog something
for themselves, it they would but make the effort.
Mr. W. B. Swam Paid that the Baglish were blessed with
the most extravagant government ot my in Europe, and die
nationt industry was crippled in consaguenee at the *nor-
mals mount of norms which the country had rarer, sad
yr the working clams had no polities! power to remedy
sash a state of tlliege ; for the House of ludo belonged mthe aristocracy, sadeke House of Commons was too much
the representative of the lords. and .not of the people,
as it fraqueutly import that a -member of the
HOUND of lards had two or three mom or brother in the
lower home. They wen wall aware that one of the gentle-
men who represented Hadley knew no ANN of it than he
did oil/imam or the moon—(laughter)—altathis constituents
had ao more influence aver him than the greatest stranger,
sad he saver consulted them how he should vote, nor con-
tracted their feelings on political subjects. Ia hot, the con-
enamor of Dudley had so control as to who should or
should not represent them. As respected the (aunties the
matter was still worse, few it was a positive novelty to a
county representative to be identified with the wishes sod
opinion tithe people. It was for the purpose of amending
this state of things that the Freehold Land Society was seta-
hished, and therefore if they wished such a system to be
abolished they must come forward and enrol themselves.
The society simply proposed is devise means to plan at the
disposal of the working_ classes • vote for the selection of a
member of pasliament ; and the plan was to appeal to the
working damn generally, and ask them to enrol them-
selves fn such societies as this, sod so put it into the
power of the managing committee to give each member a
qualification for • county vote. In Birmingham a railer
society had been lifter months in existona, and had gash.
fled WO of its members as voters for the southern divides of
Staffordshire. This rowed the practicability of the plash
sod the Birmingham Society had already purchased as
estate which cost 6,0801. For the northern division of War-
wick the Birmingham dociety would put some 300 electors
ea the list of voters. Urn could get the people generally
to come forward in this manner, they would do what all the
talk of the country bed sot hitherto effected. This was net
following atter an abstract question, or an intrascricable
theory, but it wee a quanta' that was reduced to the most
simple level, end reeula•ml by the mod easy rule.; for the
very fad Is. Bd. any penes paid iato the society, he had
dose something to sosompliek the °tint the society had in
view ; bat many who might spend a whole life Ia sacomplah-
log that older, would not doss much good as the members
of this mod sty would do in a taw hours. (Hear.) He be-
jbstad that sack moieties would d's more good in a moral sad
✓aid that in a political point of view.
Ms, J. Ilnacmitar stated that there could be no goodies
that me party is this courry had had m ire than their fair
share etigisiWve authority—it had had the lion's share—
their own share ask everybody else's. (Laughter.) He
was for raking them disgorge what belonged to others and
retain what only was their own ; and then he would bid them
God speed in their honest efforts, and not curtail their rights
one jot. The object of the r ciety was perfectly mestlia-
dotal, and there was something in its principle that was cal-
culated to raise the tone of independence of the working
*lames. If the government would only let them govern
i'hanwelves a little mere, they would show the government
UM, poor r the potpie were, they could outmatch it in
leg ration. (laud cheers.) As to love of try, what
love, ha would ask, c aid a man have to sawn
ntry in
which ba wee hall-famished ? Give the working men a
stake in the country, an then they would not have those
outbreaks which had of late been too frequently the ease.
Give the working classes something to lon, for they had the
power of love its well as say one else. Give ano somothiag
to call his own--that which is bought by his lam and per-
severance, and you would call lords mmalibrdisms whisk
could never be misdirected by the
mee Gen err that ewe
Game smug the people. This mamma ammested
itself with a spirit of sobriety. The -smiles of one solitary
thivepence per day would, la the seined four years, par-
chew a' freehold estate, and he who pursed that course
male then become one of the read yeomen of England,
and seven they saw their repreeestatives in porliament, they
rota pan the satisfaction of being able to say, " lave
had e roe in sending him there—perhspe is my vex that
has sent 10is to the Homo of Commons to teach them the
great priocittle of truth and justice."
Mr. Ald.Vl'marrox, of Birmingham, said that freehold land
sous wham the safest investor nt of money whisk could be
made. There Were persons in Birmingham who had joined
be society from gotten of pecuniary benefit ;
_bat many
had joined it from motives of benevolence, wishing to go
side by side with this it brethren in working out the political
emancipation of the p,sople. On far is the Birmingham so-
'bay was concerned, the results had been most flattering,
beyond expectation. p,.emiums varying from 11. to 51. per
share, sad it wens Instances a premium of 101. had been
paid oa shares when transferred to another. In on case,
where a member became bankrupt sad sold his share,
the working mon who had given 101. premium for
it, declared it was a most excellent purchase. In
Birmingham they were supported by the women,
who took a lively inner it: the matter—and there
was no drying it, that the women of this country, as in
most others, had a art extraordinary Werra over the
men. (Laughter.) Sitne at she single women had taken
great istoe t in the matter, sad he advised all sash in Dud-
ley to berme members of tois society. Of coarse they
amid sot exercise the vote it they got it; bat their pine of
lead might very well be transferred to soma worthy young
men as a husband. ( Appisuw ) Ins would be no detri-
ment to say young woman's prospects is lie. (Hear) The
M'Nerof a pine of freehold land would be equally to the
of the young man as the young woman.
He was free to admit that political consideration
ware the diet to gm the Ides of these societies.
But perry politico f no part of this plan. Whoever
ciao was no* asked ft word as to what politics or religion he
was of, bat if he paid his Raney he wee at once admitted a
member. The increased vase of land might be illustrated
by hrs. In Birmingham they had • Free Grammar
Scher, whisk was founded in the reign of King Edward
VI., three hundred years ago, sad the endowment was 601.
per amass In land. There was another school founded st
Bromegrom and its endowment was in money in the funds.
The eadowessat of this school was the same in amount now
as it wee three hundred years ago, while the lowest revenue
of the Birmingham school wee 20,0001. per annum, end it'
was eautlerally Increasing (Hear.)
The wadi* having berg addressed by other gentiosa,
the reselatiess were carried wassimoasly, and the mese&
lags, whir had bean throaghout intatentiag, terminated at
10 o'clock at= The movement is making peat pro-
gram la this

THE PROVINCLILREFORM. PRESS AND FINANCIAL
The local parse in all parr of the country in
reprintiag the naticsal budget propose' by Mr. Cobden,
bays mods it the &Or el very gored somment.
The following *sweets all give evens idea of the tem-
per with whisk the sae liberal portion of the proderial
ran have wasird the grepesitios far • red cobras of our
national ezponditaro:
Inn most Ovensaaa.—We hail with goer satisfaction
• sew budget proposed le the pork by Mr. Cobden,
of which she aids bran is to lay down the pria-
Sole " raking the _grimmest 4o with • sosalisr
OHO" dun it EMMY. and to propose at roe to
curtail she annual lOpeadhare by 10,000001. Thor
is no other way of keeping k within reeloashle
bounds. As loss is we rani% it to spend oar money wan-
tonly sad ettravagantly, it will novae want a rotor for
expondiog it'; and if we would bays it monomial. , we must
mhos to give it the Ellesseat •stwavassees. To support
Kr. Coheir and to rhos redaction en the 'roisters ars
now be tho burns of all the rforraws at tho empire.
CAMBIZLDOS ADVIATIORIL—The Llso7ocil Financial
Reform Assodatioes, to whisk Mr. Cobden s plan woe ad-
dressed, hes scarped it with the martian of 1 approve/
Thus far it raft to r recommended by even couserva-
tive authadr ; for that se omission is presided over by Mr.
Mobersoa Madirmr, &leading Liverpool maservadvs. Mr.
Cobden's war rep i. andlcieutly mple—lt rarely .dsrands a
Mara to theospenditur of Mi.
ROLM U ILOZ 1100TIMIN.—Mr. Cobden's IMO, SS
whole, is one ea which dm public should, certainly
will, look with ism favorer, and Ms goverasear, we hops,
with sous lisle wholosoute dread. Viewed as a plan for
inuasilisto and riles &dories, it is cry to dad groat dill-
, cultist and objec is tless ;
is
but se or WOO Preli
rating whit wasted, it iag=is and Isratidablie
Merely to show that it is erronmeas as this pMnt, &adman-
, vacant on that, will sot do ; malp ordis of aseeting It
which the country will tool satisfaetosg, is to repass& it by
one more precise and poricable, bat Aping straight and
boldly in dr some dinettes.
EASTRIIII COOMBS IiIIItALD.—)IL Cobden's phis of
Inancial rearm has certnialy the merit of possessing a bold-
: noes rarely foetid in par/lament- pis/mining equivocation
sod reserve, he proposs at anti to WOOS ale public expo-
, ditty' to the satietit of lopirpooL, and further to replenish
, the exchequer by hying • predate and leper duty on lsad,
which Is calculalso will podium 1,600,1401.; and this
11,500,0001. forms the amount by which he seeks to reduce

PnatioS.
Otaseow CIZOWICI.3.—Thew cam be no desist that Mr.
Cobden's proposals will be abundantly derided and do-
flounced by the siesta who profit by pubic emseagance.
This, however, aauegght not to leaks it thought lees worthy of
peeler coasilration and support, and we heartily believe
Uhl have exactly the ernienty sleet. It dowinatrate
1 the great alarm telt by these who fatten on public abuse*
end their condidee that the Mate of stain which they wish
le retinue» isnmet well bear a close examination.
imatnio Onemeem—Experiesee he.prowe
d that every
nada» whin had the government in their Ma& sines the
else of the Beemea Bill have only added be the expense of the
state, and, dinellare, there is so use in &akin to them
for swans of finaseid »tom. The pinkie, se ie the
esse of the &Arm Bill sad the eses-laws, mat take up
the sialied end kiss it upon the government Me. Cobden
me wry good gamed rule far the direetios ef the
j=lesaind—ssel that it, to limit the rewires* of the mow
she by voting leleesmoney in seemed fee the »penes
the nation, and leaving the menthe to dissever the
most eeinioralcal way of expending the mosey. This
Is a very plods and busineealike way of oneteiling
wasteful expenditure, making it a matter of mew
sky, and one to white they are neinsearily bound Is
attend, bemuse the public amot afford seek extras ere
has become die order of the day within the kat few pus,
There is one snide upos which Kr. Cobden prepare the
reduction of the tax, whin will be kit es a boss is every
house in the country—tem Ha promes that the duty,
which is now 2s. the potted, be reduced to Is., causing
an immediate reduction of mum to the amount of
2,000,0001. We would suppose that this will only be tem-
, so universally »limbed is tea, that before many mi..
tyro will be so mach extended le coseequenee elite cheep.
noes as to rake it almost, if not altogether, to the proem
amount. At all events It will be a rising rather than a fall-
ins tax, besides extending our trade indefloitely with China,
which at present stems to be at* kind of stand.
EIWIDZILAND HillALD.—Mr. Cobden Is an experienced
tactician. He has learnt that an agitation to be effectual
must have in view a definite objeet, summed up in phases
and formulas easy to be retnemb, and brief foe quotation.
He has also learnt the importance offeiliatiog classes
end interests, even at the expense collateral objects in
themselves desirable.
Down zzzzz Gasnroi.—We confess that we have hitherto
considered Mr. Cobden's views on wholesale army reduction
at somewhat more fitted to Utopia than England. In his
present letter, however, he has pot himself it with oar-
selves and a large portion of the public.
PliTllllllo ADVIITIOII.—Mt. Cobden has stolen a
meek oa the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The hon. mem-
ber for the West Rides has pubi &shadiest ; and we
vista» to »edict that Vben the Eight lion. Sir Charlet
Wood publishes Ais, not only Mr. Cobden's cenatitasaht bat
the Chancellor's own enitintents at Halifax, the whole of
the Beglish and &Mk constituencies, u well ite the ge-
neral public of bah counties, will prefer the former
budget to the lam. Aced not only so, hut will decide that
tbe budget of the " provincial Chancellor of the
Exchequer' " as Sir Behest Teel would my, is as practicable
as that of her Majesty's responsible and sworn Chancellor.
This—the question of meticability—will be the turning
point in the parliamestuy debates on the rival budgets. Sir
Charles Wood will o immead a majority of votes in that as-
sembly. Bat the question of &anent reform is now, by an-
delpation, carried to the ultimate court of appeal, and the
hese Is foreshadowed in the history and eassammatiee of the
lest agitation in which Mr. Cobden played a pert.
gOnax ADVIIIIIISIS —Mr. Cobden !lei (in his budget)
put the question of hop duties in his own plain mid pithy
manner. Can anything be more graph» Ons anything
poirtray more dean- y the system whin is so iipdy Moribed
es" barbaross" For " barbarous" it is ; sad sashimi could
ever have indicted the Widows,» and land easeplees of this
country to submit to sea au impesides as either the malt or
hop duties had ft not bees I» ist diet in noun foe the
injury and liquid» thweby Whiled epos them interests, a
coaster burden was visited on otherdemes, by mem »which
it was beid out that the lesdisereers end opiesitutiste
could refiners* themeless he the bertha» imposed
upon the produse ef the land. Is hie letter to the I
Finassial Sebes Ainedatkei, Mr. Cobden farther
adds, with rederwase to the duties above mentioned
" By WWI», the melt end hap &ties you will mem
the meopeestien of the Woos, who, new that free wide in
the masa pried* of ger legiddea, have a cos
in-
Mem with tie ishehimate of the town. The landlords,
too (at least eesk of theca es are net merely prolessissiel
politicises) will hesseirdi be heed in the hest reeks of
these who admits ememy end leirewhensat is die ea
dental arpreedifine."—The gauntlet is aew Wet, throws
down to the egrieelteride of them malise. The Sussex
men have bon loudly predefining their pie mere; they
have carried their emplelate to the very sew of the minister,
and have desisted their deinieleation a» le relax in their
efforts till their cola be aseseeplined. We earnestly trust