The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-26 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

A PETITION FOR FINANCIAL REFORM is in course
of signature in Orkney ; proving, says the John o' Groat's
Journal, which reports the tact, that the movement for re-
duced taxation has already extended to the remotest ends of
the kingdom.
CHOLEAA TREATMENT BY LATTER-DAY SAINTS.—
The Glasgow Chronicle says :—"A case occurred in Uorbals
last week, which we warmly know whether to characterise
as one of inhumanity or fanaticism. It appears that, on the
evening of Monday the 1511 hist, two sisters who lodged
with another sister at the Townhead, were on their way home
moan Mr. Pollok's silk factory, at Govan, where they were em-
ployed, when one of them was seised with the usual premoni-
tory symptoms of cholera. Instead of making an effort
to reach home, the gills proceeded, a little after six, to
the house of a belt-maker, residing at 44, Thistle-street,
where the invalid was put to bed. The girls were intimately
acquainted with this person, and had formerly rented a
room from him; but he was peculiarly endeared to them
from being a leader or elder of a sect called Latter day
Saints, of which tabernacle the sisters were members
About half-past six, the elder himself dims home, and
anointed the body with olive oil, and prayed over her, a
practice, it seems, recognised by the sect in cues of dimes.
According to the testimony of the survivors, the patient
stated that she did not want any medical advice, but desired
to see the elders, brethren, and sisters of the church. These
were /accordingly seat for, and soon a gathering of a dozen
was collected, consisting, in addition to the belt-maker,
of a preacher, two weavers, a clerk, a sawyer, and a
collier, with sitters to match. They frequently
joined la prayer, and varied the treatment by ad-
ministerini brandy, and applying flannels and hot-water
bottles. The poor girl gat no better, but worse by the treat-
' ment, and, at 11 at night, her sister was seised also, and laid
in the same bed. To be brief, the performance continued
all night, and one girl died at five on the following morning,
and the other died at nine—the people preying round the
bed of the girls all night, till they died. This extraordinary
ewes of neglect might never have been beard of but far the
feet that the brethren found it expedient to apply next day to
Mr. IPTear, inspector of Govan parish for oodles ; and sub-
sequently the came was taken up by Captain Wilson, and is
still undergoing investigation. It would appear that the
elder wee net so spiritually-minded as to be withheld, after
the death of the poor girls from preferring a charge of Vs.
against their effects, consisting of 10e. for arrears of rent, and
12s. for medicine, medical attendance, and funeral charges."
—Glasgow Chronicle.

PROVINCIAL.
STAITORDSIMIZ.

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REPRESENTATION OF THE SOUTHERN DMBION.
Up to lam night no candidate had bees 'nuanced to contest
the division with Lord Lewisham. On Wednesday hit lord-
ship met the ironmasters at Wolverluunptoa, when he said
that he had not offered himself to such a constituency foe the
idle vanity of writing M.P. at the end of his name, but to
seek an honourable and useful occupation. He was meat
anxious to do his duty in every public and private capaci.y, '
and if they were willing to teach he was willing to learn.
He could not go through the district without seeing the
canals, and railways, and works that covered it, and without
considering the capital mpg d and the persons employed in
such undertakings; and he felt that no person should pre-
sume to be a repres utative of such intends without
being prepared to devote his whole time is their 'emu ;
and he had come forward ready to do el. If his ser.
vices were acceptable to them, they might always com-
mand them. He wu tiled of being an idle man; and, consi-
dering that no occupation could be more honourable than
that of representing them, he had been induced to present
himself before the constituency. He wee aware that the
gentleman he was addressing entertained different political
opinions, and he would not touch upon such subjects further
then to state that he had but one object in view, and that
wee the general welfare of the commanity.—Mr. Orasebrook,
the chairmaa of the Ironsauten• association, said that body
had -ertainly barn anxious to to represented ty one of them-
selves, as their interests rtquired much attention ; but Mr.
Sparrow world express the decision of the mating.—Hr. W.
H. Sparrow said the ironmasters wished only to ilk one
question, and it was whether Lord Lewisham would really
give his time to the business of the district, and attend to
the deputations of the trade, and generally to whatever ad-
vetoed the commerce of the district I—Lord Lewisham re.
plied : Most certainly I shall do so : I give you every as sar-
an*, te that effect. It is my wish and determination to do
so.—Lord Lewisham has issued a second satires to the con-
stituency, in which he says :
To matelot expenditure of the public money, and to Injudicious
and lit oemidered diminutions of our military end naval Gambits!).
mentu I have stated that I am equally =posed. No one more
ardently dudes the continuance of mace, and fur that resin I could
not, in the present state of Europe, be a party to any dawn= reduc-
tion dour forces. I could cot either be a party to any reduction
which would preclude the protection of our coloalea. Nothing,
In my judgment, would be so sonnet, to the knour or
the empire, and, in the end, so emends, as mob a course.
But I shall always be ready to promote every toonany in the manage-
ment of all public attars, and the removal of such taxes as csa, with
safety to the public credit, be repealed, more particular) of those
which are shown to affect the wave the industrious and to cramp
the energies of commerce.
Our correspondent says that application has been made by
some of the electors to a gentleman to allow himself to be '
placed in nomination in the independent interest, but that •
reply has not yet been received. It is probable, however,
that a second conlidate will be brought forward on the day
of nomination at Lichfield. Mr. Roebnck's name has been
mentioned.
HEREFORDBIIIRE.
REPRESENTATION OF LkomINEITER.—An Unex-
pected change in the position of parties pending the election

for the vacancy eariased in the representation of this
borough, has taken Sass. Sir Edward Dallier Lytton tired,
es he nye, with the indecision of the electors as to the Ran
of their
plit▪ ased.citac.a eandidatt;thilise
wief.thdradiUTheledwallehili,PrmileltosirwEdevewstrild wi
has thdrawn
ac.owp env
soon
has
brought into the Reid Mr. Philliaore, son of Dr. Phillintore,
who, it will be remembered, offered himself as a candidate
for the representation of the borough on extreme liberal
principles, but who subsequently retired, as he said, " is
order that the liberal party right not be divided." The new
addresses of Sir B. B. Lytton and Hr. Phillimore are just out.
Sir Edward says, eft !r readading the electors of his dad 'ration
to ther,that susler a large proportion of throe who withheld
their promises " Gould be OM relieved from their suspense,
he should at least pput an end le his own ."
Toe reeeived this lsolaetisa with pest good humour. sod it wee
not without abet tope that pre at the eastituesey whose doubts
the espromiss d soy gBiflml egiairos W WPM to dispeL coin,
however there reameleadaesasiderabie somber of voters to whom the
enamel= et *ideal rimier (so ratter bow eintlid mil minute)
seemed le Ward no sot p doubt and no.asoUr for det. Woe.

-11Zai; to ii3itake up
their micas:

I now Mere from Mr. Woodhouse, whose long expenses of his
fellow-townsmen product's the probability Si mistake In his report,
that, oat ot a toristatuency litUs isresibi 400, more than 100 rows
are still as dubious and immolate as whim the quest.on of • subetitute
for Mr. Berkeley was tam obtruded as their comtleratioa; say
that it la their owe ballet that am at Ms day of polling will the Usti
be suddenly revealed to than. best ef those elector., It is tree, will
lavourslis bislaastams towards my muss; bat I know of
within my paw Is prima the votes aeparming thenweives
team e ladanatkassmi Gybe ag at the last hour, In en utterly op.
pita amass. It tab semedie for me, therefore, to adhere to my
weed, sad to Mom Irma all ?Mbar perplexity electors so alive to
the taperer= et task dabs sad the value of their franchise.
Mr. Phillimere's address is chiefly a repetition of the prin-
ciples which were enumerated in his first chime* to the
electors, to which he refers them, and he adds : " In spits
of scurrilous abuse and spiteful et predation, I do not mean
to retract or qualify them. They are principles which have
ennobled the most illustrious names in modern story, and by
them lem content to stand or fall." He coosidrn that the

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nes of the Church of England are not distributed in the
manner most calculated to promote the spiritual welfare of
the inhabitants if thiscountry ; that our law is " a disgrace
to a civilised country ;" that the established church in Ire-
land is " a mockery of all religion, and an outrage on all jus-
Coe ;" and he adds, that he is an uncompromising advocate
of free trade.--31r. Frederick Peel his not yet returned to
Leominster