The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-11 00:00:00

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trade furnishes, therefore, a large share of the employment I
of our operatives ; but the memoria a lists do not venture to :!
estimate, in their present huts, the extent to which that em- •
ployment is further affected by the indirect Utile ; both,
however, are destroyed at this instant, and the shipping
employed in them rend :red idle, by. the existing hostilities;
and thus has en amount of depression been added to that .
which previous unhappy circumstances had so long gathered
around us, that your memorialists cannot contemplate an
extended duration of it without grave apprehension of
most appalling consequences, both to tho end beitig of our
lonirsuffering and patient people, and, perhaps, to the peace
of the district.
TORKSMRE.
THE CLERICAL DELINQUENT.—WC (Shefft/c1 In-
dependeni) understand that the Rev. Mr. Mahon hasreceived
a letter from Edinburgh, informing him that his late curate, •
" the Hun. and Rev." Mr. Douglas, alias Fairfax, is in that
city, where ha has preached, and is begging is the name of
some religious society. It has been suggested to some of the
creditors that they should take steps to have the man appre-
headed; but to that course there are two objectiors. The first
is a susp:ciou that this letter may be merely a trick of the
accomplished impostor, to put them upon the wrong scent. I ,
But the second and more important objection arises from a
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natural disinclination to spend money, not to etc...ace what
they have lost, but merely to punish the &ling.:cut. Two
or three other VMS of " Mr. Fairfax " alias Danalas's dexte- i
rity have been published. Among the adherent,* the church
whom he was in the habit of entertaining statbinctory was
the village tailor. To him Mr. Douglas ateted that Le had
not brought to Rawmarsh his stud of horses, s.ut had left
them in the care of his faithful and much attached groom, ' 1
Tom. He wished to make Tome present, and. ,consulted the
tailor as to the suitableness of taking Toni a sn.'de suit. Of
course the tailor thought it a good notion. Bat t'.,n came a .
professional difficulty. How was he to measure the absent
Tom ? " Oh, said the dexterous pastor, my old clothes 1 '
exactly fit him. You have only to measure me, and the ..
clothes will he sure to suit Tom.' This was done, and now i• 1
the poor victimised tailor has the satisfacti-.n to think that
when it shall suit the pastor to play the groom, he via have I
quite ready the groom's habiliments. A :young lady who .
had travelled on the continent, advertised, during February,
that she was open to an engagement to accompany a lady
or young family as travelling companion. She duly re-
ceived a very respectable-looking letter, dated from
" 'lawman& Rectory," where the " hon. and rev."
! v ...ter was doing duty for a short time for his ft:end, Mr.
Mahon. He was a widower, with two daug'stere, whom he
wished to take upon the continent during the spring, and
wanted for their compassion just such a lady as the laver-
titer had described herself to be. The result was an engage-
ment, but the exposure which has since taken place has
frustrated the only design with which it can he zuppeaed to
have been made. In the height of his benevolence, Mr. a .
Fairfax Douglas undertook to write to a neighlouring gen-
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, titular' on behalf of an old servant and tenant, whom he re-
presented as being in much distress, but unwilling, through f
delicacy. to make application on his own behalf. A doom-
• tion of 11. or 101. would be a great assistance to tie poor
man, in whom the rev. writer felt so much interested that
) he winrtvady to be the channel for the conveyente of the
1 gentleman's bouncy. The letter was acknowledged with
' sincere thanks ; but as the gentleman's ineward would be in
t the neighbourhood in the course of a few d.j., he should
c have instruc;iens to see the old servant, and pee such aid as
3 the case required. This simple circumstance baulked &no-
). ther of the rev. delinquent's clever schemes.
d • _ - STAFFORDSHIRE. •
a THE INCORPORATION OF WOLVERHANIPTON.—A
n correspondent says: "The incorporation of this town and
Y the municipal elections consequent thereupon have produced
_ quite a ferment here. A stranger Entering the town would
e • • that nothing short of a parliamentary contest was
• in progress, so numerous are the addresses from candidates
g for municipal honours. The elections take place on Friday
a next, and the coeanittee who obtained the charter of Moor-
'. poration (nearly the whole of whom are liberals or liberal i
a conservatives) have nominated candidates for each ward. a
These are to be opposed lay gentlemen designating them-
n selves " independent candidates," most of whom have
hitherto opposed the incorporation of the borough.
7 Upon the whole, however, there appears a dispe-
'. sition to fight the battle independently cf political
!'' or other special grounds of opposition, and a feeling that it
'c is a duty to make the newly.acquired privalewe available in
nt every possible manner to the interests of such an important
'Y borough. Three gentlemen have been named for the office
17 of mayor: these are Messrs. G. B. Thomeyeroft, Barker, sad
1" Fryer. The two first are the well-known iroannisters, and ,
c' the latter is at the head cf the banking establishment bear-
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le ing his name. One of these will in all probability be chosen.
IeDERBYSHIRE.
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The TaAnEsMEN of WIIRKeWORTII have acceded to
c- the request of the assistants and apprentices to close their
shops at eighto'clock in the evening throughout the year.
of WILTSIIINE.
so IiATMAKING has commenced in the neigbonrhood P
er of Caine. Mr. B. Daily, of Moss's-mill, and Mr. J. C. Hale,
,g of New-mill, near that town, are now cutting ',heir water
..e mea lows, and bringing down • good crop.
Id ESSEX. I
he TTIE CONDITION OF FARM L.U3OICRET.S.— The
NI, Aveley Farmers' Club met on Thursday lost, to discuss
A "What steps can ant ought to be taken to improve the II
,e,_ moral and social condition of the agricultural lutiourer ?"
en The question was introduced by a member, who first drew i
an. a sketch of the present condition of the farming labourer as
ile contrasted with other classes of society; his exposure to
,a. temptation when unable to obtain employment; end the
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melancholy state to which he was reduced when, through
want of this means of providing for himself and family, no
alternative was left him but that of gaining a living by soils- ,
hat
honesty, or of entering the union house. There were, be
fto• I
the continued, three objects which he considered especially cal-
culated to claim the a'teation of the meeting. and of all those "
ble persons who, from their circumstances or posits n, possessed
the power of promoting them. The first of these was the
the important benefit which would accrue to the labouring am,
of if those farmers whose capital enabled them to enlarge their 1
1. of business would, instead of extending their occupation, em-
aid ploy it in additional labour; for by this mesas they would
e. materially reduce the poor rates, increase tbeir profits, and
p
ey add Ito the general production of the country; for it by no
I of mean &followed, as a matter of course, that an increase in the
dof number of acres comprehended an increase of business, since
eurriCer.ceplwoyoeualdonsh.o.wetthannat
sthofertewois
hfrutlin;eantlimesy as
?tad daily
• oa on others of double that number. Another means whereby
auTd, would be the providing for him a comfortable Wine, with
'go:. dmthaelcychonleadb°Pition of the labourer might be exceedingly improved,
ex- a garden attached to it. "Oa this subject," said he, " I can
speak most feelingly anti from experience, having 1 een in the
1., habit of visiting as many as seventy cottages in a day, end I
en a am convinced that nothing is more calculated to demoralise
DS it the labouring classes, and render them unhealthy and %ili-
um, happy, than the present crowded and miserable condition in
no.) which whole families are frequently huddled together in one
or two small badly-ventilated and ill-lighted rooms, without
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and at home; he is there exposed to the Example of men of
into bad character, loses his seltrespect, becomes reckless id him
lotto self and indifferent to the welfare of his family, and thus
vas it sinks below the moral standard which, und(r more favour-
sired able circumstances, he would have sustains'." The third
ca- object to which the attention of the meeting should be di-
age. rented was one the importance of which was now so mai-
sees- versally acknowledged that it needed only to be casually
ed at alluded to. It was that of extending more liberally to the
and poor man the benefits of education. After many of the
members had expressed their concurrence in the foregoing
ecopewm:rtyrualcirs,, the meeting was a:ideated by a visitor, a native of
solo- Scotland, who expatiated on the importance of educating
ante- the agricultural labourer, and after referring to his own
,tent. country as a fair example of its good effects, expressed his
sired conviction that in the county of Aberdeen scarcely one poor
Ition. man could be found who was unable to read or write. The
following resolution was then passed :
it our That this club deeply feels the necemity of improving the moral
1 in„,_ and social condition of the agricultural labourer, anal atrenuou-ly
nia,, a urges on landlords the duty of co-operating with their tenants, to—
I wa,, 1. Providing comfortable cottages and garden.. 1 Enlarging the
to our field of labour. 3. Extending the blemings of equation.
ro our
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aning THE ANCIENT CONCERTS.—The fourth concert took
to the place last evening, under the direction of Prince Albert
nt of We have observed ever since the prince has been a director
rrielkd that his royal highness's concert has been the mast interest-
, pro- Mg of the season, and distinguishi7eTd.hlerolrasatapylil.otetotbohtenwert,dbywantheitdh
aired superiority of its selection and arrangement ; a proof that he
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h was acts for himself, exercising his own taste and judgment, and
. was not leaving everything to the professional conductor. We
heartily wish his colleagues would follow his example. As
ting a the Ancient Concerts are generally inmegcd, they are
sg re- falling more and more beanhindj
age. They are, consequently, mere and more th' Ad .
ed. attended ; for the musical amateurs, of the higl -will
well all ,nid'ile classes of society, will not be .atieF Aer as
tte stale dishes which have been sacuod up to the' withAbacri
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>eau- ing E in alt, and gave the corn ase. '
gress, meekly answered " (we quote the English '
cress, as best known), was beautifully b N version
sung y ...fills Birch
north and Gardoni ; and Tamb • • mini gave great dramatic force and
result effect to the part of Peter. The lollpieces
oorial executed as the solos. The were
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descriptive effect which should La
thigh produced by beginning pianinimo ; and in the grandLave been
about The second part of the concert mash
trade lelujab" chorus the fugal points were indistinctly" Hen
about and the whela was too loud. But, on thewhole, marked,
this great
rams, work was nobly performed, and was a great musacal-
ant. : concerted pieces, well selected from the ce -r -• . ,;(f kr" __.,./o •
!glory Winter, Martini, /heart, °retry, and Pae-it'and ,4' 1
coon chided with the finale to the first act of " 0,11 ' 91"
turns Figaro." The singers were those already mesffi&eZ,S„ . .„,
;Mimi the addition of Lablache and Male. Alboni.lii itturte: Z
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