The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL.

Total excess of 1849 over 1848 40.267
Thu it wilt be sees that at the end of the year 1849
the emigration from Europe into this port atone will
be grata by nearly 60,000 than that of last year ;
aid, if we titled° other ports on the Atlantforic as
tsall athe newly acquired territory of Ciliria,
le chub there has been a considerable emigration
Europe and China, sad from the different states et
Muth America during the present year, we are safe in esti-
mating that the population of the United States will, at the
sad of the present veer, have an increase Isom foreigle
n
seams of at least 400,000 sorb. Narrow-wainded peop
will be apt to declaim against this met mini of foreigners
tato our country ; bat men of comprehensive ideas will re-
joke at it, tor it sieve that every addition which is made to
ear pepuletioa in this way is a proportienate addition to the
real &Atli, strength, and industry of the UnitedStar
s.
Admitting that I. reigners, as • general rule, are
&sat of our in. itutions and government on their first ar
sisal among us, we venture to say that there are but very
kw of them who do not know how to exercise the elective
fruchist j• &slowly by the time they become entitled to it,
sad are naturslized ; and, as • general thing, we will say
that when they do become naturalised they at. as ardent
supporter of Olaf American ihstithtiogis as the native burn
are.—Neic York. Ilirald.
UNITED STATES.—The German population of the
Coifed States is thawing with great rapidity. They num
bee at present shout two millions. In New York alone there
me 60,000.—Jestish Chronicle.
LAItCt.TEIt INSOLVENT CoURT.-06 Friday men-
ial, at the opening of the court, and in the presenos
ng hof the
e
asembled hay, Mr. litOubrey roes, and addrssi
lout, said that, as the senior member of the bar present, he
thought it his duty to draw the attention of the learned
3•416 toa roan h which had appeared in the last
bar of the Lancastegrapr Guardia*, sad which had been copied
into see. isl other newspspers. Mn. 1110wheey then pied
the I.ilowing paragraph Caution to Persons employ-
ing S 'haters is the Ltheaster Insolvent Covert.—The
Icsel.ent Court ofLart^aster is earning a reputation by
Ito somas creditable to the legal gentlemen who motile
inenin. It is wiel for persons who eraphiy solicitors
or nomad to he informed that some of these gentle.
men ere in the habit of taking refreshment together,l
sad drinking wine to freely as to reader them Vie
sulk to do their duty to their clients. On several es&
laths these poetry have appeared before the court se drile&
ue,_„.__ta be elarosly able to retain their OM
"awl Oat, a most disorderly moue occasred, sad a
sell-
lam wag is admitted to practise in the c rift wee ear
magi le dawn vile, and locked up is *the reneethimil,
Jam.' Oa the same day, a learned barrister was Mae
ivigtheandisil by the judge for his et:induct wader WV
Magral iglugatte of Beeches. The real interests 01
mica be attendee' to by ntha who can thus forget theme
KID', sad if they forget themselves, it it not very
&Otte that they will remember their clients.
reri who have interests at stake, se oppesiag
oLitties debtor,, will do well to impure if the putties to
whim thaf prices to commit their cases are in the habit&
B,P:wirier drunk le the ettart The evil will then gerrest
P l
leit y lilt* a the supplier—a just punisitiseg•MUnol,
lottifulnese, notating from sash degrading efinglaae
Hasse tie" th foregoing parsgregh, Mr. MINIM Mid
was ka V dmn old os We owa pert, end also as repressing* be-
*
Mr., liar, ell the other gentlemen of the bar present. sod ba
WWI the toasty; to leave the matter in thehaniel,
N the &sit withoet a word of comment. 11111 eh&
Vadescaniling to say further art& of such skri
• age
weld be hi low the dimity of the prefessiem W Vida
he d hist-anted friends had the honour to helm* gel
La
swiftly benestk what their rimestersas remeggessa dee
used. d. l lee Judge : I ea wog that suchllSrerSO
should have st.peared, beemege, es fir as the bar is con-
cerned, it is totally usfogeeled. Unfortunately, it did hap-
pen at th last court that • member of the lower bawl hap-
pen
the pro'eseion did appear la • state of intoxication, but on
tie 6410,1ng manuals he made every proper apology, asid
I don't thigh that such se irregularity will happen again
With reoard to he commusigation between the members of
the tier and the other breach of the profession, I feel bonedre
itt say thet co undue familiarity has ever happened he.
The maim then dropped. —Manchester Gwardian.:

ANNIVERSARY DINNER.

Yesterday the annual dinner of this excellent
charity took plea at the London Tavern, Bithopegete-
street. The Loup MaTots in the chair.
Nearly 300 persons at down to dinner, and the gallery
was occupied by a limited number of ladies, together w- th
the boys and girls wile are at present Er ceiving their educa-
tion in the schools of the institutios.
The usual ,loyal toasts having been proposed and re-
sponded to,
The CHAIRMAN gave the teat of the evening, and said
that the present meeting was intended to celebrate the
'ormatien of a very rain? institution. It was not three years
•ittese the Co nautical revellers' Schools (se was very well
known to every gentleman present) were originated ; and it
was really ex remely pleasing to observe the rapid advance
the institution had already made. He 'tiled the exertions
of the promotes of this excellent charity would continue •o
meet with the same success. It would not be doubted that
this would be the ease, when he repeated that only three
curs had elapsed niece the institution, and there were at the
present moment 45 boys and 23 girls receiving the bent flee
of education in the schools. It was, moreover, the intention
of the Rostrum to admit 15 more in the course of a few
days. lie bad great ;pleasure in proposing "Success to
the Commercial 'l:revellers' Schools, and may they continue t
a
to prosper. (Loud cheers) a'
The toast having been drunk with the ittneset enthu- .ff e..
gum, • sung, " written, composed, and dedicated to the el '
~. 1
Commercial Travellers of the United Hiegdom " (oy J. B. 6., ri
Walker, Req.), entitled " The Wit and the Way," was "9 i
song lbs Mr. Hobbs, end was vicifermuly encored. Pr;
The following subscriptions were next announced by Mr. It
Holier, the toestmeaster—Tbe Lord Mayor, 10 guieeu ; 5. i
John Masterman, RA , M.P., 10 gunteas ; Beejamta Bond 0 ',
Cebtsell, BA ,10 guineas ; the Railway Auurance Society, :sl
10 guinea"; °emir Kirere Etej (the treasurer of the insti. *4 g
todoe, 1031. ; Mesas. Peek. Brother', 1031. ; the Proprietors 2
of the Daily Neter,lo6l. ; J. B. Weiner, 11,q. (the produce
of the wog above-mentioned), 1061. • Nat West bleruntile
Aeseranee Satiety, 1001. ; Yachted On:week, Georges2l.los
Slave= Copestak-, Beg.. 521 10.. ; Mesas Smith
and Sores, 521 10s. • Robert Clarke, jun., Req., 62/. 104. ;
Messrs J. and W:Nieholion sand., 1051. ;T. I/ Cramp-
tea,Esq.,2ll ; Rogers, Lowry, CI ,211. ; --Macgregor,
211. ; Welch, Mergetson, and Co 211.; end many
other mealier sums, amounting ea all to 1,2001.
lir. JOHN BRADBURY proposed the •• Health of the
Lord Meyer," and,in doing so, said this was the third tar. a he
tied had the honour ot meeting him on occasions like the
present, and be was quite sure that he would always be
ready to came ft/reset wh his services might be
required is benefit the chaitele institutions of the
country. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR, returned thanks, and other com-
plimentary toasts h.ving been Oven,
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY. proposed "The health of George
Moore, Req‘, the treasurer, who, in retuning thank.,
said tie hut now to tavola to them their
project for the next year. The establishment, he
might state, was situated at Wanste ad. They found
of the
that
the building wee too smell to weekly the requirements
society,and during lest year they had been et a very greet ex-
pense upon otht r people's freehold. It might be prudent to
spend moray upon their own property, hut they would spree
with himd
on when
up he stated that a large sum having been
etde up
a freehold which did not belong ii them,
the time had arrived when they should make en effort
to purchase a freehold of their own. (11. ar, hear.)
They had no particular position in view, but so greatly
had the value of property been is Mowed by ealreads, that
they bad found et least half a dessa very large star.sions
wlt bh• d cost considerable sums in the buildii g, end were
to be sold at a comparatively small price. If they could
meet with en establishmest capable ot sccanonorlatii g 300
childrea their wishes would be ecconpliehed. In order to
carry out their views, they coed no cell upon the com-
mercial travellers in the year 1850 for a WS Mal than
12.0001. This was • Y. vy lade amount, but he considered
they bad • claim upon other individuals then the commer.
Oa travellers themselves. They had a claim upon ell the
[ mercantile houses in Engbv.d, Scotland, and Wales, that
enapleyed commercial travellers. (Bear, hese) R
hade
been
lied
.reseed c iromerebil travellers of apathy, and he
[ told in reply that they hed not been requested to sube
Ito the charity. lie would tell them test during theren-
suing year they should be asked at all routs, sod the blame
11 would be tbein if they tinued to withheld their i ult.
I seriptioas. Toey were cold by comment-it waved. re from
Liverpool and blanchrster, the-. they had too much power.
[ Now be would ge down amongst them, and show them that
they could take thie power out of their hands by pheing in
I their exchequer a Ceitai` sum of money tower& the ad-
I vaneement of the institution they were SOW met to ale-
', brat Be did not know that he had anything further to
abates except that, however enthusi4stic he might be 'Joe-
-1 soloed (and if he were called an enthwas heusiast, thet
in faultell he
was
in the heed, and not in the heart), he nge
I said, for be most docerely believed that
of this
charity
I sight be w. irked up to the position
1 lest institutions in this country. As regarded the
building they proposed to erect, he might observe that they
bed no wish to adorn it with architectural bauties—tney
[ desired only to do that which would admiuister to the 041111
dare of the helpless orptuus and the disconsolate widow.
Their object was to construe a aria building at the low, at
possible price, and to mass it wend as their means wood
admit ot. lie would entreat of every commercial travelthe
ler
In this room to exert himself towards the promotion of
I Itareets of the institution. lie did thias that every
commercial in the United Kingdom who
the might
at MUM future period be reduced to near
sit y of partaking ot the benefits of hiss arity, might
to subscrioe to the funds; end he could help saying,
that that man's heart was to be pitied who would n.d give
to the itititution one guinea a year. H
(ear, beer.) It was
only three farthings a day, and these who refuted to sub-
scribe this amount did not present the commercial travel-
-1 rep
hen as they ought to do. In conclusion be could ooly
remark that charity engendered • very healthy ap-
petite, and the more the indul in
Beit
coul thed
1 more they would be inclined to do ed.
so
[ tot help individuelising • lady who had brought MOD.
fits& to this inetinrion than any other of lite own sex.
se alluded to Mrs. Cuffiey, who had collected upwards cf
8001., and be had great pleasure in proposing the health ot
Mrs. CAI, and the ladies. (Cheets.l
The boys and girls at present receiving the benefits of the
institution (having previously sang IMO verses %nage for
the OCCINYD by Mr. Wainer)) passed ihrough the room and
were introduced in due form to the Lard Mayor.
Mr. NICBOLBOI4 then rose to propose the next t—
" Prosperity, health, and succus to the commercial travel
lerirof tee United In edone"
Mr. WILLIAMSON retrieved thank', and the next toast
was that of "The Vice Praidents and Trustees of the
Invitation."
Mr. ROBERT CLARKE acknowledged the toast, and
said that the trustees hod an arduous and diffimit, though
pleasing duty to perform; and if the commercial travellers
would evert themselves to produce the requisite funds, he
and hie a-tout/es would be too happy to latest them for the
advantage of the institution.
"The Board of Menegement," " The National Mereentile
Life 0111,e, •• Toe stewards," da., were successively pro-
posed and responded to, and the cempeny separated, much
gragifi.d by the evesine's entertaiumeat.
In addition to the subieriptions already mentioned, a sum
of 5/51. (Mt. I. Bradbury's list) was announced, and the
-•el &aloud was stated to be about 2,00 C I.
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