The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-10 00:00:00

WARIVICKSII t RE.

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PROCEEDING," OF TILE CIIARTISTS.—OUr corre-
spondent at Birmingham writes that in that town and
throughout the d:strict the friends of chartiam are peacefully
disposed, although meetings are held almost nightly. The
friends c I nrttlonal reform (as they style themselves), under
the presidency of Mr. Councillor Baldwin, have formed an
association to be called the Birmingham Political Council,
f.r the purpose of procuring the ref, ruts c• tenths] to the
weliare ot the country in the present critical juncture; sod
to secure, by jud:ci,us measures, the peaceful
meet of the nutionel liberty." Coder the head, "Peace,
justice, prosperity,' they have issued the following address
to the tradesmen and working eiwses :
Impressed with the solemn conviction that the interests of em-
ployers, t tadesmen, and workmen, are inseparably Lillian!, and that
injury to any one of th s, great classes Sarah., injury to all, we have
Bit it our duty, in the ;anent distreiecd state of titisi fearfully mis-
governed country, to aid Is the attainment of those measures of na-
tional justice essential Nanny to the peace and prosperity of British
society. Every hour oids to the difficulties of our perrevenng trades.
men, and multirlie • the distress it the labouring population.
Taxation the most gamy...sive and unequally imposed has hitherto
absorbed a great pro ortion of the miserable wages paid for labour,
by decreasing the circulation of money, while they have not dimi-
nished our enormous taxes; and having completely crushed the
efforts of commerce, paralysed the operations of industry, anil eo
reduced the means of the working classes, that they are no Imager able
to sustain the national revenue. Instead of retrenchment, we tied
the government unleelingly, tyrannically, and unstatesomnlike, at-
tempting ti realise out of the restores' profits end incom s of the
trading oommunitv, inertived taxation, to maintain a wasteful and
extravagant expenditure. An aristocracy, haughty mid avaricious,
has thrown nearly the whole weight tit taxes on trailing and agricul-
tural industry, whie they have monopolised the representation of the
people, and appropriate fur family aggrindisenent the money wrung
from a sutfer.ng nation. There is but one hope for Englaml in the
nildotot the pi esent difficulties, and that is, an honourable union
of the induiteous of all ranks to secure the electoral rights of the
working climes, fend to place the House of Commons under the
complete and salutary control cf the national voice. There is no
other measure now adequate to the rucrmities of the country
cc capable of rescuing society from the calamities, destitution, and
misfortune which a corrupt government has entailed. Upwards at
17,000,0001. is annually expended in wooer of a military and naval
force during a period of peace;, nearly every office ot profit or emolu-
ment is monopolised by the aristocracy. L lo,ouo,oeof. of
patilie property is annually appropriated to church hying to provide
=woes for the relatives and dependents of the same clues. 100,0001.
A annually paid to the Queen Liowager, a sum which would support,
at 50f. yr annum, 2,000 families. Upward- of 2,000,10 W. bete been
paid to the Duke of laellington aloae. These sums, though small
compared with the great resources of this country. at once prove the
shameful foamier In which the money of the nation is squandered.
SURREY.

AN AGED WOMAN—MURDERED BY HER SON.—
I On Saturday, at Guildford, William Harris was brought
op for final examination, charged with having murdered
Jane Hari-, his mother. From the evidence of Thomas
Bignold it app:,areel that on Saturday, C.e 2Oth ult., about
tea o'clock at night, he went to lion's inns-kilns, to sleep.
After being there about Lilian hour, the prisoner's moth, r
came, as sell as tt.ree other persons, named Stevens, Ward,
and Hawkins. She had been drinking, but was perfectly
conscious, and able to take care of herself. She .t clown at
the side of Ward, with whom she entered into conversation,
when the prisoner came up, and in au authoritative manner
demanded to know what she was talking about. She refused
to tell him, when he ordered her home directly. She, how-
ever, I.s:fossil to go, and said she should atop as long as she
pleased. Upon bearing that the prisoner gave her a violent
blow in the face with his clenched fist, which knocked her
down to her back. He afterwards swore at her, then placed
his arms round her waist and dragged her to and Iro in the
kilns. He then lifted her up, and threw her several times
down on her sumach with great violence. Having
ill-
treated his mother so that she became totally lose asibie, he
gave her another blew and leL her on the ground. Harris
wan Icily committed to the assizes to take his trial for the
capital , tfence.

:fine Ans.
SM.!: opMn. LAKE'S Pfeil:RES.—The pictures of
the late Mr. E :ward William Lake, in uumber, were
sold on Fri lay and Saturday lust try Mesiri. Christie and
Munson. The money expended by Mr. Lake in forming a
large and very pow miscellaneous collection would have I
bought about 29 second and third-eloss pictures, but the I
ge for formiog galleries audcollectious is so great that col.
lectors are not readily :ound who prefer possessing a few
good work; to a large and very mixed and very '
poor assemblage of art. Lady elirraah is known
to possess the Ahlobrandini Mud aunt- tat Raphael by very
ordinarily iofornicd persona about art, and yet hi r ladyship
lays on claim to be thought a collector. Mr. Lake, on the
other baud, was hardly known beyond dealers and any. 1
Sian' els, and yet he possessed a few 'vines that deserved to
be seen in better company. 'flie best to our taste was a
half length. by Alurdlo,. of a boy..i: a brown dress, ex-
arainieg a bird's best The expression of quaint curiosity
and inward delight on the boy's face, is capitally rendered,
bat so little was the picture under-toad that it sold for only
311. 10s. " The Salutation " (figures of the sire of lite), by
A. Vandervelde, from the collection of Lord Weymouth, and
signed end dated 1664, brought 404 l's., the angel was
much in Van Dyck's manner—the virgin, a poor den.
' ithout the least spark of heaven or diei.
bait length portm.t. by Jansen, of him
two children, brought 161. di. 6d., an
price fur a clever and characteristic pic-
rg's well-known Combat between
" sold for 27/. 6s. And the pretty
;, by A. E. Chalon, of '• Rose Bradwar.

Uunatable, Mete, Eaton, sad Sheffurd—containing 109 ree-
Owlet,. 112 sintrapes, and 46 donative and impetus' en-
emies, served by about 4vo ekegyeacn.
PUSPIIItatENTS —lttv. J. C. Atkinson, to Danby
nag erchdlo. York; Rd.; pat. Viscount Downs—liev. F. Barnes. to
Christ Church C., litadiord, Yorkshire; dio. Ripon.—Rev. W. Bate-
son, to St.C., DukirThld, no. and dio. Choner.—Rev.
Brander, to Chrict Church P.C. Derry Hid, WHO; diu. Salisbury;
1301.; pat., the C. of Colne.—liev. W. E. Dicimoo, to Goma*, P.C.,
eo. and dio. Chester; 1201. w residence; pat., the V. of Sandbach.—
Bev. J. lieu her, to 1-gleby Greeahow co. and archdlo. York;
671.; pat., Sir W. Foul* L—Ree. F. 9. Hall, to Broughton C.,
Northamptooshite, dio. Petertx‘rough.—Rev. W. Jacob ton, to Ewell:ea
R., go. and dio. Oxford ; 5301. with residence ; annexed to the Unveil
Profemorehip of Divinity in the ('nivertity of Oxford; vice /tight lit..
K. 1). Hampden, promoted I. the ore of Hereford.—ltee. N. T. V.
Kensbk, to litmerton C., Northamptonshire; dio. Peterborough—
Rev. T. H. Lou r, to Luddlnktun IL and V., on. and dm. Lincoln;
MID.; pd., J. Lida., Rm.—Rev. T. S. Millington, to Lerayre C.,
Ide of Man.—Ree. E. O'Brien, to °Mem C., lAnbashlre, rho. Mon-
chcster.—Ree. 1.. Porter, to Toone P.C., Lancashire. die. 31unchtster
ptit., the Bolrop of )Itare be-ter ; vice Res. T. Richardson, prom.
Ker. P. Itelse, to Woot.tniru V., Bue.,s, his Oxford 1.1111. wall re-
verence; pat. J. lhiarie, Esq. —Rev. J. Richardson, to Wahnsley
Lanc.ohirr; dio. Muncasstcr; Of.: pat. the V. of Boltou-le- ,
Mows.—dice. 'l. Strong, to it. Olive II trygate P.C., York; 138'; pat.
Earl de Utley; vice, the Rec. IL Weenie, dec.—ltes. G. C. White, to
Wuntage (%, Berks; rho. Oxford.—Rev. J. W. Whiteside, to Scar-
borough V., cu. and dio. Volk; 2131.; pat. Lordillothant —Rev. It.
Woodmen, to be chaplain to the Uttioo, Rooney, Ilants.—Rev. T.
P. Little, to Panutley P.C.; 03. and dio. kilosoesler; ; vacant by
resit:milk* of Rev. T. M. :Sherwood; patron,. B. et Gloucester.
ScllOLAarle APPOCirmENT.-11 lludtttll, 8.A., to
be assistant master of the Bedford Grammar School.
VACANCISS.-13fist01, St. Simon P.C; die. Glnucetter and
Bristol ; 1501.; pot. the Crown and Bishop alt. Bre. J. T. Blectity
dec.—kbldingwarth IT; 3301. with residence; put. Earl movable
Itasen-Middle-Tutl,lme \.; turf.; lot. Bishop of Linculu ; and
Ulceby It a Ith Fortlitigton C., tiNd. r pat. Rev. W. A. Peacock; co. and
dio. Lincoln: Rev. J. Rubinson des.—Pita R., Sslup: dio. 13chlkid
2721. with residence: pat. the Lord Chancellor; Rev. W. 110Pkiesi
dec.—Needham Market Gram oar School, nistere.hip ot.—Ripon,
litany, P.C., Vorkohire ; 2001; puta. the trustees ol the late Rev. C.
stmeon; Rev. J. IV. Whiteside pro .I.—Urckfunt C., Writs; dm. Salis-
bury; Rev. W. R. Bright, dec.

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tileschi-like girl, without the least spark of heaven or divi.
nity about her. A half lergth portm t. by Jansen, of hint
sell, his wife, and two children, bruught 161. 54. 6d., en
r extr.tordir.arily low price fur a clever and characteristic pic-
.1,1..j. ri
ii) tore.
ehuoLutonunthze._rhußugricis.6 well-known
Richard and Saludin," sold for 27/. 6s. And the pr • y
=.water coi'llourinionr drawing, by by A. F.. Chalon, of .. Rose Bradw"art -
dine," for 101. 15s.
the
UNIVERSITY ANI) CLERICAL.
were
.I.ti. on rrit..y last elected to university
of the late Rev. W. 8011, D.D.
Coneus CHRISTI COLLEOII.—.I. .1%./. White has been
riveted to a scholarship on the found ion of firchtiihop Parker, cod
(`. J. Darrow to that on Dr. Spencer's
theCitgithltaine'ri..CJOllAcond.R.—litiantd rfs:alis"tihrwmbeen prevented to
D.D., bishop of Cheater elect, master
of this college, on his elevation to the episeopar tench.
. PROPOSED NEW DIOCESE Or ST. ALPS/S.A.—The eccle-
siastical
comen,sioners, It to said, intend to recommend to the govern-
ment the immodiate formation of a new diocese, :a comprise a portion
of the preocint extensive see of the ROM» of Itorhester, and part of
•
i . ' that of the &shop ot Ely. At present the wet,- of Easel. the whole
i of Hertfordshire, sad it large portion of Rom, arc °umpired in the
diocese of Rocheatag, whilst the see of Fly inclache the whole °team-
;l : - bedgestdre, the lassie of Huntingdonvhire, the whole of Bedford-
shire, end pert of nagolli. It i. proposed thot -.he new diocese of St.
Altaa's shall be composed of the archdeamer.e. of St. Alban's and
saardlmataatas the deaneries of Balitharepoeud, Watford, Barnet,
a Wdrehoeft. AlaSS's, ilitehin, Loldck. Benuin4ton,
.. . gtevirced, Ware, Bedford, Clo m,
il
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