The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-01 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

Tai INCRIS•AZ OT Dilating IN MANCHE/MIL—A
meeting was held in the Town Hall, yesterday, the Mayor,
E. Armitage, Egg., in the chair, to consider the state of the
poor, and the propriety of establishing; out-door relief by
means or soup.kitehens in various parts of the town. There
was a very large attendance of the clergy and gentry. Hew-
lotions were agreed to that soup-kitchens should be eats.
and a subscription was opened, towards which the
chapter subscribed 601., and several other sums of 281. and
101. were given.
THE RIGHT How. T. M. GIBSON, M.P.—At the meet-
ing of the Manchester Reform Association, on Wednesday,
Mr. Aldermen Kershaw in the chair, a resolution was
pried, requesting Mr. Bright's committee to become a com-
mittee jointly for Mr. Gibson and Mr. Bright. The follow-
ing letter from Mr. Gibson was read to the meeting :
Sir,--1 hare the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter,
In which, as chairman of the committee appointed to superintend the
-- ments for conducting Mr. Bright's election, you have trans-
mlZeto me the following revolution :
" Renolved,-71st the chairman be respectfully requested to Com-
municate with Mr. Gibnon respecling his wishes and intentions as to
the next election for tbi. borough.'
I 4o not hesitate to give to the above communication the hest
answer in my power. It la my earnest wish to retain the confidence
of that party in Manchester which Hist returned me to the present
parliament; and it is my intention to present myself to their notice as
• candidate for the representation at the neat t kction, on the same
political principle. a. thane on which I solkited the suffrages of the
electors la 1041. As to the conduct of the election, I sball be happy
to abide by any arrangement", which may appear to the great body of
Liberal elector* the beat calculated to secure the sxocees of the Liberal
cause—l have the honour to remain your obedient, faithful servant,
London, Dee. 24, 1846. Toone. MILNER Gimes.
To George Wilson, Esq., Yam:beater.
DURHAM.

A NEW PORT CREATED FIT Rathwava.—The Ten for-
merly imported coal from the Tyne; the Stockton and Dar-
lington Railway extending into the Auckland coal field, the
collieries of which competed by land carriage on nearly
equal terms with the Newcastle collieries by sea, in supply-
iug the little seaport of Stockton with coals. On opening the
railway in 1826, Stockton became a coal shipping port, and
soon proved inadequate for the rising trade. In 1829,
Middlesborough consisted of one solitary farm-house;
this, with from five to six hundred acres of land, was pur-
chased by T. Richardson, Es' q., of Stamford Hill, Essex,
and of Allonby, in this county ; E, Pease and J. Pease,
Esqrs., both of Darlington ; and two or three others, all
railway proprietors. The railway was extended to this
place (about five miles), dock. excavated, a thriving
town sprung up ; in 1836 a new church was erected
in 1837 a British school opened ; in 1842 extended
accommodation was required for the shipment of coal.
Drops were placed skirting the spacious docks of nine
acres, just excavated, which are connected with the
main line of railway by ten threefold branches, laid upon a
triangular platform fifteen acres in extent, having standing
room for three thousand loaded waggons, or nine thousand
tons of coals reedy to drop into the vessels. The town has
for some years been lighted with gas; has several schools,
chapels, • mechanics' institution, a news-room, a branch
bank, a custom-house, ship-building yards, various manu-
factories, three iron foundries, end extensive rolling
mill for bar iron; and but last week a splendid town-hall
and extensive market-house were opened. The port is said
not to be equalled by any in the north (excepting the Forth),
having twenty-five feet of water on the bar at low water
(more than either Newcastle or Sunderland can boast at
high water), and it is aceeeeble by night as well as by day.
It will be anticipated that much business must be done in
this plain. Accordingly, we find, from authentic records,
that the shipments of coal on the river Tees have
been at Stockton, in 1844, 22,614 chaldrons (of 52 cwt.),
and in 1845, 21,170; whilst at Middlesborough, the ship.
merits were 137,886, and 19.5,796 ehaldrona. From the
latter place it is said 70,000 chaldrons of Brancepeth coke
was shipped by one establishment to railway companies,
iron foundries, and others, in the three kingdoms; and
besides 268,105 tons of coals were shipped by the Clarence
Railway in the pan year making the shipments of coal from
the Tees now to exceed three times the quantity shipped
at our good old coal-port of Whitehavem—Gateshead
Observer.

.FIVIR.AT

ix.—Sir,—Stranger to !Its

plate, reading my friend Mr. Smith's letters, Piiblished in
your paper, where he speaks of a general meeting of the
respectable portion of the inhabitants, in consequence of the
fever with which thin place has been afflicted, would suppose
that a public meeting had been called in the usual manner,
and the parishioners acted as a body but either supinely or
ineffectually. The meeting was a select one, hastily called
by an individual not a parish officer, though a regular meet-
ing then stood fixed for 48 hours after, when a good attend-
ance would have been certain, and in all probability some
reasonable scheme suggested, if not adopted. The select
meeting was held ; some most respectable parties attended ;
but Mr. Smith's views were unpalatable to the party calling
the meeting, and a most unfortunate appointment was made.
To give some idea of the feeling here, I would mention that
• list of the subscriptions, which has been printed, contains
only about four names of persons who have been resident is
the parish five years, not one professional man (except the
clergy), and only one tradesman. This, in a pariah with up-
wards of 6,000 inhabitants. But farther, tithe whole ma
subscribed the rector is the donor of MON est • hoe* villa
upwards of a quarter of the remind" codeisted d sob
mental collections. In the better days of Minchinhasimplam,
I have known more than four times the whole aseannt
raised here in four home, when the inhabitants were bah
able and willing to give; and for the honour of the poor old
place it must be said that we could do something new, if we
approved of the object, and the means taken to attain it. I
do not touch on the cause of our affliction; from first to last
it is too painful a subject ; but it should be known that
when the distress appeared most urgent, a kind and reagei*
ful application was made to one of the parochial autheedles
to call • meeting. for the purpose of adopting further mesas
of checking the progress of the malady, and showing to the
suff
ering and the poor that they had the sympathy of their
neighbours. He wished the application to be reduced to
writing, and made in form, and he appeared disposed to
assent to it. This was done, and no reply whatever given
to it. The officer, it appears, considered that he was too
young an inhabitant to call a meeting ; be conferred with
am of the so-called committee, who has been living in the
Elabout a year, and the latter gentleman declaring that
public meeting was called be would *A attend it, or
kids anything more to do with the matter, haw nand to
amp. I know that one (I believe that both) of Hen walis-
soda possess that amiability of feeling whia wadi his
everybody ; but where so much was at stake, it is a
ikarful thing that such risk should be incurred to please, or
=rather to avoid offending, one man, unable to act
weeand in a body. I trust meet of us have done what
d individually ; and sad as our state has been, and
eats is, I hope we have learnt a salutary lemon.—l am, de.,
SO= G. Bata,, solicitor and coroner.—Mlnchlnhampton,
Bond, December 29, I_B4B. _

LAW FORTRZ itiaZ7DLAST FOR TER POOR.—On the I
29th November, George Grasebrook, Eq., and an humbler ;
individual named George Smith, bought a horse each of two
strangers, at the Malt-Shovel Inn, Stourbridge. It turned
out, after the sellen had gone away, that the horses had
been stolen. Although the sale was made in the presence of
several persons, and without concealment, or collusion, •
man mine to the residence of Smith, in the field adjoining
the Malt Shovel Inn, owned the horse Smith had bought,
and took it away. About ten o'clock on the same night,
policeman Bray took him front his wife and six small
children, in esstedy to the Stourbridge prison, where he
wee locked up tar the eight. On the following day he
wen takes beim the magistrates at the public-office,
sad romeadloi till eat day, whoa he was released. The
Zetadrer Wes Smedley Fair, Smith desired
samenpony
_him te the f hoping to
meet the Wall whom be heft wasted she horse. They
went, but dill see And the . *NM rolurnett to has
home. On Setendep Beelisilsimpanied by
the owner of the bens took left iris btu mrtody, and
locked him up in prison till )ILesdap, when be wee taken to
Warwick, withouthamng been takes behee•Wereeetemithe
justice, or any warrant for his apprehemien bag le exist-
ems. At Warwiekhe was taken beim &Justice sad remanded
till the following
_llsearday (Dee. 19). On that day Smith
eihuargedbro=teleSthr M sees iwas re' and
esended%ll,:trer
week. Os the Doh the men icasiZartaken before
his worship and Oda mmessisi till hid Jas.
Smith did se mum limes hie richer who alto
gave up she loess le bet bas t, lost was Meshed as more
about the metier. We have espied them fame from the
Worcester Aetna&
EAST WORCLOTRIIIIIIII ELICTION.—The writ for the,
election of a knight of the shire for the eastern division of
this toasty, in the room of the late Mr. Burneby, arrived at
Worcester on Wednesday, and the returning officer (the
high sheriff of the county) has fixed Monday week, Jan. 11,
for the election to take place, a special county con. t Wes
fixed for that purpose. Captain Rumour. tCcnservativei
the only candidate now in the field, Mr. Foley, the Liberal
candidate, having withdrawn, on the Conservative party
undertaking set to oppose his election on • dissolu-
tion of perlimeest. It is, however, now very doubt-
ful whether W. Taylor, the present member, will
not again be put in nomination on the Conservative
interest, so that matters me in a very doubtful state.
TSAR WORAMITIR Braiv•rost Caak—la consequence
of tosstusteatisse mob be the Peer-law messimisoure, re-
lative to theists ease ofshereades et 1)&04 dough the al-
leged meted eta saints* eller of the Were/sew poor-law
mike, a letter bee bees seseivel hem Semseest-lesse, b
the Rev. Z. Sergeant, the *ohms if the Worcester Board
of Guardians stating that an Asietant Poor-law Commis-
' stoner should be sent down Is eats the case. Accord-
ingly that elkial arrived oa Welsestay, in the pes• of Mr.
• Greases; the inquiry will take piss at the Bahia work-
t, homes.
A WOMAN PROW TO DlATH.—OnWadstay, the 23rd
ult., a weirs, amused Blisabeth Sefton. agoll who, with
her husband, reeshie • seanty hem the Draftwielt
Units, halt weestra a week teak. Isis sellege at Wow
don, about four Wks met td Winn's?, to walls to
ridge about about the mussdisease en the seet•iie of the ins
TUT, Re likoeralle of mettles a peftidesties Is the dm&
tattle elm est at this amen at the
met .1. It. Dietter. Vier the
oteasp,
uehowever, the lee banal; mod bevies been Pm seve-
ral ape lleeted le lie am of the member.
walk teas,eeft, on Soil lmti, Ire ity
days after site left hommg.a
e,
Orrin to &sea at tati=ad.H.11ow, obeli ltall-wm bit-
terest Wursemar ask . The inesmit wee at
the Dell Ism. Dermiumlb,, w, beim ilte asaaams se
the DOM, at thebry rammed the Mow* verdict :
urns' and, MW; it is supposed, lest her way, and
fling te the Ismimessey of the weather she was horn to
&di."