The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-22 00:00:00

TION MEETING AT DERBY,

THE BRITISH ARCIIXOLOGICAL ASSOCIA-

DERBY, WEDNlZSDAY.—lhmtertlity the members
to the number of ono hundred, went a special
excur-
sion, which occupied their time until nice
at night. Among these premnt were—the Mayor of
Derbv, Rear-Admiral Sir 11. Dillon, Sir Fortunatos
Dwa;ris, J. Ileywoexl, Esq., M.P.; Dr. 11,
W. E. Moseley, )sq., Dr. Veil, Mr. Pettigrew,
Mr. l'lanchi,, Charles Egan, Esq., R. Duesbury, Esq., A.
White, Esq., &c., dm. The pact), having visdell vend
castles, churches, and mansions in the neighbourhood, w!.th
present features of interest to the arcloolog:A, the y re-
turned home at esiate hour. In the evening, stil,.,,,Luentiv,
Mr. S. Ley addressed them on the 44 Poetics of Arthealowyt..
and expatiated on this interesting topic in a manner
completely won his audience. This morning (W oho min)
the excursionists proceeded to Haddon Hull, Chatswoci!,'
rind other places. The party returned to I)crby hy eigh6
o'clock, and after partaking of refreshment, ti,, numbers
adjourned into the Atlioucuin, when Mr. Plane V's parse
4, On the Armorial Bearings of the Two I:willies of F..rr,rs
and Peverell " was read.

Yesterday (Thursday) morning the visitors again ros.s
early, in order to avail themselves, of the hospittlity ~f fir
Oswald Mosley, Bart., at Ito Heston Hall. On arriving at
the Tuthury station the association was met by a nnnilK r.
of carriages, provided by Sir Mosley, in which they
were conveyed to his mansion at Itolleston, where a sonip-
tuous breakfast was prepared for them. From
Hull the members proceeded to church, and, 11.‘, ex-
mined the many interesting monuments which it .•.1,1
retained to the haU, and from thence proceeded to 1 utlairy
church, where an interesting address was delivei..l be M.
Bay:ey, en the discoverh s made during the ree.-n'. ave.
Bons which have been carried on by Sir Osw.d.i r.
The discoveries principally consist of foundations ..f tle•
priory, which extended to the south of the presen• lend
anti apparently terminated in a semi-circular op..
I tower of tho edifice, Mr. Bayley is of opinion,
cast. From the church the party, under the kind
of Sir Oswald, proceeded to inspect the castle, :.0.1
thence returned to the railway station, un their way t
bury, Ashbornc, &c
10-day (Friday) the excursionists will visit C.
Melbourne, Lath Chester, and other places. In the
ing a public dinner will taw place in the Athenawm,
inurrow morning there will be a public breakfast an
clueing meeting.

It the

PitOPOsED SALE OF TILE RECTORY OF Cli i 1.,:-.1
itv me Eaut sir Caroonas.—Yestenlay cretin. I e•e. i.:
meeting of the inhabitants of Chelsea we, held at t V ••• y
hall, adjacent to the church, to take into consiolo, :::.11, !.,.,
propos,. ol sale toy public auction of the next pre-. .c !•.,11 ! 1
the rectory of the parish, and also to adapt no c-ir s • r
raising is subscription by means of whirls the pe •or ~ ,
might he purchased and phiceol at the disposal od :!. : ,' .
bitants. Mr. C. Bateman, the parochial church a .o: 1-1,, .. ,
called upon to preside. Captain Jones moo, d t.• .. ..
resolution, which affirmed that, us the next r•r - a..• ~
to the rectory of St. Luke's Chelsea, was t•. I, . .-
posed of by public auction in the (nue., ..1 ,„.
week, it was thu duty or the parishioners to !..! .. ~•
to raise a sum of money sufficient to poor !..• .-,
and to present an evangelical clergyman to dill, i, •,,
duties of the incumheney.—Mr. lege seconded tit•• i• • .. :.
tion.—Mr. Archbutt was of opinion that the prico r-1, ,• r
the living was so extravagant that it was quite futi'• t ~ ~ ,
any such attempt as that suggested. 1.0 attemi.. :. : ,
8,0001. or 10,0301. by public subscription b, ee. , ..,
Wednesday appeared to ham to be utterly impel, •, .•. -
Mr. Burgess assured the meeting that there stoeo.d •. , ,
difficulty,iu raisingi the 8,0001. or 10,00 ff. by tie •.n. :,
pointed fur the sale. There were hundreds or pee, •• :,. .1, ,
parish who would readily and willing sub-er.. *lt•
Jones, junior, stated that a few gentlemea I. i ,I. :j
raised the sum of 8001. amongst them.—The elt.,i,.e. :5: ,t
the resolution, and it was carried by, a large no 'I -
Mr. Burgess moved that the preseutation when i• s : 41
should be vested in a committee, who should he i .•,, • I
to present an evangelical clergyman to the reel-.r•.. a i.. .1
after a long discussion, was agreed to, and a contie.:. • a .
afterwards appointed.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN CL.lB6otV.—On Ws dn. sol .3
morning, about 4 o'clock, a very destructive tire lot .:, ..,
in the extensive stores of Messrs. Charles, Tennent .01.1 o
of St. Rollox, situated in Wellington-street cud llolue
street, Glasgow. The building, which is entirely 0:....ea,01
was four stories in height, with sunken Hat. It . s apt, •1
space of about 100 feet by tab and was liilled teen tea t
bottom with such inflammable materials as oil. ,ani...11
madder, sago, turpentine, and sulphur. Imme din, iy to tin..
east of the Messrs. Tenneut's store, and only separ.d. .1 I y a
party wall, is that of Mr. Kelly. It is very slat usive. and
was filled with cotton; sahib,, on the north. is situate ol •'-•
weed-yard of Mr. Fotheriegliain,—a contiguity .0
did not lessen the alarm. Fortran itely, however, ths a.,
sustained in the case of either of the last-meutieno ol
pectic.* is trifling. The wood-yarl was repeandlj in i
vent danger front the falling of burning Krises, loot tit
did nut make any progress there, and, f114V111.: s',lllc
injury which Mr. Kelly's cotton sustained while a pore
it was being removed, the contents of that odor :is..
building have escaped. Immediately on the discos, rj
fire an alarm was given, and the police and West et
land and North of England fin- brigades were on ti,
without much delay. On their arrival they tonsil I
bursting from the windows of the lower Hat -1
centre compartment of the building on the south
and so rapist was the progresi of the fire that it ',•
very soon apparent that to cave either the builolir_
contents was all but hopeless. Every exertion, Loa
was used. Every availahle engine in connexion ss Si
police establishment was pressed into the service ; tho
day force, by order of Mr. Smart, were called out, :site
soon nine engines were playing upon the flames. All o
to safe the store, however, proved unavailing. S.llll‘'
of the property was removed, hut very little indo .d. I
flames ascending, floor otter floor fell with a terri'sl. cr.,
and within an hour after the arrival of the fire se4iiie- I
flames were bursting out of the centre portion of the t.,
when it also fell in. During the progressof the fir,. the sin
was literally suffocating. Vitriol jars were henol toe:,
crack, in succession, like shots fired from a rifle, whil. at
more distant intervals there was the heavy artillery of ti. •-il
puncheons. About 10 of these explosions took places, ss lads
must have been heard at a great distance. On each sou ,os-
sive report the ground shook under, and at one oo'o :...k
yesterday the crowds who visited the scene of de caste ;•.a
were greatly alarmed by one of the explosions. Ile
flames were of the most brilliant description. A- the II ors
and roof fell in they had the effect apparently of e,,tinge,sh-
ing them; but it was only apparent, for sery soon tiny
again burst out with renewed vigour, and, nota nit-bowing
that the engines have been incessantly playing upon The
ruins (for nothing now remains but blackened ,sad-?, 1110
flames, up to the hour of our going to pro ss, seem
belching from the windows. All danger to the adjoin-
ing properties is now considered to be at stool. WO
have not been able to ascertain the precise mow of
the loss, nor how the fire originated. Below sire eiton
the insurances effected upon the goods contain. .1 in the
store, but whether they will cover the loss or not it is
difficult as yet to ascertain. It may be proper to state
that the store was divided into two compartioarus, ,;.,t
and west, and separate insurances effected on rad, (Melte
western :—Plurnix, 9,0001.; Sun, 0,000/.; West of Eng, flats
7,000/.; Northern, 2,0001.; North of England, lAsse.;
North British, 2,000/. ; total, 27,000/. On the goofs in the
eastern compartment the insurances are—l'hicnix, 3,0101.1
Sun, 1,000/.; West of England, 2,;00/.; Norther'', 7,000/.1
North of England, 3,500/.—Total, 20,00 W. The nowt
amount insured upon, as above shown, appears tot', 17. f WWI
and the building, which was a very excellent one, belonged
to Messrs. Ts:anent, and is also insured to the extent of
6,000/. The exertions of the superintendents of the diner-
cot fire-engines and their brigades are worthy of commons
datinn, and the supply of water from the pipes of the Gin-
gow Water Company was abundant.
NIANsf-tucifirtin.— Yesterday a carman, named
Daniel Tubitt, was committed to Newgate, front the ratty
sessions at Twickenham, on the charge of manslaughter,
having caused the death of a child named Cornelius Do-
arrow, by leaving his horse and cart in a road unattende,!.
It appeared that on the 19th instant, the prisoner left his
horse and curt outside a public-house in Twickenham,
having previously taken the bit out of the animal's mouths
for the purpose of his having a feed of corn and hay. Sunk)
time afterwards the horse suddenly started on, and the de-
ceased who was in the road noir the kerb, was knocked
down before he could get out of the way, and the wheel of
the cart passed over his head. lie was picked up inseusiblo
and removed to a neighbouring surgeon's, where the usual
means were applied for his restoration, but without 111ie1.,14s
and he soon sank under the injuries he had received. Tito
prisoner expressed his regret at what had occurred, but the
bench were unable to look over the offence, as it was such a
glaring case of negligence.
SOUTII DEVON RAI LwAY.—Thc report to be subs
mitto.sl at the half-yearly meeting, at Plymouth, on Tuesday
next, states that the accounts of the half-year ending Juno
30 present the following results of the passenger mink, as
compared with the returns of the corresponding is'Ol'd of
last year: Number of passenger in half-year ending Juno,
1840, 2841,117; amount, '23,905/ ; half-year ending June A
llsil, number of passengers, 244,693; amount, 20,3."
'the working expenses had been watched with a view to
keeping them on as moderate a scale as appeared consistent
with general efficiency, and some reduction would attend
the introduction of the new locomotives. During the half
year the remaining overdue debentures had been either
paid off or renewed. Fur the information of shareholders
not' present; at the meeting of the 12th inst.
(see ExpraS
of August 11) it was Requisite to explain that the oppo-
I sition of one shareholder, which proved unsuccessful se.
parliament, hid been renewed by application to the Court
of Chancery, to restrain the company from giving vtfect to
the scheme of commutation, and from paying ur declaring
al
dividend while any of the capital account or floatinglde t of the company remained unpaid. 'the proceeding
was wholly unexpected, as the powers given to the cora-
-1 pallyt a ,ir byam theoun
tnewconsiderably ae t foi• the is
exceedinge
afforded a sufficient guarantee of the ability of the cone:
pony proviue funds fur its discharge. Oa the rem!tval 0/
the obstacle referred to the directors will proceed with the
immediate payment of the coinmuted dividend. pursuant to
the resolution of the meeting of the 12th inst., and subject
o ft
the fue nr esenettl
to this payment the directors will be prepared to recent.
mend a dividend of is. per share upon the whole shares.
The revenue account for the half-year showed tile I.talptli
to be 43,5391., and the expeuditure 23,0151.. leaving 6
balance to be carried to the general account of Itl,o2eff.
LIVERPOOL UNION CROWN GLASS COMPANY...".
The works of this company, situate near Livernooloa" r
•I'ld'arcebt‘
be brought to the hammer under an order of the Master in
Chancery, who has the charge of winding it up.

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