The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-10 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

THE Seow-Seness is spoken of in every account from the
country, and all the railwiys hove been more or lees incon-
venienced by it. The Brighton express train from London
at 5 e. w. on Weiln sday, wan stoppi d ou the way near Bat-
comb, and after vain attempts to clear the tai's, the passes-
were were forced to leave the carriages, and walk to Three
Bridges.—On the South Western line, all the trains were
more or lees behind time. Four trains are said to have come
to a stand still near the Andover Road station, the passen-
gers remaining in the carriages all night—those in the second
and third class carriages being half frozen. A note from the
Nine Elms, however, gives the satisfactory intelligence
that both the up and down lines are now clear from ob-
struction. Our Bristol correspondent, writing un Monday
evening, says—" We have hero visit-d this slay by the
heaviest snow storm that has fallen to the lot of this locality
since the year 1814. The snow lien generally et a d.pth of
eighteeninches and two feet, and in places where it has
drifted it is often three fest and four feet deep." The Maid-
, stone Gazette of yesterday states that the 3.30 down train
did not reach that town t.il 0.15, above three hours after
time, the snow offering such an impediment, that the train
several times, on the Maidstone branch, came to a stand-
still. Between Paddock-wood and Yalding the train was
compelled to wait foe the express to assist it, and soon after
paa.ing Wateringbury the locomotive broke down, and
further delay was caused in detaching it, the train being
then propelled by the express engine alone' but was unable
Ito reach the Maidstone station nearer than the ticket plat-
form We believe, continu that journal, much of the in-
convenience might be avoided if brooms were attached to the
fore part of the engine, which is in some cases done, but it is
sometimes impracticable in consequence of the engine
being very improperly propelled with the tender in front.
A newsagent at B •mpton, Oxon, says: " About nine on
Monday morning it commenced snowing again in right
earnest, and is continuing while we write, so that we have
the deepest snow here which has fallen since 1814: the roads
are almost impassible, and it is feared we shall hear of some
casualties and low of life." In consequence of the great fall
of snow, the train which left Exeter at one o'clock on
the afternoon of Monday, and which ought to have arrived
at Paddington at half past eight o'clock in the evening, did
not reach the London Terminus until two o'clock yesterday
morning, upwards of five hours beyond its usual time. The
train also, which started from Exeter on the same afternoon
at a quarter past three o'clock, instead of reaching Padding.
ton at half-past ten, only arrived yesterday morning at a few
minutes before three o'clock The snow is said to have
drifted on the line between Bristol and Keynsham until it
lay five feet deep, and one train was four hours passing the
distance of six miles.
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Tile MANCOPFITER CHAMDP.R OP COMMERcE held its
annual mcetinir on Monday, when the secretary read the
annual report of the directors, by which it appeared that the
;mention of this body had been directed to no less than
thirty subjecta connected with commerce, and upon which
, they had had to memorialise the Board of Trade, and other
bodies. The proutlynt of the chamber (T. Barley, Esq.)
called attention to the subject of encouraging the cultivation
of cotton in I odia,and referred to the many occasions during
the period from 1836 to the present time, when the chamber
had called the attention of the East India Company to the
matter, having, with the advice of the late Right Hon. C. P.
Thomson,vice ptesielmit of the Board of Tmde,procured seeds
from America to send to India, yet with so little effect
that the impartation of cotton from India was 219,000
begs in 1836; whilst in 1845 it was only 155,000 bags;
zet the importations from America, which were only
164,000 bags in 1836, were 1,5.55,000 bags in 1845.
He had learnt this fact from his own inquiries on
this question, that a tract of land, with proper soil
and climate, equal to the county of York. would grow all
the cotton consumed in the world at the present time
(4,000,000 bags), and with this fact before him he did say
it was a reproach to this country I having such an immense
extent of territory, with a tropical climate as it had) that
we were almost wholly dependent for cotton upon the
United States. He contended that the whole question re-
solved itself into one of duties and civil rights, and for want
of these being placed on a proper basis, the resources of
India had not yet been developed.
CONVICTION FOR DISPENSING MEDICINES WITHOUT
LICENSE.—EIIis Flitcroit, agent for the sale of "Dr. Coffin's
medicine," was charged at the Borough Court, Bolton, on
Saturday last, under the statute 55 Get. Ili., for the better
regulation of the practice of apothecaries', in which it is
enacted—" That no person (except such as practised before
the pasting of the act) should practice as an apothecary with-
out being duly qualified, and who should havz a certificate
authorising bun so to do." It was also enacted that persons
' acting Contrary to the provisions of this act should be liable
to a penalty of 201. The offence was also one which was in-
dictable at common law as a misdemeanour. The defendant
applied to have it heard on Monday, that he might obtain
professional assistance, but this was objected. It was then
proved that he had sold medicines, particulerly in the ewe
of George Greenhalgh, upon whom an inquest had been
held ' • and the defendant was ordered to find sureties to an-
swer the charge at the quarter sessions. It has been sug-
gested that all vendors of quack medicines are liable, under
the same act, to summary convictions.
YORKSHIRE.

ROMAN CATHOLIC RliClif.iil:l7-011 Monday evening a
numerous meeting of the Roman Catholics of Leeds was
held in the school-room, adjoining the Raman Catholic
chapel called St. Ann's, "to take into consideration the
propriety of petitioning parliament in favour of the bill
about to be brought in by Mr. Watson, for the removal of
these penal enactments which disgrace the statute-books of
these realms." James Iloldforth, Esq., was called to the
chair, and the meeting was addressed by the chairman, the
Rev. O. Keeley, J. Austin, Esq, J. D. Holdforth, Req.,
John Prat, Esq., and others; and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted to petition parliament for the entire re-
moval of the Roman Catholic disabilities.

WARS

A PUBLIC MErrixo, convened bye ate, was held in
the Town-hall at Birmingham, on Monday* the pampa
of taking steps in order to still further nib* the
existing in Ireland and in the Highlands of Bostiaad. About
4,000 persons were prevent, the mayor c. cog Ma Asir:
and in the gallery there were no len dinn twenty-sight
ministers of religion. The speakers, can and all, diennunisi
on the terrible amount of destitution prevailing in I
with the details of which the public ono already t4=
acquainted. It was announced that about 3,6001. had boas
raised by subscription amongst the various congregation' of
the town, and hopes were expressed that the general sub-
scription would yet reach 10,0001.
!IT llerV•STVP4Trrar

THE ESTABLISHMENT Or BATHS AND WASHROUSI/1 111
about to be taken into consideration by the Town Council isf
Bristol.
HAMPSHIRE.

A memorial has been forwarded from Porten to the Chief
Office, praying for increased postal accommodation for that
town. It u stated, that to a population of sixty thousand,
there is only one receiving-house, and that when the inha-
bitants require a money order they are compelled to go to
the office of another town (Portsmouth), • mile and a-half
distant, front 30,000 of the residents of Portia% and Land-
port; and that whenever it pleases the garrison to close the
gates of the Mill-dam, that distance is increased te two miles
and a-half.
EVW.X.
FONZPAL OP TOO AVTIIOII OP .' PEITAPRIOOII,6."-031
Monday lest the remains of the Rev. J. T. J. Hewlett were
committed to the grave at Little Stambridge, the scene of
his recent labours. Mr usual masonic obsequies were per-
formed Wore leader the house. The procession consisted
of worm* of thirty brethren, the repreftentatives of the
'rift, die ehorchwerike of the parish, and other Mends,
aosengenisoll by the ismer, whose arrince evidently be-
Wawa die asseleamsee of the loss had saasered. The
darker esedidea 'et the family et deemed author
brawl the 'dead at 6 at Beithkrid en Friday.
The Bac S. ' She, dr seem of sr address
te the ram doggy, is sad bleeds maseahled, rid
the gistolaikires me inbriedy, Mrs we owaliat
thesiteadraet Orr idbOOI ear blend Hewlett hea ha be.
lied 11•6 ,Iffelereellie been a short one. In rely Ills
be was rise left Si ere of the late Lord
*NS
he Charter-house, where hi!= vsliserhe t
ea ammillsr * him for that which he afterwards Q.
laird rOMR and a clergyman. From Oiled
he west to' the charge of a large school at
Abinittioseudbastrlay he was removed into our own
neigh al know the emoluments of the
hying he held were not such at to enable him to leave much

behind him; and one cannot but feel from what we know
now—that the pressure that laid on him for many yearn nu
tended to shorten his life, and has deprived nine orphan
children of their sole and only protector. (Hear.) When
first Mr. Hewlett was taken away, it would not be right
to conceal what is known to many, that there was not a
single pound in the house to provide what was re-
quired for his funeral or food for his children. It was
a time when of all othi rs the kindness of a friend would
be felt; and to tho honour of the freesmuons of the neigh-
Inurhottil it ou,tht to be told that when they knee., the situa-
tion of the family they readily and cheerfully undertook to
bear all the expense that would fall on them. They fur this
time adopted the children. They acted as true brothers.
They have borne all the expenses of the funeral, and they
hare taken the children under their charge till soma
means might be adopted to relieve them of it,
and others should join with them to share the
burden thi y so kindly and willingly undertook.
There is one way in which a small sum might he raised it
will be some months that the duty at Stambridge will not bo
provided for othorwise than occasionally, and I am sure it
will be the pleasure of the clergy in this neighbourhood to
undertake that duty, and then we will ask for that remune-
ration from the churchwardens, which, while the liv-
ing is sequestrated by them as being vacant, they
are required to give as • stipend to a clergyman,
in the hope that this fund may benefit by the
sum being paid over for the family. Mr. White remarked
that before Mr. Hewlett came here he was tbiily occupied in
a large school at Abingdon ; and when he left it and took to
literary labour, that to him has been labour indeed. He has
gone on. taking tasks from the booksellers, and sitting up
night and day to get work done that must be done in time,
aa upon it depended from day to day the bread of his large
family; fur you know he has lett nine children and has had
sixteer, and had a wife whore illness lasted four year-, and
ended in her death, and all dependent on his literary labour
for support. Those labours he has paid the penalty fur.
He might have been living for years to e...me but (or the work
of the brain he has gone through, which has caused his
premature dentla. You have been told of the extreme
destitution of his family. That I have no doubt from con-
versations I had with him, and his anxiety fur the last year
and a halt, when his literary tabour was stopped by ill health,
has led to his death, he toeing anxious to continue thins
labours, and coming to the conclusion, as he said, that
his life was of little value to his family without health to
work for them. There are agreements now with the book-
sellers that would find the children not only with bread, but
place them iu comparative affluence; but his health has been
such that neither his head nor his hand could fulfil his tank.
The meeting pledg. d itself to use every exertion to raise a
fund for the benefit of the family, and it was arranged that
one child should be proposed for admission to the Clergy
Orphan Asylum. and another to the Wanstead Asylum. The
sum of 2464 was announced as already subscribed.

_MUSK.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—There were two vocal
debuts at this theatre last night. Miss Bassano, who has
already had covelilersible aIIOCNSI in the part of Anne Boleyn,
appeared for the first time in Norma ; and Miss Anne Romer
made her first appearance on the stage in the character of
Adalgica. We thnayht Miss Rossano unfortunate in the
selection of .4nne Bolepn. for her tint part, and we think that
she has been equally so in shoo-ing i's'ornta for her second!;
and, in both cm s, for the same reason. The one part, as
well as the other, is beyond the reach of a young and inex-
perienced performer. Nor never has been performed
here except by persons who were not only singers but
tragedians of the very highest powers; and in particular, it
is the grandest and most impressive of Grisi's personation.
Mies Baseano's performance is • sedulous copy of
that of Grisi in every movement and gesture, eat
(es far as she is able) in every tone and in-
flexion; but what, in the one, is the strong impulse of
genius, has, in the other, the feeble effect of imitation. It
must be observed, too, that there are national peculiarities is
action and gesture, as well as in the accents and inflexions
of speech; and that an imitation of ?intik or Italian gait
and gestures has as affected and foreign an appearance
as an imitation of • French or Italian accent.
This habit is one of the fruits of the present
fashion among our young singers of finishing their
education in Italy—ell who have done so have, more or less,
contracted it. At the same time there was much to applaud
in Miss Baaaano's performance. In passages which did not
demand violent exertion of voice, or very impassioned expres-
sion, she often sang very beautifully ; but when she made
great efforts, she lost the command of her voice, and often
filled entirely both in execution and in truth of intonation.
Miss Anne Roamed debut was eminently successful. This
young lady wbo, we understand, is a cousin of Mils Rosner
of Drury.lene, was lately a pupil of the Royal Academy of
Music, and attracted great notice at the concerts of that in-
stitution. She is handsome, and prepossessing in ap-
pearance, and her performance of the character of
Adalgisa was marked by intelligence, simplicity, and
feeling. Her voice is a pure soprano, sweet, flex-
ible, and full of that charming freshness which belongs
to early youth. In recitative her elocution is exceedingly
clear and emphatic ; and her style and execution have a
' purity and Routh which require no improvement from any
course of Italian education. One of her present beauties is
her unaffected, natural, English manner, which we should
be very sorry to see her lose. Her reception was most fa-
vourable; and she, together with Miss Bassani, and Allen
(who performed the part of Pollio), were called for at the
end of the lirot act, as well es at the conclusion of the opera.
MR. ALLCROFT'S ANNUAL CONCERT.—NearIy all
the available musical talent now in London was gathered at
the Lyceum Theatre last evening. There was a ' first al).
pear.ancie" in the person of Mies Reynell—a young lady pos-
sessing a soprano voice of excellent quality, which, if not
very powerful, is sweet and flexible. Her clever execution
of " Robert, toi qua j'aime" was well estimated by the
audience, who were lost warm in their applause. Among
the principal features of the evening was a new song by
George Linley, " Whisper not how much I love thee,'
which, in the experienced hands of Mr. Harrison. gained a
deserved encore. There was little else of novelty in the
programme, which consisted of performances, instrumental
and otherwise, by Madame Dulcken, Madame AlbertaaM,
Miss S. Novell. Miss Birch, Miss Hawes, Signor Benxi,
Signor F. Lahlache, Master Thirlwall, Mr. H. Phillips, itc.
Mr. Henry Rureell was well received in a new song entitled
" The Wants of the People"—a subject that, whatever its
merit as a literary composition, is adapted for anything
rather than music. It partakes of the character of most of
this gentiemau's songs, which are often painful and repulsive
in their effect. The concert lasted until a late hour.