The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-18 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.
TOMICSITIRE.
OP WEST YORKSIIIIM-

REPREBF.NTATIO)i

Thursday afternoon the liberal electors in the tassels polling
district met at the Reform Registration-office, in Leads, to
receive the report of the deputation who had waited upon
Mr. Charles W. W. Fitzwilliam, and to decide upon the
ulterior measures to be taken in view of this election. Mr.
F. Carbutt presided ; end, after a lengthened discussion, the
following resolutions were adopted:
1. That the electors now present, considering the political end-
manta ol the Hon. C. W. W. gitewillism. Mr conduct VP a mommte
for the representation of the West Riding in parliament, and his
acknowledged inexperience, are of opinion that he is not entitled to
their support at the comity election. That, provided a candidate
can be oftslaW who fully sympathises with the Your conditions
expressed in the Nonneaton resolution, sad whose experience,
racter, and teams qualify him to represent the important lateness of
the Wed Riding, this meeting is of opinion that be would receive the
general support of the liberal eicetors of this polling district.—S. That
this meeting would recommend to the consideration of the meeting of
delegates to be held at Normanton on Friday, the 17th but., Sir
4.:eiuthiLlardley Eardlcy, Hart., as a suitable candidate for the repre-
n of the West Riding.-4. That Prank Carbutt, Edward
Banes, Junes Richardson, and Jean Marshall, be reap-
minted delegates to attend, on behalf of this disk at the mid meet-
lag at Normanton.
Yesterday afternoon a meeting of delegates from the several
polling districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire,was held at
the Normanton Station Hotel, to receive the report of the
delegation appointed to wait upon the Hon. Charles W. W.
Fitzwilliam, for the purpose of suggesting to him the pro-
priety of his withdrawal as a candidate for the vacant seat,
and also to receive the report; from the several districts as to
the propriety of starting another candidate in opposition to
him. On the motion of the Mayor of Bradford (Titus Salt,
En.), seconded by Mr. Thos. Todd of Dewsbury, Francis
Carbutt, Eaci., of Leeds, was called to the chair. Before
taking the chair, Mr. Carbutt wished to take the sense of the
meeting as to the desirableness of reporters. Of whom there
were nearly balls score) being present during the whole of
their procriedings. The circulars convenult the meeting
were marked "private and confidential; and it must
of necessity happen that certain portions of their arrange-
ments were not proper to go forth to the public in detail.
They felt complimented by the attendance of so many repre-
sentatives of the press; and they had no wish to keep them
in ignorance of the result of their proceedings = but they
would, he had no doubt, see the propriety of retiring at least
for a time. Upon this hint the reporter, shut up their books
and left the meeting. The delegates remained in consulta-
tion till after duals, and when our correspondent sent off his
despatch at half-past four, they had not come to any resolu-
tion to put a candidate is nomination.
Since the foregoing was in type, we have received the
following from a corresponden :—" The meeting of liberal
delegates at Normanton this (Friday) afternoon, broke up
soon after the express train for London had passed the Nor-
mantas station. The result was, that two gentlemen were
proposed as eligible candidates but both of them were
negatived, and after re-appeintiiig the four delegates from
Leeds as an executive committee, the meeting broke up.
I believe the two names put to the vote were those of Sir
Culling Eardley Eardley, Bart, and George Goodman, Esq.,
of Leeds. Mr. Fitzwillium is to commence his canvass at
Leeds next Tuesday."

WARI

COMPENIIATION FOR PROPERTY REQUIRED BY A
RAILWAY COMPANT.-011 Thursday an inquiry into the value
of some property, belonging to the Free Grammar School, at
Birminghim, and required by the Landon and North
Western Railway Comrny, took place at Birmingham, be-
fore O.C.Giesnway,Fesq.,the county coroner,with Mr.W. B.
Andrews, Q.C., as assessor, and a special jury. From the
statement made by Mr. Whiteley, for the school, it ap
that this property, which consists of no lees than 70 t=
end 14,000 square yards of land, situate in the neighbour.
hood of New-street, in the very heart of the town of
Birmingham, is required by the company, in con-
sequence of the powers they obtained in an act of
parliament passed in the year 1848, extending the London
and North Western line, and erecting a central station in the
town, and the amount claimed by the governors of the school
as compensation for this property was 42,0001 It appeared
that within the last few years they had paid no less than
22,0001. for a portion of this property, and a great number
of witnesses were called to speak to its value. It seemed
that a considerable part of the property was re-let on leases,
but in the year 1848 Mr. Robin', a land-valuer in Sliming
ham, valued it at 43,0001; another person named Fowler
valued it at 330001. In 1847, the question still
remaining unsettled, the railway company bought out
the tenants at high rates of compensation, and commenced
their works. The interest now possessed by the governors
of the school was partly in freeholds, partly in ground-
rents, and the remainder in reversions. A variety of evi-
dence was given to show the value of the property.—Mr.
Rill addressed the jury, insisting that the governors of the
school had greatly over-estimated the value of the property,
and that, in reality, 25,000/. was much beyond its absolute
value.—The learned Assessor having summed up, the jury
gave a verdict mussing the value of the property at
39,8331, 10s.

COMMITTAL TO PRISON FOR INOCULATING CII/L-
-ERSR.—R man named Mathew Spam, a biker at Bruetock,
has bust been lodged in the county prison, on a charge of
causing the deaths of J. Hoare, aged six months, and W. S.
Hoare, aged three years, the children of a dairyman. It
seemed that the children were inoculated with the small-
pox by the prisoner, who appears to have been in the habit
of inoculating children, though repeatedly admonished not
to do so. They both died of the disease so conveyed to them;
and the jury, upon the strength of the 29clt cap., 3 & 4 Vic.,
which declare/ inoculation illegal, determined upon a verdict
of " manslaughter."
COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD.LIEUTENANT.-E. St.
Vincent Digby, Rsq., to be captain, and G. P. Maned, gent.,
to be cornet, in the Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry
Cavalry.

I(IL.NT.

--
THE MURDER AT STROOD.-011 Th3raday even-
ing the coroner's jury concluded their inquiry at the Guild-
hall, Roehester.—The jury returned the following verdict
" That the deceased, Mary Abbott, died by sufficanoo, hay.
ing been murdered by Maria M'Gill, Thomas *Gill, and
James M'Oill."

lute Arts.
ARTISTS' ANNUITY FUND.—Sir,—You contend
that es there is a benevolent society attached to the Artiste'
Annuity Fund far the advantage of the widows of deceasod
artists, therefore the public have an interest in seeing that
the affairs of the Arturo' Annuity Fund shall he properly
managed. Allow me to set you right on this point by in-
forming you that the funds of the two societies are distinct
one from the other—that the of of each society are also
distinct—that the one society has no control whatever over
the management of the other—that the " benevolent fund it
is managed, not by artiste, but by gentlemen, patrons of ere
—and that this fund has not suffered, nor could it in any way
sutler, by the late or by any future embezzlement in the Ar-
tists' Annuity Fund.—J. H. LYNCH. Polygon, Clarendon-
square, Nov. 10.
[Mr. Lynch asserted that the public had no more right to
inquire into the management of the Artists' Annuity Fund
than into the management of Messrs. Coutts' banking.honse,
because " there was not use penny of public money in it."
We suggested that this was not a fair statement: arid re-
minded Mr. Lynch that there was attached to the annuity
fund a benevolent fund, every shilling of whose resources—
about 1,0001. per annum—n contri •uted by the public for
the vole purpose of granting annuities to the widows and
children of the subscribing members to the annuity fund.
What does it signify to this question by whom these funds
are administered? Surely parties who are called on, year
after year, to subscribe fur the benefit of the widows and
orphans of the members of the annuity fund, are not acting
very offensively by inquiring how their own funds are die-
posed of. There is no such annual subscription, that we ever
beard of, in favour of the widows and children of the clerks
in Messrs. Coats' banking house.]