The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-10 00:00:00

MEHOILLILL TO THE LATE JOHN IPOWZSE.

A public meeting took place yesterday, at
Bt. Jean* Hall, to appoint a ommiblee for raising feuds
for a suitable memorial to the labs Jobs Fowler, to wham
untiring seal laths applicatiou of steam•power to the col •
&Woe of the soil, the mgrisallual world is mid to be
greatly iodated. Iced Panama' weel to the chair.
His lordship proposed the first resobitios : " That
this midi= is ci opinion that the applisatisa
of steam power to the outlived= of the soil is the
posted isaprovesseet is stabors agrioulturs, sod eon.
sommtly most ve/sable be the esestry gloomily. The
rivi•Sea.B alp of *Mon that to the late ILr. John Fold!.
01 the credit le mainly dos of investing,
and • g the machinery sad !mimesis by whim
that power has Ma brought se mosodully to beer upon
the various field operatiosa. Therefore it is am wpm*
to form a cosimittes, for the purpose of raising a food seal•
dens for some suitable memorial, m as aoksewledpseat of
his indomitable perseveres= end us*M emu, devoted
to an object which moat eventually Memo a national
besedt." . .

Memos weeded the resolntios, obserriag that the
proposition it eadeined was asq the credit
Wed eortminly doe to the tate lb. 'Woe d beta
the centre aroond which all who ""rested thsmtdess to
the appilestien M. rawer to serisnitseel pommy
end wetted. The nieshation was earns&
Yr. Barnum, ot Pitmen* pospessit, sad lb. Kum
essoried, eseced resolution, oppeistieg . conitnitise
(isolnding the tamed Lord Neiman ad Lord Favor
dam) tar oszryise the oldest into slloot.—Aped to..

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Mr. Wit MAIM proposed, sad Mr. C. CLAY seceded, the
third nealatioa—" That the momarial shall take the form
al • charitable institution, to be celled `The FOWilliel
Bs-
anolnt Institution,' meowed by • board of (Vernon,os
directors, or council, to be appoiated hereafter by the sub-
=lbw, for the temporary or ponameent retie mid theist-
s". 01 IMO& 0011, lebeuthig mea, and their familia who shall
regale sail lINSIMI web tee ef, sod 'be shell W say moideat
became abetted */ injured dumb, thae vedelprol
amehiaery. bid to lima by
deem end culttneies meabbery; sad else, in
can the of these Nalle by nee laria, ler the •
raid d their widows sad eldidrem, sad ter the aunties el
the latter at • school to be Wilk sal matatalmed eat ef the
funds of this Amity, provided eelleiset most'be ob-
tithed, sad that the form of aorta or deed of trust for
this inetitution be draws up by the committee, sad sub-
mitted for ooneideralioa end approval to the stheortbere
when the governance directors are appointed.*
The resolutiou wee speed to.
Mr. Tempest vas the, appointed treasurer, sad Mr.
Charles Clay seerethry to the fund.
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On the motion of Lord Huntatad a vete of alkalis was
pawed to the chairman, who, in achnowledging the com-
pliment, expromed Migrant regret that Moses is the family
of Lord Portman (who was to have presided ca the occa-
sion) had prevented that nobleman from being Prosank

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON HIGHWAYS.

Shortly afterwards a numerously attended meet-
ing took place in the same room, to consider the several
orders which have been issued by Sir George Grey
ander the authority of the Locomotive Act, 1861, prevent;
leg the passing of locomotives upon the highways except-
ing donee the night, thereby precluding the profitable am-
ploymeat of sash engines for agricultural purposes. The
immediate object of the meeting was to diem' this ques-
tion with a view to ea ultimate deputation to Sic
Geoege Grey. Lord KLIMA= occupied the chair.
Several mambas of parliament were present, cad
also many gentlemen from Leeds, Lincoln, XamMester,
Northamptoe, Durham, Yorkshire, Seffelk, Sesei. Kent,
Seamy, and various other counties where the tractica
engine for agricultural purposes is now is are.
The Hoe. F. CALTHORM M.P., moved the first remota-
tioo, " That the groat number of ploughs and thrashing
znaahimes driven by steam which have been seat abroad, and
the gradual increase in the number is nee in ibis country,
an matte= of congratulation for the farmers and mann-
facturees, and that anything calculated to impede the
adoption of their emend use would be • serious injury to
the agricultural and commercial interests."
Kr. Wrest[ MARTIN, ILP., seconded the motion,
which wee carried.
Mr. Dres Naomi proposed, and Mr. Jour TBORSHILL
HAZRIBON seconded the next reeointios, "That the Loco-
motive Act el 1861 was passed with a view of regulating
the traffic and merchandise aloes roads by means of Motion
engines, and it was not contemplated to check their use for
the purposes of agriculture, and therefore that stem should
be takes to get the ad amended,"

Agreed to:
The third resolution wsa moved by Mr. JAMES WILLIAM'S
and seconded by Mr. Joenra NICHOLS That a depu-
tation be appointed by the meeting to wait upon Sir G.
Grey, the Secretary of Site for the Home Department, to.
questiog him to rescind the orders which he bad already
made restricting the panes. of engines on the highways of
oertain districts, exoepting during the hours of night ; such .
onion being, in the opinion of this meeting, calculated to
cause danger to life, which has not been found to be the
ease in their purge along the roads in daylight ; and that
he be requested to substitute regulations for their uss
during the day, which, if 73udicion41. formed, would be
much safer and obviate all objections."
The resolution was adopted, and the meeting separated
with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

DOD'S PIZRAOS, BARONS:TAOS, AND KNIGHTAGE.
1865.—The meant number of this laborious compilation,
which Ins commestead in 18t1, sustains the credit of its
mammon for the careful olaenfication and condensation
of animals, gleaned from the most, various and authentic
gowns of informatioo.
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RFTRIFIRNTATIOR OF KING'S LYNN. —The lion.
J. Walpole and Sir T. Powell Buxton, Hart., are spoken of
as candidates for the representation of this borough at the
next general election. Lord Stanley, ILP., will seek re-
elsetioo ; but Mr. Gurney, the second member, proposes to
retire from parliamentary life at the dimantioo.
RsPRINENTATION OF GRIMSBY.—It is currently
reported that Mr. Chapman, the present member for this
borough, will not offer himself for re-election after the
dissolution of the present parliament, and that ft I. in con-
templation to invite the Han. William George Eden, of
Ofintley Hall, near Doncaster, to become a candidate.
RZHITHIMTATION OF CLITHE ROIL —Mr. Richard
Forbes, of Read Hall (liberal), and Mr. J. P. C. Stark* of
Ashton Hall (conservative), are annonmed as candidate.* for
the representetioa of this borough at the next general
elemfiow
SALFORD ELECTION. —The writ for the election
of a member to some in place of Mr. Mammy has been re-
ceived, and the Mayor of Salford hes fixed the nomioatioo
for Monday next. Mr. Cheatham is the only candidate in
the field, and ell talk of opposition has for the present
cowed. It is expected there will be no opposition.
FIRM AT SANDRINGHAM HALL.—Sandringham-
house, the Norfolk residence of the Prince of Wales, bad •
very narrow wrap* from deatmetion by fire yesterday mom-
ing. Sloe the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite left
Sandringham, three weeks sgo , the only oceapants of the
house have been the hoaekeper, Mrs. Smith, her bus,
band, with trio or three domestic*. About bali-put three
o'clock in the morning the neighbourhood was alarmed by a
report of the hall being on fire ; this report being carried to
King's Lynn by memespre the fire-bells were rang and the
fire-brigade and large engine deepatched. Later in the
morning it was reported that the hall was totally consumed.
Upon proceeding thither we diamond that this was not
the ease, but that it was a very narrow escape from inch a
result ; an it wee, the damage done is not moth above 200/..
and from the position of the room in which the firs broke
out, exactly in the centre of the building. It affairs that
at about throe o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Smith, the house-
keeper, awoke and experienced some alarm at astrong
She 'maimed hoe husband, who went down stairs, as it
was feared that the kindling loft by the domestic to dry
had ignited and set flYeto the kitchen, Udall woe found not
to be the cede. As the smell grew slaws, • regular search
was made, and it wee found that ammo, which three weeks
ago wan one of those devoted to the nee of the Duchess of
Cambridge—a bedroom situated over the billiard-room, in
the mat frost and on the north side of the poreh—was oa
fire. There had bees a fire in the room on the same floor
adjoining on the preview day, for the purples of *icing
sad the bells lobed a beam at the book al the furnace,
which connected the two rooms together, and the Ere
weed to the boards of this chamber underneeth the head
of the bed. Foes bag tines It aseddered without Meals.,
hat at length tie Soar and bed, do., broke into Some. As
soon as the fire was discovered sa alarm wee Oval" end smolt-
apes wee presently at head, till which the doors were Jodi-
gamely kept closed, so an net to admit at say draught. So
prompt, energetic, and ale were the exertions put forth.
under the enpaintseedisee of Mr. Carmichael, the resident
devoid, that the Gm was extinguished before the arrival
of the eerie sad brigade from Lyme. The whole of the
furniture in this chamber was destroyed, and the room com-
pletely gutted. The fire Mee burnt its way to the billiard-
room below, but there Mies time and help salkient the
furniture bad hem removed exempt the table. which of
moms with the walesooatieg end floor were destroyedby the
boning embers which fell through from the room mem.
It is quite a marvel bow the hall wee spared from destruc-
tion. The whole of the tenante and labourers sad • num-
ber of thee ormstairobry rendered every amistenoe in their
power, • god 'apply of water being obtained from the lake.