The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-17 00:00:00

EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.

An adjourned meeting of the members of parlia-
want and others, who met at No. 8, Waterloo-place, on
Saturday last, to concert means for promoting emigration to
Australia, was held yesterday at the same place.
The Hon. F. Scour, M.P again took the chair, and
after recapitulating briefly tb; proceedings of the previous
waeting, and apologising for the absence of Lord Farnham
am account of the Irish debate in the House of Lords.
Capt. Barstow' M.P., proposed the appointment of the
Mowing committee to carry oat the,objects of the meeting:
The Hon. P. Scott, M.P., &airman Lord Farnham, M.P.,
Lord J. Chkhester, M.P., Hon. Capt. Maxwell, M.P., H. 8.
Bourke, Eq., M.P., Hon. J. Hewitt, Sir It. A. Ferguson,_
Bart, Col. Matheson, M.P., Sr W. Verner, Bart.. M.P.,
Dept. Samson, Y.P., G. Damao, Esq., DUP., J. Boyd,
• 11 P., Capt. Hamilton, R.N.. A. Boyd, Esq., M.
Boyd, Esq., H De Castro, Esq , A. Lockhart. Esq., M.P.,
W. Lockhart, Eq., M.P., W. Forbes, Esq., M.P., I. Mon-
tego», Esq., D. Q. Henrique, Esq., R. M. Martin, Esq., S.
Sydney Esq., J. 8. Henriques. Esq., L Boyd, Esq., 8.
Browning, B. B. Cabbel, Esq., M.P., with power to add to
zbeirnumbers.
Capt. TDDVILTLII seconded the motion.
BOTD, M P , proposed that a deputation should wait
en Earl Gray on Saturday. It would be advisable to we the
noble lord on that day, sa many of the Irish members would
no doubt Isar. town on Monday.

BANK OF 13NOLAN D.—A quarterly general court of
the proprietors of the Bank of England was held yester-
day. The business, as is usual at this period of the year,
was merely of a kraal character, and the attendance wee
eonfined to the gereersor, the deputy governor, and a few of
the dinettes and eiNciala The =Muter, of the last court
haring bass goad lad confirmed, the meeting adjourned.
PIM AT gm= NZWlNOTON.—Yesdarday morning,
shanty before three o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises
eflir. J. Bawling., china merchant, No. 1, in the Nisb-
et/rod, &elm Newington. The whole of the residents were
emelied is getout whin* bjary. Owing to the strong hold
flu Illatts boa else cad beim they were perceived, and the
Inilmnabbe nature ef the building, but tow minute pease&
Meg Whin the anwatione, from basement to roof, we ass
bed, of ire. The with engine quickly attended, and wee
est he week, but the are was too powerful to be get down by
nreldne, sad, before other engine arrived, five house,
were Wooing with great Impetuosity. All that the firemen
Mai i was to eat of the further extension of the flames.
Team .s part collar. Rawlings'. house or of those adjoining
es either side was found to be impossible. The damage doss
is very considerable, three house. being entirely burned
dawn and two ethers nearly so.

THE ELECTION&
STOCKPORT.
SERIOUS RIOTS.—A Mutt KILLED.—Our cone-
mondent, writing from Stockport yesterday, says : In my
former communications I mentioned that then were strong
feelings between the parties on the liberal side, provoked by
the knowledge that their opponents could only win by in-
ducing Mr. Kenbaw's requisionlets, who ibrin a mMority of
tic voters, to violate their_ pledgee. The meat approved
mode of accomplishing this desired sod was the old election-
eering practice of" bathing," as it is termed ; and though
the nomination pared over quietly yesterday (Wednesday),
yet later in the day great indignation was ensiled among
the liberals, by hearing that the tories bad in various pub.
lie-honer a number of men whom they bed sedated by drink
r ortir, and whom they retained by form. Oat of these
was that of Mr. Sutton, the Red Bull, Malirate, and
the other was the home of Mr. Knowles, Wag George the
Fourth, Portwood. In the mane of th;=,=sit
the liberals, with sticks in their bark
before the houses in geodes, tad dereeaded the
liberation of the men mid to be in " durance

their treWUndwes— lawghd at, and
some Vain followed, in the mums of whisk the windows
of Maim& Mew were reeked. Reparte were in Mien-
=gead model Is the BUN& OM the twice
10 OM* said bows tisein the 7gowm. in which
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was that they mustered to the nu ot nearly 300 in the
cam, and prepared for its defence. The tortes, some-
about midnight, gathered in great strength before
the Lyceum, as if to carry their threat Into execution,
and conunanoed an attack, breaking soma of the
windows, and their opponents at 1 meal eat is •
body to drive them away. Atallnir the
combatants reoeimid • blow on his head which fraseered lV
*nil, and ha fell into the channel the aide it the street
is a state of insensibility. He was au mewled Into
a home belonging to some prostitutes, in
where he died in ler than fire mimeos. the time i
_

wll7.*met some parties bed reported that his name was Brown ;
saris It karma whether he was an elector. The girl into
'bone lease he was taken, end where he died, states that he
gas& est "blue " immediately before he was struck, from
which it is conjectured that he is a tory ; and she
eliMe, that having been roused out of her bed by the noise
of tbs Lyceum wutdows being broken, she west into the
Meet with another girl, and not only heard his exclamation
ed "blue," but saw him struck by some of the parties! imuing
Mu the Lyceum. Whose friends those were that were
emin hum the Lyceum—whether they were Wrier who
bed hese& their way in and were retreating, or whether of
lbe Maw party, she would not say. To-day (Thursday) the
beers rem egg =able, and the voting has gone on very
se piletilrom Pa ant opened, at tight o'clock ,the enAjor
advantagevery decidedly up to 100'i:hick, when the
to make a decided impression on his msjority.
The eidalrreelaratios of the poll was proceeded with ins
after the dose of the booths. The mayor went to
tba in the market- plan foe that purpose, worn-
padded by the town dark, whoa they out op the books in
the pram* of one of the meted reentlimsee perhaps ever
whammed in the borough—at least throe time the &amber
met at the nomination, on the previous day—say from
Z...t0 30,000 people. The large area fannies the Castle.
..was densely crowded, notwithstanding the rain,
which had set in about an hour previously. At a quarter to
6 the mayor declared Mr. Kershaw duly returned, and
stated the official numbers to be:
Kershaw
Moreland
Majority for Kershaw
Mr. Kenhaw was returning thanks when our report left.

SUNDERLAND.

The writ hes been reoeieed, and the returning
°Meer has hued Monday next for the nomination, Tuesday
to the poUing, end Wednesday for the declaration.

SCOTL 4ND.

EDINBUItun tLECTION.
EDIWIIITROK, WEDIMIDAY.—The re-election of Mr.
Cowan (whose election in July last was rendered void in
consequence of his being at the time a government contrac-
tor) took place to-day on a hustings erected at the west side
of St. Ones' Church. Sheriff Tut, who presided, read the
writ and the acts against bribery and corruption, after which
Mr. M.Crie, seconded by Mr. W. Duncan, 8.8. C., pro-
posed Mr. Cowan as a fit and proper person to supply the
vacancy created in the representation of Edinburgh.--Mr.
Cowan then shortly addreeaed the sasemblage. After stating
the circumstances which rendered a new election necessary,
went on to say that, if he had taken his place in parliament
during the present session, he would have River, hW cordial
support to the reassure introduced by government for the nip-
mama of crime aad outrage in Ireland; and he 'spree's('
a hope that the unanimity of spirit manifested in parlia-
ment in reference to that measure would have a salutary as
well as a butedicial effect on the condition of that unhapppy
country. (Chain.) Adverting to the late commercial dis-
tress, he tastes_ dr ,_lightly upon the aubject of the currency,
Modoolded opposition to the monopoly of the Bank
:f=l, and to the Hoak Restriction Act of 1844; and
his am dethidaattos to uphold the banking oysters of Scot
width had dome me Much for the advantage of the
ethrthy. He the. etheatested on the gambling fpe.
lad= kit
IT= reitrthe to the constitution of
.the astheeitlem for inquiring
bee the saw which led to te Crringsmerelal panic, he
ousepledroil that, at most, thar. teeth only one or two
bath Illaibets upon it ; Irk*, tthea along_ with other
de c, thawed a toted Itheefferd et Scotch interests
pligofieemat. He use aliened te diethethity dr realtary
ead to the thine width the par sift • fgarait
aware amo Lora

Tait bowed his acknowledgmeets.—Three cheers were they
given for Mr. Cowan, and the assemblage broke up.
PROVINCIAL.
STAIPPORDBILISE.
BOIUM:IGH OF NIWCASTLE- UNDER-LYN& The
gegf arlairre Memory aye: " The electors of the borough
of Weeresetle were no little surprised on receiving lutists-
amen Wederidery=tlist on the previous evening a pen-
d heft ia bed to the House of Commons against
the mare . Mom. It had been currently rumoured
and believed that dr retain of the other honourable mem-
ber wordd be peldnenall Nana, and the majority of the bur-
=Mt somewhat snag at the prospect of enc.
perliemiratery inquiry. The threat of a peti-
ties nom Mr. Christy appears to have induced
two or throe el that gentleman's supporters to get up •
petition win Mr. Jackson's return. They appear
to have been situated by the lax &lonia to have de•
hasolaed that if one honourable member was petitioned
=it wee nothing but fair that the seat of the other
M sneaked. It is understood that, if these parties had
bee emeleis that se petition would be presented against Mr.
=M egmatien would have been offered to the quiet
eflii sot by Mr. Jackson. We believe there is
not the dleblese halation to take any further proceedings in
the seistese, wild* will now quietly drop. No candidate
ever weaved wee seem' or hemeemable support from the
greet body of down et the borough, and since the honour-
able gentleman was retarded all parties appear to have
lseenselerkfaisiectl satisfied with that representative, and to have
heat at having secured the services of a gentleman
eeknewledged talent, energy, and high and honour-
able elianara."