The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY ETENING, APRIL 7, 18.

city, notwithstanding all the rumours and alarms to
the contrary. The silence of the government organ
last night was, d priori, a confirmation of the
judicious policy of the Earl of Clarendon, and the con-
federates are at liberty to repeat their insurrection-
ary doses to-night.
An att 'mpt has been made in Dundalk to organise
the pots tent party in aid of the government. Lord
Roden's tenantry were summoned together, but dis-
cord met in before the plan was fairly developed, and
the meeting dissolved without the organisation of the
Roden volunteers.

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE
THE REPEALERS Op LlYERPOOL.—Yeeterday after-
noon a crowded meeting of the repealer* of Liverpeol was
held at the Concert-hall, to hear addresses from alr. J. H.
Dunne and Mr. M. It. Layne, of Conciliation-ball. There
were upwards of 2,000 person* present. A petition to the
Queen was adopted amidst the most vociferous applause,
prayingprg her Majesty to assemble immediately in Dublin an
ouse of Lords and Commons.
A MEETING Op TRADE DELEGATES took place, at
Manchester, on Wednesday, to consider the question of local
and national organisation of trades, and the leading political
questions affecting the well-being of trade r d the classes
dependent on it. The meeting was attended by 60do1egates
representing 26 trades, or branches of trades, and 6,000
operative, being members of the etch ties or unions in such
trades,—Mr. Parker, • delegate from the tailors, Ives called
to the chair, and announced the following as thepropoeitions
which the committee had decided upon laying before the
meeting :
1. Limitation of the hours of labour in all departments of industry.
2. sanitary regulations of a general and comprehensive character.
d.
Abolition of the middle-man ilium, via., ° undertaker., squeezers.
*molten, Ac., ke." 4. The establishment of a 'immanentborou ind.trial
board of trade, with local boards in all cities,. towns, or ghs. I.
Abolition of the lass of entail and primogeniture. G. Application of
crown and ...te lambi, by government grants, for the obeorption
surplus labour. 7. Abolition of property q
pvinkal ualification for civil sod
representatives. 0. A national system of education,
ffrelle
front sectarian and political prejudice. 11. The necessiiy of a u,
free, and complete representation of the entire people in the commons
house of parliament
The first proposition was " the limitation of the hours of
labour." He (the chairman) thought ten hours per day
quite sufficient, and quite as much as a man ought to un-
dergo, leaving him time for mental cultivation and recrea-
tion. Besides, it would have • beneficial tendency as lessen-
ing competition. The proposition as regarded sanitary regu-
lations, m
asses,hops especially, and in the habitations of the
working cl was necessary, inasmuch as low wages had
driven men to seek their habitations in unhealthy and con-
fined situations—in alleys, courts and even cellars. What
they desired was, to have clean and well-ventilated work-
shops and habitable homes. The middleman system, sail-
prly known as sweaters, wan the next question—it was
• system fraught with frightful evils. It had Teen
the curse and bane of Ireland.-.it had been the destruc-
tion of many trades in England ; the tailor', hand-loom
weavers shoemakers, and others particularly. lie could
prove that' it was dangerous and of bad effect to his own
trade, and to the hand loom weaver the effects were of the
most awful character. The establishment of a permanent
board of trade in connexion with local ho
speaksrds, tit hey consi-
dered absolutely necessary and he could to himself,
inumuch KS lately, during the last IS months in fact, he had
been employed to arbitrate and mediate between employers
end employed, where differences had arisen, and their expe-
rience showed such a system to be more and more desirable,
bat upon a different plan. They had tried to prevent strikes
wherever they could, knowing the losses it occasioned,
both to masters and men; but in nine cases out of ten
their attempts had failed, for various reasons. The prin-
cipal cause of failure was, that masters refused their media-
tion, and termed it dictation. In most cases it endid
in nothing useful, and therefore it was that they thought
that the legi,lature should step in that a board
ot trade should be appoiated, consisting of a cer-
tain number of working men and a certain number of
masters. and that all cases of dispute should be submitted to
them, and that they should be armed with the authority of
the law to make both parties submit to it. The next ques-
tion was the abolition of the law of entail and primogeniture.
They thought the land should be se free for sale as any other
commity. The next proposition was that with reference to
the goradnts of waste lands. During the last ten years there
had been levied for the relief of the poor 66,000,0001. ster-
ling, or nearly 7,000,0001. per, annum, and he contended that
had the greater portion of this amount been expended for re-
productive purposes in this way, they should nut have been
in the adverse circumstances they now were. In regard to
qualifications for civil and political offices, they thought that
merit and good citizenship ought to be the test; and with
regard to education they thought the state should place
education within the reach of the children of the
poor, free from sectarianism and party prejudice. With
reference to the last proposition—"a full, fair, and free
representation "—he thought it desirable to say that the
provisional committee who drew up this proposition agreed
with him that it ought to have as its basis universal suffrage,
annual parliament., no property qualification, payment of
members, equal electoral districts, and vote by ballot—in
other words, the six points embraced in the people's charter.
(Applause.) Whether labourers interfered with politics or
not, politics interfered with them and with thew labour.
Was not capital represented by the legislature, (Hear.)
We had railway Interest, and the moneyed interest,
and the landed interest represented very extensively ; and
he contended that if capital was to be represented in the
House of Commons, labour, its parent, had at all events an
equal right to the same principle. (Applause.) When
he saw an extraneous value given to capital in the legis-
lature, and protection in all shapes given to it, he denied the
dogma of the political economists that the legislature ought
not to interfere for the protection of labour. The shopkeeper
as well as the labourer had a deep interest in this question.
lie wished that the movement Should extend all over Lar
cashire and Yorkshire, and to the metropolis. The men of
London had now connected the political with the social
questions. They had cried out " No politics " till they found
that" nu politics" had nearly led to "now ages," and they
now found, that they must grapple with the whole question.
He called upon this meeting to grapple with it in like man-
ner, and to be prepared by next Monday to embody their
views and lay them before the government—by Monday at the
latest. He also thought they should be prepared as soon as pos-
sible with statistical matter to lay before the goverument,so that
they might not legislate in the dark. It was said that the people
were too ignorant to be safely enfranchised, but he contended
that they could not, at all evens, have brought things into n
worse state than the pretended elite and most enlightened
parties who now had that power. He pointed to the dis-
tress and misery which existed, and said one mode which
they (the trades) proposed as a remedy was to remove the I
surplus labour, and employ it on the land, instead
as of spend-1
ing 6,000,0001. • year to keep men in idleness, paupers.l
The earnings of these men would, at all evens, be amply'
sufficient to keep them, and bring more money into the tills
of the shopkeepers. He condemned the course at present
pursuing by the authorities, In swearing in so many thou-
sand special constables, as creating unnecessary alarm, and
said the time was come for the people to unite and tell the
whip to carry, out their former professions for the benefit
and amelioration of the condition of the working classes.
The meeting then proceeded to the discussion of the propo-
sitions seriatim (" and," says a correspondent, " a good deal
of business-tact and order was exhibited in the management
of the motions"). In reference to the last proposition, it
was determined that the people's charter should be adopted,
name and all, many of the delegates declaring that the pro-
bability of such a motion had been contemplated by their
constituents, the unions which had sent them, and they had
been authorised in that case to vote for it. There was only
one of the fifty delegates against it, and he only objected to
the name. The repeal of the union was also added. The
meeting was adjourned till Monday, a committee being ap-
pointed to arrange the business for that meeting in the
meantime. The committee she were authorised to prepare
a petition to parliament, to be signed by the chairman, in
favour of all the propositions,
_and which is to be presented
to the House of Commons on Monday. In the course of the
discussion on the limitation of the hours of labour, several
delegates declared that the Ten Hour Bill had failed tn
its effect, many of the mills running now 14 hour a day.
SUSSEX.
THE ELECTION AT RYE excited very little interest
in the town, there being no contest. The so of the late
member, Mr. Cartel', was proposed by Mr. S. B. Brocket,
and seconded by Mr.' F. Langford. There being no other
candidate, Mr. Curteis was declared duly elected. The new
member, in returning thanks, said :—Wi.h regard to his
political opinions, he should support the measures of the pre-
sent government generally, whose opinions seemed most in
accordance with his own, and which set
med to him calcu-
lated to do good to the country at large. He should not
, make any pledges, but act in an independent manner.
Some of I

THE CHARTIST CONVENTION.
The "National Convention of the Industrie,
Classes " reassembled yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, at the
Scientific and Litzrary Institution, John-street, Fitzroy-
square, for the further despatch of business. Mr. M'Orath
again occupied the chair, an Mr. Doyle reeumed his post as
secretary. The government short-hand writers were again
in attendance, and the galleries were so densely crowded
with auditors, that it became necessary in the course of the
day _to admit them into the hod], of the hall.
Mr. ILTDD moved, and Mr. FUSSELL seconded, the issuing
el an address or manifesto by the convention to the people of
Great Britain and Ireland, and particularly to her Majesty's
ministers, for the purpose of laying before them the informa-
tion derived from the delegates relative to the miserable and
disguised condition of the working classes of this country.
After a short conversation the motion was agreed to, and a
committee appointed todraw up the address.
On the motion of Mr. F SAUGUS O'CONNOR, M.P., a
petition was ordered to be presented that evening from the
members of the convention, in support of Mr. O'Connor's
motion for the restoration of Frost, Williams, and Jones,
and all political offenders now in custody.
Mr. CUPPAT, as chairman of the committee for managing
the intended procession on Monday next, announced that
the arrangements were all complete for that ceremonial.
Mr. F. O'CoNeion stated that, on Saturday evening them
would arrive at the Great Western Railway station, at Pad-
dington, from the estate of the National Land Company,
two care, capable of conveying the monster petition and the
whole body of delegates in the procession, so that the annoy
ince experienced on a former occasion, by the petition being '
carried on the shoulders of 16 men, like so many slaves,
would be remedied. At the same time there would also
arrive 12 horses to draw the carriages, which, he believed,
would reflect great credit upon the constructors, the men of
the National Land Company.
Mr. Waseten moved that an address oe issued to the
shopkeepers of London, stating the determination of the
convention to cause property to be respected on our line of IRELAND.
route, and that we have no idea of corning into collision with
the authorities, but we ri commend that they close their DUBLIN, APRIL 5.
shops as • precautionary m weave during the mocestion on The answer of De Lamartine to the Smith O'Brien
Monday next. deputation in Paris was received to-day. Some of
Mr. ERNEST JONES otjected to the latter part of the the sanguine confederates affect to consider it as a mere ITtusic.
motion, as it seemed to ii.entify the convention with the ''fate
document, worded with that cautious diplomacy
thieves and, pickpockets aho committed depredations on the ''"'ii ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—This theatre is now be-
last similar occasion. There was no danger to be appre- which conceals a sympathy with the confederates and ginning to put forth its strength. On Tuesday we had
handed from the chartist body, and therefore why hill the their noisy demonstrations. Others are quite MR. Oriel and Tampburini inthe gorgeous 'Ro' Semiramidde ;" last
Shopkeepers to close their shops ? that, aa published in the English papers, .it nigthht we had erstacd, Salvi, Ro cow, sere, an Marini,
Mr. HARNEY concurred in this view, at did Mr. F. O'Cog-gayest of operas, the ever delightful " Barbiere."
is shorn of expressions favourable to the mute of Irish !!!
a he eperformance wits excellent in every respect; the brilliant
moo, who remarked that the paragraph objected to inferred
a presumption of danger, when no grounds for it existed. rebellion. The utter failure of the French expedition in execution et the delicious music heightening the excitement
Aftir emu discusion Mr. Wheeler consented to omit the search of aid and sympathy, could not be more produced by the admirable acting of the comedy. Madame
words complained of, and the motion in its amended form forcibly exhibited than by this sort of hoping against Persiani, in her representation of Riaini, was even more
was unanimously agreed to. hope. happy than usual. She seemed in high health and spirits,
and her acting, always refined and polished, had an abandon
Mr. CLARKE, on behalf of the executive committee, then l'reparations are, however, being made for the worst
and animation which it does not always display. It was a
submitted to the convention the nrogramme of business pre-
Rared by that body for the adoption of
.the convention. hi
ii the executive and by all rational citizens.
charming mixture of playful archness, naivete, and delicacy.
Though he intended to move these resolutions sersatan, he e college is already in a state of defence. Two In her singing she excelled herself—which no one but her-
would read all of them, OB then the whole of the 'sewn- companies of infante/ are permanently stationed in self could do.
boliea_voice was. perfect in quality and intone-
mendanons of the committee would be before the delegates. the halls of science an learning, and a guard parades tion ; and the undies' van yof her exqutsite and original
Thew were the resolutions : for cud
called forth loud acclarnatious of delight and uto-
in front of the venerable entrance. In addition to the
Hones
That in the event of the national petition being rejectedn memo-
military 9ecurity, the students, as stated yesterday, Salve,• th partof Count AI ' has
;aliment, In e manias, no
snuperior. His handsome face and person, noble air, and easy
rialto the Queen :..i Tiletolehei'thcqreseertnct.npals=rarent: and'eall to her are tc be armed and officered by the University an- gaiety of manner, make him the beau ideal of the character;
°°"6"°°° men
se will mike the Pe°Ple's charter "abthet th:mities. Parochial meetings are about to be con- and the music is completely suited to his beautiful Yoke.
Smat
renaltonvention agree to the convocation of a national as- venol for the same purpose, and arms demanded Ronconi, in Figaro., ismore intellectual than any other actor
notably, to st of delegates appointed at pubic meetings, kw the from the government to protect life and property. we have ever in the part-
thrown
ng.allalthe bustling
porpoise of Idvmnting tbe national memorial to the Queen ; andvivacity of the character, he ws into it the shrewd-
Macon mach other steps se they may deem advbable to enure the The Royal Dublin Society, a body including mast
--_ nese and acutanem of the intriguing barber as drawn by
knmedtate establishment of the people's charter. of onr resident conservative gentry, had a in.Aint Beaumarchais. His singing, too, was capital ; and his
3. Tins convention call upon the country to hold simultaneous meet-
ings on Good Friday, April it, of
the purpose.? adopting wawa:ow to-day at the Society-house,
Kildare-street, at whit e, Largo el factotum" wee full of novel traits, entirely his
IllemonaL and electing delegates to the national meembly. it was determined to arm. ' The mover of the resole- own. Route's reading of Doctor Bartoto is quite different
4. That, the national aseceety meet in London on Monday, Kg 1, pi i afm:tmLabuleacveriaransing ; but he lacks' the effective quiet-
he's He is hot and testy and his ebullitions of '
IMS. tion was Alderman Boice, one of the most active
In order to open the discussion he would, for form' sake merchants, and Mr. Se cant Warren, our most emi-
nem of Lablache, indulging mere in the lazzi of
the Italian
moon the adoption of the first resolution.—The motion went Chancery lawyer, was the seconder. Sir Ed- buffo. His only vocal display wall an air introduced into the
having been seconded, ward Borough, a colonel in the army, a vice-president first set, at the end of the scene with Rosins. It must have
Mr. Q. W. M. REYNOLDS sou not actuated by any &e•
t:oue motivas towards the committee, but he felt bound to of the society, and a deputy-lieutenant of Dublin, was been written for the t pens by Reesini himself, but we know
-.e Cs OM to the e
we
'e
prof/mama now submitted to authorised to provide guns and accoutrements foe the nothing of Be history.. It is
.eseeeding_ect lytditareetißme, and
dime&Rovers gave it with great comic effect.
...dim. He moved, alas amendment, thy: armament Sir Edward is an army agent also. completed the strugest out of this opera that we have ever
likaoo...eanaa .4.100 believed the Clm to to
tbeeoughlr and wen- This was the day of the expected proclamation to seen. It was followed by some scenes from " Seminunide,"
s" eee"L' ' the true state of the court" and likewise, be-
suppress the coufedes.-ate assembly ; but no mimive sees by Oriel and Albozu, and the ballet, "IA Diable I
itlaigb:t °' Att evrerW by the influence of an unprincipled
her le he *Wes' will not comet to petition DOC mew. from the Privy Connell graced the dead walls of our Quatro ' concluded** evening.
sad . Sainiiia, ,

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DEATII OP SIR THOMAS BARING, BART.—This
baronet, whose name for years has been so well known in
commercial circles, expired on the 3rd inst., at his seat
Stratton-park, Winchester, after a lengthened and severe
illness. The deceased baronet was the eldest son of Francis
Baring, Esq., a Devonshire gentleman, who founded the
London branch of the family, by the daughter of William
Herring, Esq., of Croydon, and co-heir of Thomas Herring,
Archbishop of Canterbury. He was born in 1772,
being the elder brother of Lord Ashburton, and married,
in 1794, the eldest daughter of Charles Sealy, Esq., a
banister in practice at Calcutta. By this lady,
who died in July, 1846, he had issue four sons and three
daughters—viz., the Right lion. Francis, late Chancellor of
the Exchequer, M.P. ; 'Thomas, M.P., now the head of the
London house ; Char maimedly orders ; John, of Oakwood,
Sussex ; Charlotte, to the Rev. George Wells ;
Emily, married to the Rev. William Dupre ; and Frances,
married to the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. The de-
ceased some years since represented the borough of Wycombe
in parliament, but latterly has taken very little put in
polities. He was a member of the old whig party. His
eldest son and successor, Francis, is a prominent- liberal ;
but his second son, Thomas, is a protectionist, though an
advocate of civil and religious liberty. Sir Thomas was a
supporter of several national and charitable institutions, and
was one of the proprietors of Exeter Hall. He was patron
of three charch livings. WI family is of foreign Lutheran
extraction.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
0/rOati, APRIL 6 —ln a convoattion holden Cambridge.
the Rev. W. Sykes, M Sidney gum: College,
was admitted ad r owin
gd• Ina 4:conniption hoiden immediately
afterwards, the following dem eta were eonlerred, Mmters of Arts :
Rev. W. D. 1.. West, tit. Jebn's; Rev. Hooper, Lincoln Itev.
, 0. Selwyn, Fellow o( New Cod.; E. E. Upton, St. Mary Hall.—
Bachelor at Arts: E. P. Green, Eater COIL

NAVAL.
DIVOMPORT, APRIL s.—Resistance, tr. ship, Com. 0. I
Lowe, sailed yesterday far Cork. The marin
preneus to
esm
advanceembarked for service
in sp. Napier's quadrat were paid wsgcs
her milleig.--Lively, navy ligtiter, sailed yesterda y with storm for
Porternouth.—The
theirAboukr. 90, was launched from this dockyaid yen-
terday afternoon. and eather being delightfully fine the launch
aniseed thousands of speetetors. The ceremony of christening toe
wormed
ship was permed by Mias Marta Louis, thodaughter sf the Admiral

SPORTING.

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TATTERSALL'S.—Turiasoay.
ETROPOLI HANIMCAP.-11 to 2 apt Jericho
(t), Mg to 1 agst TAN
Cracow, 10 to agst Tufthunter, 10 to 1 apt
Rat-trap, 11 to 1 apt Glen SaJdel, 12 to 1 apt Lady Wildair. 12 to 1
agat Maid of Lyme, 13 to I apt Snuffbox, 20 to I agat Remembrance,
20 to 1 apt NV alroptc.bar-without, 25 to I apt Inheritre-s, 30 to 1
art mows's, 50 to) agat Beechen lien, 40 to 1 apt Puttinger.—
Although several small investments give a somewhat formidable ap-
pearance to the lat of favourite*, very few were really in favour. Wc
may instance Jericho, Lady Wildair. and Maid of Lyme, as baring
horn in genuine demand: Glen Saddel, Tufthunter, and Snuffbox,
bad their supporters, but the outlay upon them was not by any means
beery. Cracow receded tog m 1 layers, and Ratere di trep's positionot to
n was
purely nominal. Sister to .Egis and Vampyre w dared
start; and three nr four now in the neighbourhood set not expected
to go to the post. About 21 are likely to start. The tling for this
race will lake place at Tattersall's on Saturday.
TWO-TEAR.OLD STAKES (EPSUM).-2 to 1 apt FAS,
RIMINI! (I)!
2,000 GI/INBAR STAK2 to 1 opt Blaze, 5 to 4 on the
geld api Blase and Flausteher.
CHESTS* CUP.--18 to 1 agat War Eagle, 40 to 1 apt
Maid of my /Soul (t), 2,0110 to 30 mist Malt (t).
DERRY.-10 t• 1 mist Glendower, 11 to 1 prat Springy I,
Jed (t), 12 to I apt Surplice, 14 to I mod Loariatour (t), 40 tat
agst SesoW is (t), 40 to 1 apt Deerstalker (t), 40 to 1 apt Fag ea
Phone (1), SO to I &gat The Sberitt (t),_ 6 to I Art Springy Jack arid
Loodstone 31. c. 1501.). 11 to I wan Ltd apt Springy Jack, 12, and in
one Instance, 19 to I opt Surplice, and 2,OUn even between the )salter
and Loadstone, about whom as little ne 14 to I was takin. Only 10
to offered art Glendower. Deeratalker and Eagle's Plume were
backed at 40 to I, and offers made to take *he former apt Ed Mope-
randum. 1,000 to 800 laid on Corsican apt DuCkbiler.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.— We undersyedtand
from
that
for the convenience of the public passengers will be conve on
gatetrford during the race week by the train that leaves the Bhhores
ga sMtion at hulf-Past
9ln the morning. There will be • special
train at hlf-pest 10 on Tuesday morning.
MIL blower
Sruu.—A draft from this extensive stud
was put up for sale by Mews. Tutteriall yesterday, but oily the fat.
lowing sold :-- Ascot. 50 go; Slander, 115 gs ; Archness, 4l gs ;
The Fallow Buck, 12 gs• Brother to Joy, 2 yrs (without his engage-
ments), St p; and Sister to Terrier, 2 yrs, 22 gs. Several two and
three year olds, heavily engaged, were bought in. Buckle, and Allched
-
Tattered-and-Torn, the property of the Duke of Richmond, fet
40 as each.
EPSOM SPRING MEETING.—The match being off the
races will not commence until half-pastnne o'clock, Sir G. Heatbonte's
Plate being the ENS Tao,. About two or three seM twenor ty are efor
x-
pected to mart for the Metropolitan Handicap, and eight nine
the Two-year-old Makes.
NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE CHASEIL—Tmasoar.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES 61 10 SOT. each, and 100 added,
the second saves his stake.
Mr. Clifton's klahomet, lOst (FrisbY)
Mr. Elmores Gareley, 104 alb 2
Mr. Elmore's British Yeoman, I let Sib
The Swilcher, Sauediud Gaard, Edward the First, sad several others
also ran.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 4 Does. each, and 20 milli was won
by Mr. Oliver's Vanguard (Mr. Rowlands), beating pbriar, Tam-
worth, and several others.
The HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 SOTS. each, h ft, and
50 added, were won by Mr. John's Charity, beating Colonel and
several others.

Tabu Entelligence.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
Before Mr. Comreindoser DM.
IN RE THE REV. DR. TAKLETON.—Since the last hearing
of this cue (which was fully reported in the Express)
the creditors had been paid ten shillings. in the pound, and
to-day Mr. Nichols applied for the dismissal of the petition.
—Mr. issues, one of the assignees, stated that be hail felt it
to be his duty to oppose Dr. Tarleton, but, since the adjourn-
ment, he bad, from inquiri. a, ascertained that the reverend
gentleman had been very charitable towards the poor
in his neighbourhood, that he had been in the
habit of giving nearly 200/. a year for the benefit of
the distressed, besides b'arikets, coals, &c., and that now
his establishment was broken up his absence would be severely
felt by those who had shared his bounty.—The Commissioner
said Mr. James had but discharged his duty in opposing the
insoivent, and had done perfectly right in bearing his testi-
mony to the philanthropic disposition of Mr. Tarleton. He
(the commissioner) was glad the matter had been arranged.
—lt was understood that, upon those creditors who held
security assenting to the application, the petition would be
dismissed. •