The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-08 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.

BIIIIIIMONAM, SATURIMT.—The annual meeting .1
the menthe s of this moist, took plate here belt easing, Ar.
&noun's" M P . fa the obiir.
In easing the badger, the CHAIRMAN elogratullated
Ohl leambere on the floarisking state of the eselay. Twelve
Maas ball elapsed shaft he ma them nada dmier dame
ehams,and aitt the rifled welt &elm dirt Mae
adi met be mil to be la maythhig like a eallibelmy as%
Ma nine avid etet be said a thek latitudes, whhh had, se
M vsN, iemellbei is spite of the blast. The Ihea pale-
- matt me to aurae a lave that the member of their
Manhole wuedd Tat be quadrupled, so that as purple might
OWL test swaref, whisk they ought to have, over the fur
er bpi eamada• hamediatialy adjoin ug to Birmingham. With
Haim prelimisary remarks, Mr. fithaleteld galled upon the
auroloy. Mr. Jai/ . Taylor, to rend the report :
iirehrsent, which etas of great leugth, contalued the
marks inter alio. It eongrstalated the umbers
ups the triumphant succor of the society, and ea the public'
MOW alleerell) be ai.lioss to know how far tot objects of
111111.11 M lees institutors of the hied, had been acetreplisMul,
the amositte• thought it right to enter into some details.
'Ac' society, thee, gentained 1,729 n embers, subscribing foe
VA sharer, Wag an ineMen dung the veer of 722
ssiaben and 917 stare. • bat the iceman of the fends had
be be a greater pruportioa, easing that while last yea the
goo ternipts were 4 6001, this year they were more the.
11.11001. At ter as the secretary hachbeen able to aseertain, '
the following ts a state= at of the patriot of 18 of the mo
nodes which bad followed is the wake and profited by the
asesqd• of the people of Binabeskam :
Mmbers. Share..
Welverhaageos
. Daley
Comm' 407
Northimpta 114
Stafkol sass.
Cheltesham
Wweardeas-Tpue
eatadaster MI
et Palatial .
Metropolitan 731 1 378
Darby
Bradford . 3O
Halifax
North Steff.rdshire llO
Darlington s4
Bunderlud
Leicester 420
Making
Birmingham, of
Although the &tail. are not complete, still the statement
a total, ineigdice
) 7,213
was valuable, in the eyes of the committee, as proclaiming
the glorious fact of thouunds of sea being banded together
to obtain that honourable vwitiea is society which the
injuries of their country's rulers prohibited them from pier
mmbig. While such societies, nowever, were imputing
political freedom to their sunhat', the great effect at the
same time produced upon the monl *audition and social re.
lotions of mankind were to be raked &mugst their most
important benefits; as it was impossible that is could be '
combined to elevate their politieal position without en-
hancing their domes. ic happiness and increasing their desire
for intellectual attoluments. The committee tad no mis-
givings when they asserted that an extension of the suffrage
seed not be expected unless the people united to qualify
themselves for taking podessios of the various eguillite at
prestat usurped by thee! whose sentiments and sympathies
; were not with the people. Great as was the number of
memben of their society, the committee felt it to be far
, below what it ought to be, taking into e atsideration tke cir-
cumstance that there cute probably thirty thousand Mlle
in Birmingham who were unrepresented in parliament
. With the view of eztudiog the beselic of the society to
young renege, the committee recommended the adoption
of a lower scale of payments suited to their condition.
Daring the past year 231 allotaeata of freehold land
had been made by a division of the Bloomsbury estatetwinch l'
, there meld be no doubt was as good as land ia the same lo
=My selling at sa. 10i. anu GI. Bd. per yard, although it did
Me Wet the mem ten mire than 244. per yard. It was not
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merely a 400. freehold which the miaben poialetd, but cue
Math 60e , hoe ,or 70i , and the average annual value of
'each allotment would be 60s. The committee saved fame
which satisfie wily proved this, sad mentioned that the
ipenciples of the society had stood the test is. the Revising
iManinces Ccart, when their smallest allotment war
proved to be worth 61s. per annum. Tee committee
lashed tee memle re to anchorite their suns-errs to pro
excite the ap; eel which bad been taken by the society's
Winters to try the sue:vestal objections taken by the
rimarratire agent, and held goad by the revising banister.
,ite Meet these obji Goons. h , the eOllllll/t/.• talon.
sanded the members having allotments on the Bloontilary
estate to la there to some party, till wanted tor betiding
:purpoees, at a merely nosabaell rat, so that they might net
be is the.r own cocapatoss, upon whisk supposition, the ob-
jections were bard. ft total number of allotments now
made to the members was 429, 195 of which were in ElAith
Staffordshire, aid 231 in North Waratieketire. Tu. 8 ail
btaflordshire mute. bring without the borough, and giving
• qualifications for that eteanty, the members oho claimed to
be registered -Aare bad bean permitted to enter unopposed.
The detail Heath caters was din led in o 400 ollottoeute,
which would be bard, di OM to the members in the
,end of this month. The °premien' were haypy to say
I that pfticie pined d tt s 'omit :lion, and to enures
this they sated tie 'heathen to cia.ounterianee all attempts
'its violate the strictest rules of order. Not • sing • with-
'drama! from the society had taken plate during the year,
sad what better proof could be adluc.d of
,the euillence of
• the otemhers in the sac cst of the ',Any ? The committee,
in eenclusioa, dented to bear testimonv to the unwearied
mud, en.rgy, and dew lodates sussitestal be the merstary
,in regard to the interests of the lostitutiort, and while they
,00ngratulatedthe lumbers in their pursuing such an t Meer,
they at the sum time hearii.y congratulated Mr Tat lur ou
,the hi,dh estimation set upon his ureic s nut oady by his ow.
towhunen, but by the public pras,, aid the eatuitiry gene-
rally. The committee asked tor perseverance, indindu .11y
and edlectively, again.. diM. sides and opposition, and is
their opinion the may was not far diatant when that p.roe-
;Terence walla overcome every obstacle, and the b.storian ut
the 19. h century would have to tete7.l the pleaciog fact that
frceitold land societies had reformed tie House of Commons,
sad that the Maur et their crams belongs to the working
act a Bimini; ham,

The .West of weewurs wad wasly satisfattosp :
*ass wets passed, as.. tlw I. port was adopted.

Kr. Alderman GEACH, oft .e Midland Dank in Binning-
ewe el the truss vs of the *misty, said that be nee lately
it hist:sty to investigate tee apts.= on •hies the
breiners of the satiety .s. reduc ed, with a view to MOM
fain whether it was &arrow, r a preventive rains*. say
Jape-pit conduct in pecuniary lemurs, and he was glad to
be able to SAWS the :en that it wee as tomplste la that
✓espect as be could wi►h to see it.
The retirine COlitinittnt hsving been r:•eltcted,

The SECRETARY moved a resolution to the effect that
it was dswrable that a conference should be held shortly in
Birmingham, consisting of delegates from all the fe. ehcll
land societies in existence in the kiegdeto, as well as i dial
duals favourable to the movement, in order to outsider and
compare the various pl ms now carried out, and with the
view of adopting a .me plan of ergatozatioo by which the at
propent desultory labours of ill • various societies may be
brought to bear upon °le common end. Mr. Tel for men-
tioned that perhaps the most suitable time for this confer-
ence moult be is the beginning of unit month, when they
would take possovion et their mmll Ream Bartnte. Hr.
Cobden, Hr. Hew, Wu Joshua Walmeley, and many ethers
of tho leading Wormers of toe day, had promised their ac-
tive co operation end evidence, and most likely their pre-
emies too, on the mosaic', and donbleea it woult be sme
worthy of the pr-at movement "'nick hod been originated by
the working man of Birmingham.
Kr.. 11. S. WRIGHT seconded the tuition, and it was
carried unanimously.
Referring to an adverse decision of the revising b nicer
respecting claims made by s inlet members of the society,
Mr. BRODHE lIIIITH stored that the committee siiould
Da empowered to pecoseute the appeal to the Court of Com-
mits Pleas minium the late decision of the revising banister.
This led to some disco's on as to the espouse attendant on
such a step, and upon wh, in it should fall; bat it appeared
to be considered probable that snarl of the other a. dirties
throughout the kingdom woul I bear a proportionate share at
the expense; aid, alter a stirring appeal Item the Secretary.
the resolution was unanimously passed.
After a vote of thanks to the hoa. chairman, the promed•
loge terminated.

ESCAPE TROY BIJECIE•HALL LUNATIC ASYLUM.—
In the course of last week aao.her tztraordaraty elopement
loth plaee at Burgh bail Lunatic' Aarlure, the party who
effected that reaps befog dal ht Timm of toe last effeir, the
indefatigable Mks Dads. Some fifteen months ago tam ledy
made kir exit fr • m the mbar,. sod pros:iodine imme 'bray
to Chester with her Lethario, Eilie Norris (• pr cm fa the
employ of Samuel Potter, Baq.). was ward- dto him. Her
friends, however, the day atter the nuptials, traced tha pair
to their lodgings in Center, mad Mrs. N orris was essorted
back to the asylum. Alter this Norris broom ht a•
action at law against Mr. S ad, the prupriiitor of
the asylum, for the retention of his wife; aad leeks
nonsuited, was confined in Lancaster Castle tor expanse,
of the suit. He returned thrum some eight or ten dam
previous to this occurrence taking place. On the evening
of the elopement Mr. Seed's (enal, attended evening service
at Corley, and left only Mr. Seed and a servant in the house.
with Mils Dark. About 8 o'clock, Mr. Seed left the lady,
and west into another sweetmeat, for me purpose of writ lag
• loner. Whilst engaged is re doing twhian oily took him
about half in hour) his patient was mil-ing. Dieing the
time he was writing the letter, he sent the servant twice to
see what Miss Doris was doing. Oa the servant's going the
first time the lady was reading ; but, on the. sec .rod lose,
there was no one In the room. The lower part 01 tit, win-
dow was lying oh tits floor al the room in company with a
iriaer's chisel ! This wii.dow is what is swam lily
harem as a sash window, about bur inches above the
*Mara of the top and button part of which, were driven in
the hams, a unseat of bolts. Soma party friss the riettiuss
introduced the chisel, through the iosterice, when the hot.
tom part was slanted to the height permitted. Ihvintr eat
the cord attached to the betides part of the oblate, she,
bitted by the chisel, famed away the slips of wood from use
sides and bottom, cad so took out the b ',Arun part. and
thersb• obtained an may *gem. Tee police were in immt-
dieter rewinition, aed every Mass in the neiehhocrbood
about which any suwielea was entertained were smirched,
but to so purpms. Nut a yesige could be weaor he rid of
ei.lut the lady or her auppo eel deliverers, tor eves under the
milldam through whisk she escaped. "they left not sees the
pelt of • lematop behind them." Norris was food some
loess* MI bed, as well as a penes sem d N•weliam. woe
wee Norris's ateistant on rho f.nros.r urea ion A reward of
104. km been offered the Ms apprehension& of the lady.